This article lists political parties in Ecuador.
Ecuador has a multi-party system with numerous parties, in which usually no single party has a chance of gaining power alone, so parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
Registered parties
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="4" scope="col" class="unsortable" style="width:20px;"|Party/Movement
! Nº
! Est.
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Political<br />position
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Ideology
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Leader
! data-sort-type="number" | Assembly<br />members
! data-sort-type="number" | Provincial<br />Prefects
! data-sort-type="number" | Mayors
|-
! style="background-color: "|
| 50px
| Democratic Center Movement<br />
| CD
|align=center|1
|align=center|2012
| Centre
|
| Galo Almeida
|align=left|
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-
! style="background-color: "|
| 50px
| Popular Unity Movement<br />
| UP
|align=center|2
|align=center|2014
|
|
| Geovanni Atarihuana
|align=left|
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-
! style="background-color: "|
| 50px
| Patriotic Society Party<br />
| PSP
|align=center|3
|align=center|2002
|
|
| Lucio Gutiérrez
|align=left|
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-
! style="background-color: yellow"|
| 50px
| People, Equality and Democracy Movement<br />
| PID
|align=center|4
|align=center|2022
| Centre
|
| Arturo Moreno
|align=left|
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-
|-
! style="background-color: "|
| 50px
| Citizen Revolution Movement<br />
| RC
|align=center|5
|align=center|2016
|
|
| Rafael Correa
|align=left|
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-
! style="background-color: "|
| 50px
|Social Christian Party<br />
| PSC
|align=center|6
|align=center|1951
|
|
| Jaime Nebot
|align=left|
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-
! style="background-color: "|
| 50px
| National Democratic Action<br />
| ADN
|align=center|7
|align=center|2021
|
|
| Daniel Noboa
|align=left|
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-
! style="background-color: "|
| 50px
| Advance<br />
| Avanza
|align=center|8
|align=center|2012
|
|
| Javier Orti
|align=left|
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-
! style="background-color: "|
| 50px
| Democratic Left<br />
| ID
|align=center|12
|align=center|1970
|
|
| Analía Ledesma
|align=left|
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-
! style="background-color: "|
| 50px
| AMIGO Movement<br />
| AMIGO
|align=center|16
|align=center|2020
| Centre
|
| Juan Carlos Yar
|align=left|
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-
! style="background-color: "|
| 50px
| Ecuadorian Socialist Party<br />
| PSE
|align=center|17
|align=center|1926
| Centre-left
|
| Gustavo Vallejo
|align=left|
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-
! style="background-color: "|
| 50px
| Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement<br />
| MUPP
|align=center|18
|align=center|1995
| Centre-left<br />to
|
| Leonidas Iza
|align=left|
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-
! style="background-color: "|
| 50px
| <br />
| DSÍ
|align=center|20
|align=center|2018
|
|
| Gustavo Larrea
|align=left|
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-
! style="background-color: "|
| 50px
| CREO Movement<br />
| CREO
|align=center|21
|align=center|2012
|
|
| Guillermo Lasso
|align=left|
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-
! style="background-color: "|
| 50px
| SUMA Party<br />
| SUMA
|align=center|23
|align=center|2012
|
|
| Mauricio Rodas
|align=left|
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-
! style="background-color:#0041B3"|
| 50px
| <br />
| MC25
|align=center|25
|align=center|2004
|
|
| María Paula Romo
|align=left|
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-
! style="background-color: #4682B4"|
| 50px
| RETO Movement<br />
| RETO
|align=center|33
|align=center|2012
|
|
| Aquiles Alvarez
|align=left|
|align=left|
|align=left|
|}
Unregistered parties
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="4" |Party / Movement
!Est.
!Political<br/>position
!Ideology
!Leader
!National<br/>affiliation
!International<br/>affiliation
|-
! style="background-color: "|
|50px
|Communist Party of Ecuador<br />
|PCE
|1926
|Far-left
|Marxism–Leninism
|Winston Alarcón Elizalde
|FE (2014-2018)
|
|-
! style="background-color: #EB0B03"|
|50px
|Communist Party of Ecuador – Red Sun<br />
|PCE-SR
| 1993
|Far-left
|
|Comrade Joselo
|
|ICL
|-
! style="background-color: Red"|
|50px
|Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador<br />
|PCMLE
| 1964
|Far-left
|
|Oswaldo Palacios
|MPD (1978–2014)<br />UP (since 2014)
|ICMLPO
|-
! style="background-color: #ef3439"|
|50px
|Workers' Party of Ecuador<br />
|PTE
| 1996
|Far-left
|Marxism–Leninism
|
|
|
|-
! style="background-color: #db1c0e"|
|50px
|<br/>
|PCE
|2012
|Far-left
|
|Paúl Almeida
|FE (2014-2018)
|FSP
|}
Defunct parties
- Alfarist Radical Front (FRA)
- A New Option (UNO)
- Democratic People's Movement (MPD)
- Christian Democratic Union (Ecuador) (DP)
- Concentration of People's Forces (CFP)
- Conservative Party (Ecuador) (PCE)
- Ecuadorian Popular Revolutionary Union
- Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party (PLRE)
- Ecuadorian Roldosist Party (PRE)
- Freedom Party (Ecuador) (PL)
- Institutional Renewal Party of National Action (PRIAN)
- Movement Ecuador's Force (MFE)
- PAIS Alliance
- Solidarity Fatherland Movement (MPS)
- Ethics and Democracy Network (RED)
- Velasquist National Federation (FNV)
- Force Ecuador (FE)
- Coalition Movement (MC)
See also
- List of political parties by country
- Liberalism and radicalism in Ecuador
References
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