This article lists political parties in Paraguay. Paraguay was a one-party dominant state with the Colorado Party until the 2008 Paraguayan general election when the opposition, Patriotic Alliance for Change, won the presidency.
Parties
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Parliamentary parties
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|Colorado Party<br>
|ANR-PC
|1887
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|Horacio Cartes
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|Authentic Radical Liberal Party<br>
|PLRA
|1887
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|Efraín Alegre
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|Guasú Front<br>
|FG
|2010
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|Carlos Filizzola
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|Beloved Fatherland Party<br>
|PPQ
|2002
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|Pedro Fadul
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|Progressive Democratic Party<br>
|PDP
|2007
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|Desirée Masi
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|National Union of Ethical Citizens<br>
|UNACE
|2002
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|Jorge Oviedo Matto
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|Great Renewed National Alliance<br>
|GANAR
|2017
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|Carlos Mateo Balmelli
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|National Encounter Party<br>
|PEN
|1991
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|Fernando Camacho
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Coalitions
- Country Forward (Avanza Pais, AP)
Other parties
- Christian Democratic Party (Partido Demócrata Cristiano)
- Paraguayan Communist Party (Partido Comunista Paraguayo)
- Party for a Country of Solidarity (Partido País Solidario)
- (Partido Socialista Revolucionario)
- Workers' Party (Partido de los Trabajadores)
- Revolutionary Febrerista Party (Partido Revolucionario Febrerista)
Former parties
The Paraguayan Liberal Party fought with the Colorado Party for dominance of the country during the first half of the 20th century. By the end of the Alfredo Stroessner regime the Liberal Party of Paraguay no longer existed, but its political successor, the Authentic Radical Liberal Party, is now the second largest political party in the country.
See also
- Politics of Paraguay
- Lists of political parties
- Liberalism and radicalism in Paraguay