List of political parties in Ecuador
| Ecuador portal |
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
| Party/Movement | Nº | Est. | Political position |
Ideology | Leader | Assembly members |
Provincial Prefects |
Mayors | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Center Movement Movimiento Centro Democrático |
CD | 1 | 2012 | Centre | Galo Almeida | 0 / 151
|
0 / 23
|
17 / 221
| |||
| Popular Unity Movement Movimiento Unidad Popular |
UP | 2 | 2014 | Left-wing | Geovanni Atarihuana | 1 / 151
|
1 / 23
|
13 / 221
| |||
| Patriotic Society Party Partido Sociedad Patriótica |
PSP | 3 | 2002 | Right-wing | Lucio Gutiérrez | 1 / 151
|
0 / 23
|
9 / 221
| |||
| People, Equality and Democracy Movement Movimiento Pueblo, Igualdad y Democracia |
PID | 4 | 2022 | Centre | Arturo Moreno | 0 / 151
|
0 / 23
|
5 / 221
| |||
| Citizen Revolution Movement Movimiento Revolución Ciudadana |
RC | 5 | 2016 | Left-wing | Rafael Correa | 65 / 151
|
8 / 23
|
50 / 221
| |||
| Social Christian Party Partido Social Cristiano |
PSC | 6 | 1951 | Right-wing | Jaime Nebot | 4 / 151
|
2 / 23
|
73 / 221
| |||
| National Democratic Action Acción Democrática Nacional |
ADN | 7 | 2021 | Right-wing | Daniel Noboa | 66 / 151
|
1 / 23
|
1 / 221
| |||
| Advance Avanza |
Avanza | 8 | 2012 | Right-wing | Javier Orti | 0 / 151
|
0 / 23
|
15 / 221
| |||
| Democratic Left Party Partido Izquierda Democrática |
ID | 12 | 1970 | Centre-left | Analía Ledesma | 0 / 151
|
1 / 23
|
10 / 221
| |||
| AMIGO Movement Movimiento AMIGO |
AMIGO | 16 | 2020 | Centre | Juan Carlos Yar | 0 / 151
|
0 / 23
|
2 / 221
| |||
| Ecuadorian Socialist Party Partido Socialista Ecuatoriano |
PSE | 17 | 1926 | Centre-left | Gustavo Vallejo | 0 / 151
|
0 / 23
|
7 / 221
| |||
| Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement Movimiento de Unidad Plurinacional Pachakutik |
MUPP | 18 | 1995 | Centre-left to left-wing |
Leonidas Iza | 9 / 151
|
6 / 23
|
26 / 221
| |||
| Democracy Yes Movement Movimiento Democracia Sí |
DSÍ | 20 | 2018 | Centre-right | Gustavo Larrea | 0 / 151
|
0 / 23
|
7 / 221
| |||
| CREO Movement Movimiento CREO |
CREO | 21 | 2012 | Right-wing | Guillermo Lasso | 0 / 151
|
0 / 23
|
20 / 221
| |||
| SUMA Party Partido SUMA |
SUMA | 23 | 2012 | Right-wing | Mauricio Rodas | 0 / 151
|
1 / 23
|
25 / 221
| |||
| Build Movement Movimiento Construye |
MC25 | 25 | 2004 | Right-wing | Neoliberalism | María Paula Romo | 0 / 151
|
0 / 23
|
11 / 221
| ||
| RETO Movement Movimiento RETO |
RETO | 33 | 2012 | Centre-right | Aquiles Alvarez | 1 / 151
|
0 / 23
|
12 / 221
| |||
Unregistered parties
| Party / Movement | Est. | Political position |
Ideology | Leader | National affiliation |
International affiliation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Communist Party of Ecuador Partido Comunista del Ecuador |
PCE | 1926 | Far-left | Marxism–Leninism | Winston Alarcón Elizalde | FE (2014-2018) | |||
| Communist Party of Ecuador – Red Sun Partido Comunista de Ecuador – Sol Rojo |
PCE-SR | 1993 | Far-left | Comrade Joselo | ICL | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador Partido Comunista Marxista–Leninista del Ecuador |
PCMLE | 1964 | Far-left | Oswaldo Palacios | MPD (1978–2014) UP (since 2014) |
ICMLPO | |||
| Workers' Party of Ecuador Partido de los Trabajadores del Ecuador |
PTE | 1996 | Far-left | Marxism–Leninism | |||||
| Ecuadorian Communist Party Partido Comunista Ecuatoriano |
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)