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{{Politics of Venezuela}}
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Historically, [[Venezuela]] has had a [[two-party system]], involving two [[major parties]] along with numerous other [[minor parties]]. That system imploded at the [[1998 Venezuelan presidential election]] into a [[multi-party system]]. In the [[2005 Venezuelan parliamentary election]], the [[Fifth Republic Movement]] emerged as a [[dominant-party system|dominant party]]. Its position was continued by the [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela]] (into which it merged on 20 October 2007), although it was not certain if this party system was going to remain stable through the following elections.

==List==

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===Alliances===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan=2 | Alliance
! Abbr.
! width=280em | Parties
! Ideology
! [[National Assembly of Venezuela|Deputies]]
|-
! style="background-color:#C10712" |
| [[Great Patriotic Pole]]<br /><small>''Gran Polo Patriótico''</small>
| GPPSB
| {{collapsible list
  |title= List of parties
  |[[United Socialist Party of Venezuela]]
  |[[Fatherland for All]]
  |[[Tupamaro (Venezuela)|Tupamaro]]
  |[[Movement We Are Venezuela]]
  |[[For Social Democracy]]
  |[[Alliance for Change (Venezuela)|Alliance for Change]]
  |[[People's Electoral Movement (Venezuela)|People's Electoral Movement]]
  |[[Authentic Renewal Organization]]
  |[[Venezuelan Popular Unity]]}}
| [[Anti-imperialism]]<br/>[[Bolivarianism]]<br/>[[Chavismo]]
| {{composition bar|253|277|#C10712}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Popular Revolutionary Alternative}}" |
| [[Popular Revolutionary Alternative]]<br /><small>''Alternativa Popular Revolucionaria''</small>
| APR
| {{collapsible list
  |title= List of parties
  |[[Communist Party of Venezuela]]
  |[[Fatherland for All|PPT]] (section)
  |[[Tupamaro (Venezuela)|Tupamaro]] (section) 
  |[[International Marxist Tendency|Lucha de Clases]]
  |{{ill|United Left (Venezuela)|es|Izquierda Unida (Venezuela)|lt=United Left}}
  |[[Revolutionary Bolivarian Movement-200|MBR-200]]
  |Revolutionary Party of Labour (PRT)
  |Somos Lina Movement (SL)
  |{{ill|Compromiso País|es}} (COMPA)
  |Red Autónoma de Comuneros (RAC)}} 
| [[Anti-imperialism]]<br/>[[Bolivarianism]]<br/>[[Chavismo]]
| {{composition bar|1|277|{{party color|Popular Revolutionary Alternative}}}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unity Roundtable}}" |
| [[Unitary Platform]]<br /><small>''Plataforma Unitaria''</small>
| UP
| {{collapsible list
  |title= List of parties
  |[[Democratic Action (Venezuela)|Democratic Action]]{{efn|name=a|Faction of the party, led by [[Henry Ramos Allup]]}}
  |[[Justice First]]
  |[[A New Era]]
  |[[Popular Will]]
  |[[Radical Cause]]
  |{{ill|Progressive Movement of Venezuela|es|Movimiento Progresista de Venezuela}}
  |{{ill|Movement for Venezuela|es|Movimiento por Venezuela}}
  |[[Convergence (Venezuela)|Convergence]]
  |{{ill|Citizen Encounter|es|Encuentro Ciudadano}}
  |[[Radical Cause]]
  |[[People's Electoral Movement (Venezuela)|People's Electoral Movement]]{{efn|name=c|Party faction. The party is controlled and intervened by an ad-hoc board, in line with the policies of [[Nicolas Maduro]] and the ideology of the [[Great Patriotic Pole]]}}
  |[[Red Flag Party|Red Flag]]{{efn|name=d|Faction of the party, led by Gabriel Puerta Aponte}}
  |[[Ecological Movement of Venezuela]]{{efn|name=e|Faction of the party, led by Gelyna Mercado Carabaño}}
  |{{ill|Republican Movement (Venezuela)|lt=Republican Movement|es|Movimiento Republicano (Venezuela)}}
  |[[Democratic Republican Union]]
  |{{ill|New Vision for my Country|es|Nueva Visión para mi País}}{{efn|name=f|Party faction. The party is controlled by a board of directors that is not recognized by the party, but is recognized by the National Electoral Council}}
  |{{ill|Emergent People|es|Gente Emergente}}
  |[[Project Venezuela]]
  |{{ill|Clear Accounts|es|Cuentas Claras}}
  |{{ill|Emergent People|es|Gente Emergente (Venezuela)}}
  }}
| [[Chavismo#Criticism|Anti-Chavism]]<br/>[[Liberal democracy]]
| {{composition bar|12|277|{{party color|Democratic Unity Roundtable}}}}
|-

|}
{{notelist}}

===Major parties===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan=2 | Party
! Abbr.
! Ideology
! [[National Assembly of Venezuela|Deputies]]
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|United Socialist Party of Venezuela}}" |
| [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela]]<br /><small>''Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela''</small>
| PSUV
| [[Anti-imperialism]]<br/>[[Anti-capitalism]]<br/>[[Bolivarianism]]
| {{composition bar|222|277|{{party color|United Socialist Party of Venezuela}}}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Action}}" |
| [[Democratic Action (Venezuela)|Democratic Action]]<br /><small>''Acción Democrática''</small>
| AD
| [[Social democracy]]<br/>[[Left-wing nationalism]]<br/>[[Progressivism]]
| {{composition bar|8|277|{{party color|Democratic Action}}}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Fatherland for All}}" |
| [[Fatherland for All]]<br /><small>''Patria para Todos''</small>
| PPT
| [[Democratic socialism]]<br/>[[Libertarian Marxism]]
| {{composition bar|8|277|{{party color|Fatherland for All}}}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Tupamaro (Venezuela)}}" |
| [[Tupamaro (Venezuela)|Revolutionary Movement Tupamaro]]<br /><small>''Movimiento Revolucionario Tupamaro''</small>
| MRT
| [[Communism]]<br/>[[Marxism–Leninism]]
| {{composition bar|7|277|{{party color|Tupamaro (Venezuela)}}}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Movement We Are Venezuela}}" |
| [[Movement We Are Venezuela]]<br /><small>''Movimiento Somos Venezuela''</small>
| MSV
| [[Chavismo]]<br/>[[Socialism]]
| {{composition bar|5|277|{{party color|Movement We Are Venezuela}}}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|For Social Democracy}}" |
| [[For Social Democracy]]<br /><small>''Por la Democracia Social''</small>
| PODEMOS
| [[Social democracy]]<br/>[[Democratic socialism]]
| {{composition bar|5|277|{{party color|For Social Democracy}}}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Esperanza por El Cambio}}" |
| [[Esperanza por El Cambio|Hope for Change]]<br /><small>''Esperanza por el Cambio''</small>
| El Cambio
| [[Christian democracy]]
| {{composition bar|4|277|{{party color|Esperanza por El Cambio}}}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance for Change (Venezuela)}}" |
| [[Alliance for Change (Venezuela)|Alliance for Change]]<br /><small>''Alianza para el Cambio''</small>
| APC
| [[Democratic socialism]]<br/>[[Social democracy]]
| {{composition bar|3|277|{{party color|Alliance for Change (Venezuela)}}}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|People's Electoral Movement (Venezuela)}}" |
| [[People's Electoral Movement (Venezuela)|People's Electoral Movement]]<br /><small>''Movimiento Electoral del Pueblo''</small>
| MEP
| [[Socialism]]<br/>[[Left-wing nationalism]]
| {{composition bar|3|277|{{party color|People's Electoral Movement (Venezuela)}}}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Copei}}" |
| [[Copei]]
| Copei
| [[Christian democracy]]<br/>[[Catholic social teaching]]
| {{composition bar|3|277|{{party color|Copei}}}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Venezuelan Popular Unity}}" |
| [[Venezuelan Popular Unity]]<br /><small>''Unidad Popular Venezolana''</small>
| UPV
| [[Bolivarianism]]<br/>[[Communism]]
| {{composition bar|2|277|{{party color|Venezuelan Popular Unity}}}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Progressive Advance}}" |
| [[Progressive Advance]]<br /><small>''Avanzada Progresista''</small>
| AP
| [[Social democracy]]<br/>[[Progressivism]]
| {{composition bar|2|277|{{party color|Progressive Advance}}}}
|-
! style="background-color: #FED241" |
| [[Venezuela First]]<br /><small>''Primero Venezuela''</small>
| PV
| [[Humanism]]<br/>[[Liberal democracy]]
| {{composition bar|2|277|#FED241}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Authentic Renewal Organization}}" |
| [[Authentic Renewal Organization]]<br /><small>''Organización Renovadora Auténtica''</small>
| ORA
| [[Christian democracy]]<br>[[Social conservatism]]
| {{composition bar|1|277|{{party color|Authentic Renewal Organization}}}}
|-
! style="background-color: #790ead" |
| [[Cambiemos Movimiento Ciudadano|Let's Change - Citizen's Movement]]<br /><small>''Cambiemos Movimiento Ciudadano''</small>
| CMC
| [[Pluralism (political philosophy)|Pluralism]]<br/>[[Progressivism]]<br>[[Feminism]]
| {{composition bar|1|277|#790ead}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of Venezuela}}" |
| [[Communist Party of Venezuela]]<br /><small>''Partido Comunista de Venezuela''</small>
| PCV
| [[Communism]]<br>[[Marxism–Leninism]]
| {{composition bar|1|277|{{party color|Communist Party of Venezuela}}}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Justice First}}" |
| [[Justice First]]<br /><small>''Primero Justicia''</small>
| PJ
| [[Radical centrism]]
| {{composition bar|0|277}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|A New Era}}" |
| [[A New Era]]<br /><small>''Un Nuevo Tiempo''</small>
| UNT
| [[Keynesianism]]
| {{composition bar|0|277}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Popular Will}}" |
| [[Popular Will]]<br /><small>''Voluntad Popular''</small>
| VP
| [[Big tent]]
| {{composition bar|0|277}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Radical Cause}}" |
| [[Radical Cause|The Radical Cause]]<br /><small>''La Causa Radical''</small>
| LCR
| [[Radical politics|Radicalism]]
| {{composition bar|0|277}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|A New Era}}" |
| Progressive Movement of Venezuela {{small|([[:es:Movimiento Progresista de Venezuela|es]])}}<br /><small>''Movimiento Progresista de Venezuela''</small>
| MPV
| [[Democratic socialism]]
| {{composition bar|0|277}}
|-
! width=5px style="background-color: {{party color|Project Venezuela}}" |
| [[Project Venezuela]]<br /><small>''Proyecto Venezuela''</small>
| ProVen
| [[Christian democracy]]
| {{composition bar|0|277}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Movement for Socialism (Venezuela)}}" |
| Clear Accounts {{small|([[:es:Cuentas Claras|es]])}}<br /><small>''Cuentas Claras''</small>
| CC
| [[Progressivism]]
| {{composition bar|0|277}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Fearless People's Alliance}}" |
| [[Fearless People's Alliance]]<br /><small>''Alianza Bravo Pueblo''</small>
| ABP
| [[Social democracy]]
| {{composition bar|0|277}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Vente Venezuela}}" |
| [[Come Venezuela]]<br /><small>''Vente Venezuela''</small>
| VV
| [[Classical liberalism]]
| {{composition bar|0|277}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Movement for Socialism (Venezuela)}}" |
| Emergent People {{small|([[:es:Gente Emergente (Venezuela)|es]])}}<br /><small>''Gente Emergente''</small>
| GE
| [[Christian humanism]]
| {{composition bar|0|277}}
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|United Socialist Party of Venezuela}}" |
| [[Republican Bicentennial Vanguard]]<br /><small>''Vanguardia Bicentenaria Republicana''</small>
| VBR
| [[Bolivarianism]]
| {{composition bar|0|277}}
|-
! style="background-color:#32CD32" |
| Green Party of Venezuela<br /><small>''Partido Verde de Venezuela''</small>{{cn|date=February 2024|reason=Removed unreliable source}}
| PVV
| [[Environmentalism]]
| {{composition bar|0|277}}
|}

===Other parties===
Parties with no representation in the [[National Assembly of Venezuela|National Assembly]] but recent electoral activity:
*[[Esperanza por El Cambio party (Venezuela)|Esperanza por El Cambio]] ''(EL CAMBIO)''
*National Force ''(Fuerza Nacional)''
*[[Authentic Renewing Organization]] ''(Organización Renovadora Autentica)''
*[[Democratic Republican Union]] ''(Union Republicana Democrática)''
*Democratic Unity ''(Unión Democrática)''
*[[Ecological Movement of Venezuela]] ''(Movimiento Ecológico de Venezuela)''
*[[Force of the People]] ''(Fuerza de la Gente)''
*[[For Social Democracy]] ''(Por la Democracia Social)''
*[[Free Electors]] ''(Electores Libres)''
*[[Going Forward]] ''(Vamos Adelante)''
*Independents for the National Community ''(Independientes por la Comunidad Nacional)''
*[[COPEI|Independent Electoral Political Organization Committee]] ''(Comité de Organización Política Electoral Independiente)''
*[[Labour Power]] ''(Poder Laboral)''
*[[Lapy (Venezuela)|Lapy]]
*[[Liberal Force]] ''(Fuerza Liberal)''
*[[Movement for Socialism (Venezuela)|Movement for Socialism]] ''(Movimiento al Socialismo)''
*[[Movement of the Conscience of the Country]] ''(Movimiento de Conciencia de País)''
*[[National Convergence (Venezuela)|National Convergence]] ''(Convergencia Nacional)''
*[[National Integrity Unity Movement]] ''(Movimiento de Integridad Nacional)''
*[[National Thought]] ''(Pensamiento Nacional)''
*[[Networks of Responses of Community Changes]] ''(Redes de Respuestas de Cambios Comunitarios)''
*[[New Revolutionary Way]] ''(Nuevo Camino Revolucionario)''
*[[New Social Order]] ''(Nuevo Orden Social)''
*[[Organized Youth of Venezuela]] ''(Juventud Organizada de Venezuela)''
*[[Patriotic Community Unity]] ''(Unidad Patriótica Comunitaria)''
*[[People's Electoral Movement]] ''(Movimiento Electoral del Pueblo)''
*[[Popular Force]] ''(Fuerza Popular)''
*[[Popular Vanguard]] ''(Vanguardia Popular)''
*[[Red Flag Party]] ''(Partido Bandera Roja)''
*[[Renovative Democracy Unity]] ''(Unidad Democracia Renovadora)''
*[[Revolutionary Middle Class]] ''(Clase Media Revolucionaria)''
*[[Revolutionary Party of Work]] ''(Partido Revolucionario del Trabajo)''
*[[Socialism and Liberty Party (Venezuela)|Socialism and Liberty Party]] ''(Partido Socialismo y Libertad)''
*[[Solidarity (political party)|Solidarity]] ''(Solidaridad)''
*[[Solution (Venezuela)|Solution]] ''(Solución)''
*[[The Force Of Change]] ''(La Fuerza del Cambio)''
*[[Tupamaro (Venezuela)|Revolutionary Movement Tupamaro]]  ''(Tendencias Unificadas para Alcanzar el Movimiento de Acción Revolución)''
*[[United for Peace and Democracy Democratic Party]] ''(Partido Demócrata Unidos por la Paz y la Democracia)''
*[[United for Venezuela]] ''(Unidos para Venezuela)''
*[[United People Liberal Movement]] ''(Movimiento Liberal Pueblo Unido)''
*[[Venezuela First-class]] ''(Venezuela de Primera)''
*[[Venezuela Vision Unity]] ''(Unidad Visión Venezuela)''
*[[Venezuelan Popular Unity]] ''(Unidad Popular Venezolana)''
*[[Venezuelan Revolutionary Currents]] ''(Corrientes Revolucionarias Venezolanas)''
*[[Republican Movement (Venezuela)|Republican Movement]] ''(Movimiento Republicano)''
*[[We Organized Choose Unity]] ''(Unidad Nosotros Organizados Elegimos)''
*[[Pencil Alliance]] ''(Alianza del Lápiz)''

===Regional parties===
Major regional parties:

*[[Alternative Response Independent Movement]] ''(Movimiento Independiente Respuesta Alternativa)''
*[[Amazonas's New Route]] ''(Nuevo Rumbo de Amazonas)''
*[[Autonomous Indigenous Movement of Zulia]] ''(Movimiento Indígena Autónomo del Zulia)''
*[[Carabobo Proyect]] ''(Proyecto Carabobo)''
*[[Efficient Revolution]] ''(Revolución Eficiente)''
*[[FIOOP]]
*[[Independent Social Alliance of Sucre]] ''(Alianza Social Independiente de Sucre)''
*[[Independent Regional Emergent Movement]] ''(Movimiento Emergente Regional Independiente)''
*[[National Council of Venezuelan Indians]] ''(Consejo Nacional Indio de Venezuela)''
*[[Vargas's First]] ''(Vargas de Primera)''
*[[Regional Advance Movement]] - MRA (Movimiento Regional de Avanzada)
*[[Republican Vanguard Force]] ''(Fuerza de Vanguardia Republicana)''
*[[Revolutionary Social Alliance Party]] ''(Partido de Alianza Social Revolucionaria)''
*[[United Multiethnic Peoples of the Amazonas]] ''(Pueblos Unidos Multiétnicos de Amazonas)''
*[[United Movement of Indigenous People]] ''(Movimiento Unido de Pueblos Indígenas)''
*[[What's Been Achieved by Yaracuy]] ''(Lo Alcanzado por Yaracuy)''

===Defunct parties===
Parties with no legal status and parties with no recent electoral activity:

*[[Advanced Answer Independent Electoral Party]] ''(Partido Indepeniente Electoral De Repuesta Avanzada)''
*[[Araguaney Electoral Movement]] ''(Araguaney Movimiento Electoral)''
*[[Builders of a Country]] ''(Constructores de un Pais)''
*[[Resistencia Civil|Civil Resistance]] ''(Resistencia Civil)''
*[[Community Change Answer]] ''(Respuesta de Cambio Comunitario)''
*[[Democratic Active National Organization]] ''(Organizacion Nacional Democratica Activa)''
*[[Democratic Image]] ''(Imagen Democratica)''
*[[Farming Action]] ''(Accion Agropecuaria)''
*[[For Love of the City]] ''(Por Querer a la Ciudad)''
*[[For the Love of Venezuela]] ''(Por Querer a Venezuela)''
*[[IFP (Venezuela)|IFP]]
*[[Independent National Organization]] ''(Organización Nacional Independiente)''
*[[Independents for Venezuela]] ''(Independientes Por Venezuela)''
*[[Independents With Vision Of The Future]] ''(Independiente Con Vision De Futuro)''
*[[Internationalism (Venezuela)|Internationalism]] ''(Internacionalismo)''
*[[Movement for a Responsible, Sustainable and Entrepreneurial Venezuela]] ''(Movimiento por una Venezuela Responsable, Sostenible y Emprendedora)''
*[[Lets Break Chains]] ''(Rompamos Cadenas)''
*[[National Encounter]] ''(Encuentro Nacional)''
*[[National Feeling Movement]] ''(Movimiento Sentir Nacional)''
*[[National Independent Movement]] ''(Movimiento Nacional Independiente)''
*[[New Order (Venezuela)|New Order]] ''(Nuevo Orden)''
*[[National Socialist Liberation Group Pro Venezuela]] ''(Grupo Nacional Socialista de Liberacion Pro-Venezuela)''
*[[New People Concentration Movement]] ''(Movimiento de Concentracion Gente Nueva)''
*[[Opening (political party)|Opening]] ''(Apertura)''
*[[Party of the Venezuelan Revolution]] ''(Partido de la Revolución Venezolana)''
*[[Pirate Party of Venezuela]] ''(Partido Pirata de Venezuela)''
*[[Popular Alliance (Venezuela)|Popular Alliance]] ''(Alianza Popular)''
*[[Popular Independent Party]] ''(Partido Popular Independiente)''
*[[Rebirth (political party)|Rebirth]] ''(Renace)''
*[[Sons of the Homeland]] ''(Hijos de la Patria)''
*[[Venezuela's Flame]] ''(La Llama de Venezuela)''
*[[VTM (Venezuela)|VTM]]
*[[We Are All Venezuela]] ''(Venezuela Somos Todos)''

===Historical parties===
*[[Great Liberal Party of Venezuela]] (''Gran Partido Liberal de Venezuela'') (1840-1899)
*[[Venezuelan Democratic Party]] (''Partido Democrático Venezolano'') (1943-1945)
*[[Partido Democrático Nacional|National Democratic Party]] (''Partido Democrático Nacional'')
*[[Progressive Republican Party (Venezuela)|Progressive Republican Party]] ''(Partido Republicano Progresista)'' (1936)
*[[Venezuelan Revolutionary Party]] (''Partido Revolucionario Venezolano'') (1926-1931)
*[[Revolutionary Left Movement (Venezuela)|Revolutionary Left Movement]] (''Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria'') (1960-1988)
*Merged into United Socialist Party of Venezuela:
**[[Fifth Republic Movement]] ''(Movimiento V República)'' (1997-2007)
**[[Venezuelan People's Union]] ''(Unión Popular Venezolana)''
**[[Socialist League (Venezuela)|Socialist League]] ''(Liga Socialista)'' (1973-2007)
**[[Movement for Direct Democracy]] ''(Movimiento por la Democracia Directa)''
**[[Union Party (Venezuela)|Union Party]] ''(Partido Unión)''
**[[Militant Civic Movement]] ''(Movimiento Civico Militante)''
**[[Action Force of Base Coordination]] ''(Fuerzas de Acciones de Coordinación de Base)''
*Merged into Fearless People's Alliance:
**[[Emergent Vision]] ''(Vision Emergente)''
*Merged into Alternative Popular Directory:
**[[Laborist Movement]] ''(Movimiento Laborista)''
**[[Independent Solidarity]] ''(Solidaridad Independiente)''
*Merged into A New Era:
**[[Only One People]] ''(Un Solo Pueblo)''
**[[Democratic Left (Venezuela)|Democratic Left]] ''(Izquierda Democratica)''
**[[Democratic Pole]] ''(Polo Democratico)''

==See also==
{{Commons category|Political parties in Venezuela}}
*[[Politics of Venezuela]]
*[[List of political parties by country]]
*[[Liberalism in Venezuela]]
*[[Interventions of political parties in Venezuela]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.cne.gob.ve/divulgacionPresidencial/img/thumb_presidente.jpg 2006 Venezuelan presidential elections ballot]

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