This article lists political parties in Nicaragua.

Political culture

Historically,

Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the cou ...

had a

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, with varying two dominant

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. The 2006 general election could have marked the end of the bipartite scheme, as the anti-Sandinista forces split into two major political alliances: the

Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance The Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance ( – ALN) is a political coalition in Nicaragua. It was started in 2005 by Eduardo Montealegre and other members of the Constitutional Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Constitucionalista – PLC) who opposed former P ...

(ALN) and the

Constitutionalist Liberal Party The Constitutionalist Liberal Party ( es, Partido Liberal Constitucionalista, PLC) is a political party in Nicaragua. At the 2006 Nicaraguan general election, Nicaraguan general election of 5 November 2006, the party won 25 of 92 seats in the N ...

(PLC).

Parties

Major parties

Three parties and alliances currently hold seats in the

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Other parties

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(AC) a *

Sandinista Renovation Movement The Sandinista Renovation Movement (''Movimiento Renovador Sandinista'' or MRS, in Spanish) is a Nicaraguan political party founded on 21 May 1995. It defines itself as a democratic and progressive party, made of women and men, which promotes the ...

(MRS) a *

Central American Unionist Party The Central American Unionist Party (Spanish: ''Partido Unionista Centroamericano'' - PUCA) is a center-right Nicaraguan political party. PUCA was originally established as a cultural grouping advocating 'Central Americanization' in 1904. Renamed t ...

(PUCA) a *

Communist Party of Nicaragua The Communist Party of Nicaragua ( es, Partido Comunista de Nicaragua, abbr. PCdeN or PCN) is a communist party in Nicaragua. Founded as the Socialist Workers' Party () in 1967, the core founding members were Juan Lorio, Augusto Lorío, Elí Alta ...

(PCdeN) a * Christian Democratic Union (UDC) a *

Christian Unity Movement Christian Unity Movement (Spanish: ''Movimiento de Unidad Cristiana'' - MUC), was founded by dissidents from the Nicaraguan Party of the Christian Path (CCN) in year 2000. As of 2006, MUC is part of the Sandinista National Liberation Front alliance ...

(MUC) a *

Ecologist Green Party of Nicaragua The Ecologist Green Party of Nicaragua (in Spanish: ''Partido Verde Ecologista de Nicaragua'', PVEN) is a political party in Nicaragua. It was founded in Managua on November 23, 2003. The president of the organisation is Edward Martín Salazar ...

(PVEN) a *

Great Liberal Union The Great Liberal Union ( es, Gran Unión Liberal (GUL) is a right-wing Nicaraguan political party (never legally registered) formed by President Bolaños and other dissidents from the Constitutionalist Liberal Party (PLC) in 2004. After signing ...

(GUL) * Marxist-Leninist Popular Action Movement (MAP-ML) a * New Liberal Party (PALI) a * Nicaraguan Resistance Party (PRN) a *

Nicaraguan Socialist Party The Nicaraguan Socialist Party (''Partido Socialista Nicaragüense'') is a political party in Nicaragua. Founded in July 1944 by Dr. Mario Flores Ortiz. PSN operated as the official communist party in the country. At the time of its foundation, P ...

(PSN) a *

Party for Citizen Action The Citizens' Action Party ( - PAC) is a Nicaraguan political party founded by the former legislative representative of the Sandinista Renovation Movement The Sandinista Renovation Movement (''Movimiento Renovador Sandinista'' or MRS, in Spanish) ...

(PAC) a *

Popular Conservative Alliance The Popular Conservative Alliance ( - APC) is a right-wing conservative Nicaraguan political party. The APC split from the Democratic Conservative Party (PCD) in 1984 when Miriam Argüello led a group opposed to the PCD's position on whether to ...

(APC) a a = ''active''

Defunct parties or parties with no legal status

* Christian Alternative Party (AC) *Conservative Action Movement (MAC) * Conservative Alliance (ALCON) a *

Democratic Conservative Party The Democratic Conservative Party (Spanish: ''Partido Conservador Demócrata'', PCD) is a Nicaraguan political party with a traditional conservative ideology. The party was formed in 1979. Clemente Guido participated as PCD's presidential candidate ...

(PCD) *

Democratic Party of National Confidence The Democratic Party of National Confidence (Spanish: ''Partido Demócrata de Confianza Nacional'' - PDCN) was a Nicaraguan political party founded by Agustín Jarquín and Adán Fletes after a split from Social Christian Party (PSC) in 1986. The ...

(PDCN) *

Independent Liberal Party for National Unity The Independent Liberal Party for National Unity (Partido Liberal Independiente por la Unidad Nacional) (PLIUN) is a Nicaraguan centre-right party that split from the Independent Liberal Party in 1984 as a consequence of PLI's decision to particip ...

(PLIUN) a * Liberal Salvation Movement (MSL) * National Action Party (PAN) * National Conservative Action (ANC) * National Conservative Unity Party (PUNC) *

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* National Democratic Party (PND) * National Project (PRONAL) * National Unity Movement (MUN) a *

Nicaraguan Democratic Movement The Nicaraguan Democratic Movement (Movimiento Democrático Nicaragüense - MDN) is a right-wing Nicaraguan political party with social democratic ideology. The MDN was formed in 1978 and re-registered in 1989. MDN was the first Contra party give ...

(MDN) a *

Popular Social Christian Party The Popular Social Christian Party ( - PPSC), was a Nicaraguan political party. It was an offshoot of the Social Christian Party formed in the late 1970s when Manolo Morales led schism from the PSC. The party supported the FSLN against the Somoza ...

(PPSC) * Revolutionary Unity Movement (MUR) * Revolutionary Workers' Party (PRT) * Social Christian Party (PSC) a *

Social Conservative Party The Social Conservative Party (Spanish: ''Partido Social Conservador'' - PSC) is a right-wing conservative Nicaraguan political party founded by its leader Fernando Agüero in 1988. The PSC received legal status in 1989 and participated in the 19 ...

(PSC) *

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties For ...

(PSD) a *

Unity Alliance The Unity Alliance ( es, Alianza Unidad - AU) was a Nicaraguan electoral alliance of three center left and right parties in the Nicaraguan 1996 elections. Members of the coalition were: * Social Christian Party (PSC) *Social Democratic Party ...

(AU) * UNO-96 Alliance (UNO-96) * Up with the Republic a a = ''active''

Regional Parties

* Authentic Costeño Autonomy Movement (MAAC) * Coast Alliance (Alianza Costeña) * Coast People’s Party (PPC) * Costeño Democratic Alliance (ADECO) *

Multiethnic Indigenist Party The Multiethnic Indigenous Party ( - PIM) is a regional Nicaraguan political party founded in 1998 by the PLC dissident and Maranatha __NOTOC__ ''Maranatha'' (Aramaic: ') is an Aramaic phrase which occurs once in the New Testament (). It also ...

(PIM) * Multiethnic Party for Coast Unity (PAMUC) a a = ''active''

Historical

National Opposition Union National Opposition Union ( es, Unión Nacional Opositora, UNO) was a Nicaraguan wide-range coalition of opposition parties formed to oppose president Daniel Ortega's Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) in the 1990 election. Its candi ...

(UNO) * 1966 National Opposition Union (UNO) *

Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to: *Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to: Active parties Africa *Botswana Democratic Party *Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea *Gabonese Democratic Party *Demo ...

(''Partido Democrático'', PD) * Legitimist Party (''Partido Legitimista'', PL) * Republican Party (''Partido Republicano'', PR) *

Nationalist Liberal Party The Nationalist Liberal Party ( es, Partido Liberal Nacionalista, PLN) was a political party in Nicaragua. When Anastasio Somoza García took power in 1936, the party aligned itself with the United States and other caudillos in Latin America, li ...

(''Partido Liberal Nacionalista'', PLN) * Traditional Conservative Party (''Partido Conservador Tradicionalista'', PCT)

Popular subscription associations

* Civic Association of Potosí (ACP) *Sol Association (''Asociación Sol'') * Viva Managua Movement (''Movimiento Viva Managua'')

References

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