This article lists political parties in Venezuela. Historically, Venezuela has had two major parties, along with numerous other minor parties. That system imploded at the

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into a multi-party system. In the 2005 parliamentary elections, the Fifth Republic Movement emerged as a dominant party. Its position was continued by the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (into which it merged on 20 October 2007), although it is not certain at all if this party system is going to remain stable through the following elections.

List

Alliances

Major parties

Other parties

Parties with no representation in the National Assembly but recent electoral activity: * Esperanza por El Cambio ''(EL CAMBIO)'' *National Force ''(Fuerza Nacional)'' *

Authentic Renewing Organization Authenticity or authentic may refer to: * Authentication, the act of confirming the truth of an attribute Arts and entertainment * Authenticity in art, ways in which a work of art or an artistic performance may be considered authentic Music * ...

''(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 For Social Democracy, ( es, link=no, Por la Democracia Social) or abbreviation PODEMOS, ( es, link=no, We can) is a political party in Venezuela. In the 2005 legislative elections the party won 15 out of 165 seats in the National Assembly. T ...

''(Por la Democracia Social)'' *

Free Electors Free may refer to: Concept * Freedom, having the ability to do something, without having to obey anyone/anything * Freethought, a position that beliefs should be formed only on the basis of logic, reason, and empiricism * Emancipate, to procure ...

''(Electores Libres)'' *

Going Forward Going may refer to: *Go (verb) ** ''Going- to'' future, a construction in English grammar * Going (horse racing), the condition of a horse racing track surface. * Going (surname) *" Going!", a song by KAT-TUN *Way of going, a reference to the quali ...

''(Vamos Adelante)'' * Independents for the National Community ''(Independientes por la Comunidad Nacional)'' * Independent Electoral Political Organization Committee ''(Comité de Organización Política Electoral Independiente)'' * Labour Power ''(Poder Laboral)'' * Lapy * Liberal Force ''(Fuerza Liberal)'' *

Movement for a Responsible, Sustainable and Entrepreneurial Venezuela Movement for a Responsible, Sustainable and Entrepreneurial Venezuela ( es, Movimiento por una Venezuela Responsable, Sostenible y Emprendedora, MOVERSE) is a green political party in Venezuela. History The Ecological Movement of Venezuela is ...

''(Movimiento por una Venezuela Responsable, Sostenible y Emprendedora)'' *

Movement for Socialism The Movement for Socialism–Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples ( es, Movimiento al Socialismo–Instrumento Político por la Soberanía de los Pueblos, abbreviated MAS-IPSP, or simply MAS, punning on ''más'', Spanish for ...

''(Movimiento al Socialismo)'' *

Movement of the Conscience of the Country Movement may refer to: Common uses * Movement (clockwork), the internal mechanism of a timepiece * Motion, commonly referred to as movement Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * "Movement" (short story), a short story by Nancy Fu ...

''(Movimiento de Conciencia de País)'' * National Convergence ''(Convergencia Nacional)'' * National Integrity Unity Movement ''(Movimiento de Integridad Nacional)'' * National Thought ''(Pensamiento Nacional)'' *

Networks of Responses of Communitary Changes Network, networking and networked may refer to: Science and technology * Network theory, the study of graphs as a representation of relations between discrete objects * Network science, an academic field that studies complex networks Mathematics ...

''(Redes de Respuestas de Cambios Comunitarios)'' * New Revolutionary Way ''(Nuevo Camino Revolucionario)'' *

New Social Order New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created. New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz Albums and EPs * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator ...

''(Nuevo Orden Social)'' *

Organized Youth of Venezuela Organizing or organized may refer to: * Organizing (management), a process of coordinating task goals and activities to resources * Community organizing, in which communities come together to act in their shared self-interest * Professional organi ...

''(Juventud Organizada de Venezuela)'' * Patriotic Community Unity ''(Unidad Patriótica Comunitaria)'' *

People's Electoral Movement The People's Electoral Movement (''Movimiento Electoral del Pueblo'', MEP) is a left-wing political party in Venezuela, founded in 1967 by Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa. The MEP was founded after Prieto Figueroa won the 1967 Acción Democráti ...

''(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 ''(Partido Socialismo y Libertad)'' *

Solidarity ''Solidarity'' is an awareness of shared interests, objectives, standards, and sympathies creating a psychological sense of unity of groups or classes. It is based on class collaboration.''Merriam Webster'', http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictio ...

''(Solidaridad)'' * Solution ''(Solución)'' * The Force Of Change ''(La Fuerza del Cambio)'' * 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 Venezuelan Popular Unity (''Unidad Popular Venezolana'') is a left-wing political party in Venezuela. It supported president Hugo Chávez and currently supports his successor Nicolás Maduro. It won one seat in the National Assembly in the 2005 ...

''(Unidad Popular Venezolana)'' *

Venezuelan Revolutionary Currents Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of V ...

''(Corrientes Revolucionarias Venezolanas)'' * Republican Movement ''(Movimiento Republicano)'' * We Organized Choose Unity ''(Unidad Nosotros Organizados Elegimos)''

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)'' *

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''(Proyecto Carabobo)'' *

Efficient Revolution Efficiency is the extent to which time or effort is well used for the intended task or purpose. Efficiency may also refer to: * Efficiency (aerodynamics), the amount of lift divided by the aerodynamic drag * Efficiency (apartment), a one-room a ...

''(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 The National Council of Venezuelan Indians (Spanish: ''Consejo Nacional Indio de Venezuela'', CONIVE) is a political party in Venezuela. The party was established in 1989 and is composed of over 60 organizations and representatives from 34 indig ...

''(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)'' *

Civil Resistance Civil resistance is political action that relies on the use of nonviolent resistance by ordinary people to challenge a particular power, force, policy or regime. Civil resistance operates through appeals to the adversary, pressure and coercion: i ...

''(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 IFP may refer to: Film * Ian Fleming Publications, a film production company formerly known as both Glidrose Productions Limited and Glidrose Publications Limited * Independent Filmmaker Project, a series of membership-based, not-for-profit organi ...

* Independent National Organization ''(Organización Nacional Independiente)'' * Independents for Venezuela ''(Independientes Por Venezuela)'' * Independents With Vision Of The Future ''(Independiente Con Vision De Futuro)'' * Internationalism ''(Internacionalismo)'' * Lets Break Chains ''(Rompamos Cadenas)'' * National Encounter ''(Encuentro Nacional)'' * National Feeling Movement ''(Movimiento Sentir Nacional)'' * National Independent Movement ''(Movimiento Nacional Independiente)'' * 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 ''(Apertura)'' * Party of the Venezuelan Revolution ''(Partido de la Revolución Venezolana)'' * Pirate Party of Venezuela ''(Partido Pirata de Venezuela)'' * Popular Alliance ''(Alianza Popular)'' * Popular Independent Party ''(Partido Popular Independiente)'' * Rebirth ''(Renace)'' * Sons of the Homeland ''(Hijos de la Patria)'' * Venezuela's Flame ''(La Llama de 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) * National Democratic Party (''Partido Democrático Nacional'') * Progressive Republican Party ''(Partido Republicano Progresista)'' (1936) * Venezuelan Revolutionary Party (''Partido Revolucionario Venezolano'') (1926-1931) * 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 ''(Liga Socialista)'' (1973-2007) **

Movement for Direct Democracy Movement may refer to: Common uses * Movement (clockwork), the internal mechanism of a timepiece * Motion, commonly referred to as movement Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * "Movement" (short story), a short story by Nancy Fu ...

''(Movimiento por la Democracia Directa)'' ** 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 Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s * Independen ...

''(Solidaridad Independiente)'' *Merged into A New Era: ** Only One People ''(Un Solo Pueblo)'' ** Democratic Left ''(Izquierda Democratica)'' ** Democratic Pole ''(Polo Democratico)''

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