This article lists political parties in Bolivia. Bolivia has a

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system, with numerous parties.

Current parties

Congressional parties

The following parties and alliances are represented in the

Plurinational Legislative Assembly The Plurinational Legislative Assembly ( es, Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional) is the national legislature of Bolivia, placed in La Paz, the country's seat of government. The assembly is bicameral, consisting of a lower house (the Chamber ...

National parties

Nine groups are registered with the Supreme Electoral Tribunal as political organizations of national scope. Of these, only one, the Social Democratic Movement, is a civic group; the remaining eight are all political parties.

Subnational parties

The following are some of the major parties registered with the Supreme Electoral Tribunal as subnational organizations within one of the nine

Departments of Bolivia Bolivia is a unitary state consisting of nine departments ( es, departamentos). Departments are the primary subdivisions of Bolivia, and possess certain rights under the Constitution of Bolivia. Each department is represented in the Plurinational ...

Groups contesting local elections

* Assembly of the Guarani People - North Charagua ''(Asamblea del Pueblo Guaraní – Charagua Norte, ''APG''–''CHARAGUA) * Change Charagua ''(Cambio Charagua, ''CACHA) *Huanuni for All ''(Huanuni para Todos, ''HUANUNI) * Regional Federation of Mining Cooperatives of Huanuni ''(Federación Regional de Cooperativas Mineras de Huanuni, ''FERCOMIN) * Socialist Aymara Group ''(Grupo Aymara Socialista, ''GAS) * Social Unity Uprising of September First ''(Levantamiento de Unidad Social Primero de Septiembre''), * Unified Trade Union Sub Federation of Peasant Workers of Ancoraimes - Tupak Katari ''(Subfederación Sindical Única de Trabajadores Campesinos de Ancoraimes Tupak Katari, ''SFSUTCA-TK) *Yungas Cocalera Revolution ''(Revolución Cocalera Yungas, ''R-COCAY)

Dissolved parties

Parties that lost their registration in 2014

* Movement Without Fear (''Movimiento Sin Miedo'', MSM)

Parties that lost their registration in 2013

Popular Consensus Popular Consensus ( es, Consenso Popular, CP) was a Bolivian political party founded in 2009. CP founder Óscar Ortiz Antelo was President of the Senate of Bolivia from 2008 to 2010. In the 2009 national election, the party formed an electoral al ...

(''Consenso Popular'', CP; accredited as a citizen grouping)

Parties that lost their registration in 2009

* Democratic and Social Power (''Poder Democrático y Social'', PDS)

Parties that lost their registration in 2006

* Free Bolivia Movement ''(Movimiento Bolivia Libre, ''MBL) * Progress Plan ''(Plan Progreso, ''PP) * Workers Social Union of Bolivia ''(Unión Social de Trabajadores de Bolivia, ''USTB) * Indigenous Pachakuti Movement ''(Movimiento Indígena Pachakuti, ''MIP) * Agrarian Patriotic Front of Bolivia ''(Frente Patriótico Agropecuario de Bolivia, ''FREPAB) * Revolutionary Left Movement - New Majority ''(Movimiento Izquierda Revolucionaria – Nueva Mayoría, ''MIR-NM) * New Republican Force ''(Nueva Fuerza Republicana, ''NFR)

Parties that lost their registration in 2005

* Patriotic Social Alliance ''(Alianza Social Patriótica, ''ASP) * Institutional Vanguard Mariscal de Ayacucho ''(Vanguardia Institucional Mariscal de Ayacucho, ''VIMA) * Bolivarian Movement ''(Movimiento Bolivariano, ''MOVIBOL)

Parties that lost their registration in 2002–2003

* Conscience of Fatherland - Patriotic Movement ''(Conciencia de Patria Movimiento Patriótico, ''CONDEPA-MP) *

Bolivian Socialist Falange The Bolivian Socialist Falange ( es, Falange Socialista Boliviana) is a Bolivian political party established in 1937. It is a far-rightJohn, S (2006) ''Permanent Revolution on the Altiplano: Bolivian Trotskyism, 1928-2005'', p. 445 party drawing i ...

''(Falange Socialista Boliviana, ''FSB) * Democratic National Katarism ''(Katarismo Nacional Democrático, ''KND) * Freedom and Justice Party ''(Partido Libertad y Justicia, ''PLJ) *

Citizens' Movement for Change Citizens' Movement for Change (french: Mouvement des Citoyens pour le Changement, MCC) is a Christian-democratic political party in the French Community of Belgium founded by Gérard Deprez in 1998. Deprez was the leader of the Francophone Chris ...

''(Movimiento Ciudadano para el Cambio'', MCC'')'' *

Revolutionary Liberation Movement Tupaq Katari A revolutionary is a person who either participates in, or advocates a revolution. The term ''revolutionary'' can also be used as an adjective, to refer to something that has a major, sudden impact on society or on some aspect of human endeavor. ...

''(Movimiento Revolucionario Tupaq Katari de Liberación, ''MRTKL) * Communist Party of Bolivia ''(Partido Comunista de Bolivia, ''PCB) * Young Force Party ''(Partido Fuerza Joven, ''PFJ) *

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''(Partido Socialista, ''PS) * Revolutionary Vanguard 9th April ''(Vanguardia Revolucionaria 9 de Abril, ''VR-9)

References

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