This article lists
political parties
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...
in
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the ...
.
Colombia had historically maintained a
two-party system
A two-party system is a political party system in which two major political parties consistently dominate the political landscape. At any point in time, one of the two parties typically holds a majority in the legislature and is usually refe ...
, which means that there were two dominant political parties, resulting in considerable difficulty for anybody to achieve major electoral success under the banner of any other party. Dissidents from the two main parties also had chances to win elections. Nowadays it is a
multi-party system
In political science, a multi-party system is a political system in which multiple political parties across the political spectrum run for national elections, and all have the capacity to gain control of government offices, separately or in ...
, with every party that gets more than 3% of the valid votes for each of the two chambers in the congress (as well as some special cases like parties of minority groups) getting legal recognition.
Parties with legal recognition
In the
Parliamentary election of 2022, the following parties got the minimum required number of votes for legal recognition (3% of valid votes).
Parties of ethnic minorities
The following parties obtained representation in the congress despite not surpassing the required percentage, thanks to being in representation of ethnic minorities.
Defunct parties
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Christian National Party (2002)
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Christians for Community
Christians for Community (''Cristiano por la Comunidad'') is a Christian democratic political party in Colombia.
At the last legislative elections
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an i ...
(2002)
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Alternative Way (2002)
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Alternative for Social Advance (2002)
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Citizens' Movement (2002)
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Citizens' Political Movement for Bocaya (2002)
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Civic People's Convergence (2002)
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Civic Purpose Colombia (2002)
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Coalition
A coalition is a group formed when two or more people or groups temporarily work together to achieve a common goal. The term is most frequently used to denote a formation of power in political or economical spaces.
Formation
According to ''A Gui ...
(2002)
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Colombia Always (2002)
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Colombian People's Party (2002)
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Colombian Social Democratic Party
The Colombian Social Democratic Party (''Partido Socialdemócrata Colombiano'') is a political party (centre-left) in Colombia.
Social democracy is a political ideology that supports economic and social interventions to promote social justice w ...
(2002)
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Democratic Progressivity (2002)
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Democratic Unity Party (2002)
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Front of Hope (2002)
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Community Participation (2002-2000s)
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Citizens' Convergence (2002-2000s)
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Colombia Unite (2002-2000s)
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Colombian Community and Communal Political Movement (2002-2000s)
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Democratic Colombia Party
The Democratic Colombia Party (''Partido Colombia Demócrata'') was a political party in Colombia founded in 2003. After 2006, the small party was decimated by the parapolitics scandal, in which four of its five congressmen were forced to resign ...
(2003-2000s)
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For the Country of Our Dreams (2006)
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New Huila and Liberalism (2006)
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Citizen Option
Citizen Option ( es, Opción Ciudadana) was a political party in Colombia founded November 9, 2009 at the national convention of the former Citizens' Convergence movement. In 2013, it changed its name again to Citizen Option.
History
Origin ...
(2009)
Notes
References
See also
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Lists of political parties
Lists of political parties include:
* List of agrarian parties
* List of banned political parties
* List of centrist political parties
* List of communitarian political parties
* List of fictional political parties
* List of frivolous pol ...
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Liberalism in Colombia
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Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the ...
Political parties
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...
Political parties
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the ...