List of political parties in the Dominican Republic

This article lists political parties in the Dominican Republic.

The Dominican Republic has a multi-party system, with two or three strong parties and a third party that is electorally successful.

Parties

Major parties

The PRM, the FP, and the PLD are considered major parties in the Dominican Republic, after the last election.^[1]^[2]^[3]

	Abbr.	Founded	Ideology	Senators	Deputies	Mayors
Modern Revolutionary Party Partido Revolucionario Moderno	PRM	2014	Social democracy^[4]	29 / 32	146 / 190	122 / 158
People's Force Fuerza del Pueblo	FP	2019	Progressivism^[5]	3 / 32	28 / 190	6 / 158
Dominican Liberation Party Partido de la Liberación Dominicana	PLD	1973	Progressivism^[6]	0 / 32	13 / 190	15 / 158

Congressional parties

The parties listed below have at least one seat in either the Senate or the Chamber of Deputies after the 2024 general election.

	Abbr.	Founded	Ideology	Senators	Deputies	Mayors
	Social Christian Reformist Party Partido Reformista Social Cristiano	PRSC	1984	Liberal conservatism	1 / 32	4 / 190	7 / 158
Dominicans for Change Partido de los Dominicanos por el Cambio	DXC	2010	Green conservatism	1 / 32	2 / 190
Social Democratic Institutional Bloc Bloque Institucional Socialdemócrata	BIS	1989	Social democracy	1 / 32	2 / 190	1 / 158
Dominican Revolutionary Party Partido Revolucionario Dominicano	PRD	1939	Social liberalism		4 / 190	3 / 158
Broad Front Frente Amplio	FA	1992	Socialism		3 / 190
Alliance for Democracy Alianza por la Democracia	APD	1992	Progressivism		2 / 190
Country Alliance Alianza País	ALPAÍS	2011	Green left		2 / 190
Civic Renovation Party Partido Cívico Renovador	PCR	2006	Democratic socialism		1 / 190
Dominican Humanist Party Partido Humanista Dominicano	PHD	2006	Humanism		1 / 190
Liberal Reformist Party Partido Reformista Liberal	PRL	1986	Liberalism		1 / 190
Quisqueyano Christian Democratic Party Partido Quisqueyano Demócrata Cristiano	PQDC	2006	Social conservatism		1 / 190
Revolutionary Social Democratic Party Partido Revolucionario Social Demócrata	PRSD	2005	Social democracy		1 / 190
Democratic Choice Opción Democrática	OD	2014	Social democracy		1 / 190

Local parties

The parties listed below are not represented in Congress, but control at least one municipal council.

Name		Abbr.	Founded	Ideology	Mayors
	Christian People's Party Partido Popular Cristiano	PPC	1981	Christian left	1 / 158

Other parties

	Abbr.	Founded	Ideology
Alternative Democratic Movement Movimiento Democrático Alternativo	MODA	2007	Liberal socialism
Christian Democratic Union Party Partido Unión Demócrata Cristiano	UDC	1998	Christian democracy
Institutional Democratic Party Partido Democrática Institucionál	PDI	1986	Christian nationalism
National Unity Party Partido de la Unidád Nacionál	PUN	2001	Christian socialism
Green Socialist Party Partido Socialista Verde	PASOVE	2009	Ecosocialism
National Citizen Will Party Partido Nacional de la Voluntád Ciudadana	PNVC	1973	Christian democracy Social conservatism
Popular Democratic Party Partido Democrático Popular	PDP	1974	Right-wing populism
Independent Revolutionary Party Partido Revolucionário Independiente	PRI	1990	Neoliberalism
National Renaissance Party Partido Renacentista Nacional	PRN	1987	Liberal nationalism
National Progressive Force Fuerza Nacionál Progresísta	FNP	1980	National conservatism
International Communist Party Partido Comunista Internacional	PCI		Communism
Communist Party of Labour Partido Comunista del Trabajo	PCT	1980	Hoxhaism

Defunct political parties

	Abbr.	Founded	Ideology	Position	Dissolution
Blue Party Partido Azúl	PA	1865	Radicalism	Centre-left to Centre	1930
Red Party Partido Rojo	PR	1865	Conservatism	Right-wing to Centre-right	1930
Dominican Party Partido Dominicano	PD	1931	Fascism (Trujilism)	Far-right	1962
Dominican Communist Party Partido Comunista Dominicano	PCD	1944	Marxism-Leninism	Left-wing	1996
June 14 Political Rally Movement Movimiento Agrupación Política 14 de Junio	1J4	1959	Revolutionary socialism	Far-left to Left-wing	1968
Evolutionist Liberal Party Partido Liberal Evolucionista	PLE	1965	Conservative liberalism	Centre to Centre-right	1966
Anti-Imperialist Patriotic Union Unión Patriótica Antiimperialista	UPA	1977	Socialist patriotism	Far-left	2004
Dominican Workers' Party Partido de los Trabajadores Dominicanos	PTD	1979	Progressivism	Left-wing to Centre-left	2019

References

^ "Resultados Electorales". resultadoselecciones2024.jce.gob.do. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
^ "PRM y PLD quedan como partidos mayoritarios; Fuerza del Pueblo minoritario" (in European Spanish). Listin Diario. January 28, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
^ "Sólo el PRM y PLD quedarían como partidos mayoritarios" (in European Spanish). Diario Libre. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
^ "¿Socialdemócrata el PRM?". Acento (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-02.
^ "PTD-'La Fuerza del Pueblo' fue un partido de izquierda". Listin Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved October 21, 2019.
^ "In the Dominican Republic, the President's Likely Reelection Bodes Well for the Economy, But Challenges Remain". Stratfor. Retrieved May 16, 2024.

[1] "Resultados Electorales". resultadoselecciones2024.jce.gob.do. Retrieved May 22, 2024.

[2] "PRM y PLD quedan como partidos mayoritarios; Fuerza del Pueblo minoritario" (in European Spanish). Listin Diario. January 28, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2021.

[3] "Sólo el PRM y PLD quedarían como partidos mayoritarios" (in European Spanish). Diario Libre. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

[4] "¿Socialdemócrata el PRM?". Acento (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-02.

[5] "PTD-'La Fuerza del Pueblo' fue un partido de izquierda". Listin Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved October 21, 2019.

[6] "In the Dominican Republic, the President's Likely Reelection Bodes Well for the Economy, But Challenges Remain". Stratfor. Retrieved May 16, 2024.

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v t e Political parties in the Dominican Republic
Parliamentary (Chamber+Senate seats)	Dominican Liberation Party (106+26) Modern Revolutionary Party (42+2) Social Christian Reformist Party (18+1) Dominican Revolutionary Party (16+1) Liberal Reformist Party (3+1) Dominicans for Change (2+1) Alternative Democratic Movement (1+0) Broad Front (1+0) Christian People's Party (1+0) Country Alliance (1+0) Quisqueyano Christian Democratic Party (1+0) Social Democratic Institutional Bloc (0+1)
Extraparliamentary	Alliance for Democracy Christian Democratic Union Civic Renovation Party Communist Party of Labour Democratic Choice Dominican Humanist Party Green Socialist Party Independent Revolutionary Party Institutional Democratic Party International Communist Party National Citizen Will Party National Progressive Force National Renaissance Party National Unity Party People's Democratic Party People's Force Revolutionary Social Democratic Party
Defunct	Anti-Imperialist Patriotic Union Blue Party Dominican Communist Party Dominican Party Dominican Social Alliance Party Dominican Workers' Party Evolutionist Liberal Party June 14th Movement Rally Movement for Democratic Integration National Civic Union Popular Youth Movement Red Party Reformist Party Social Christian Revolutionary Party United Left Movement National Party Dominican Revolutionary Vanguard Authentic Dominican Revolutionary Party Democratic Revolutionary Nationalist Party National Party
Alliances	Grand National Alliance Progressive Bloc
Banned/exiled/separatist political parties, movements and/or coalitions	Revolutionary Democratic Congress of the Cibaenian People
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