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]

Party			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.

Name		Abbr.	Founded	Ideology	Senators	Deputies	Mayors
	Social Christian Reformist Party Partido Reformista Social Cristiano	PRSC	1984	Liberal conservatism	1 / 32	2 / 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

Name		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

Name		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	Communism	Left-wing to Centre-left	2019

See also

• List of political parties by country

References

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.