List of political parties in Colombia

This article lists political parties in Colombia.

Colombia had historically maintained a two-party system, 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, 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 2018, the following parties got the minimum required number of votes for legal recognition (3% of valid votes).

Party			Abbr.	Founded	Ideology	Political position	Status in government	Senators	Seats in the House	Governors	Deputies	Mayors	Leader	Affiliation	Alliance
		Democratic Center Centro Democrático	CD	2013	Uribism Social conservatism Economic liberalism	Right-wing to far-right	Coalition	19 / 108 (18%)	32 / 172 (19%)	3 / 32 (9%)	34 / 418 (8%)	154 / 1,102	Álvaro Uribe	IDU		CpL
	50px	Colombian Liberal Party Partido Liberal Colombiano	PLC	1848	Liberalism Social liberalism Social democracy	Center	Independent	14 / 108 (13%)	35 / 172 (20%)	7 / 32 (22%)	78 / 418 (19%)	181 / 1,102	César Gaviria	SI	N/A
	50px	Radical Change Cambio Radical	CR	1998	Economic liberalism Conservative liberalism Classical liberalism	Center-right	Independent	16 / 108 (15%)	30 / 172 (17%)	7 / 32 (22%)	64 / 418 (15%)	155 / 1,102	Rodrigo Lara	N/A		CpL
	50px	Social Party of National Unity Partido Social de Unidad Nacional	PSUN	2005	Social liberalism Third way Economic liberalism Conservative liberalism Big tent	Centre to center-right	Coalition	14 / 108 (13%)	25 / 172 (15%)	4 / 32 (13%)	74 / 418 (18%)	258 / 1,102	Dilian Francisca Toro	LI	N/A
	50px	Colombian Conservative Party Partido Conservador Colombiano	PCC	1849	Conservatism Economic liberalism Social conservatism Christian democracy	Right-wing	Coalition	14 / 108 (13%)	20 / 172 (12%)	7 / 32 (22%)	65 / 418 (16%)	194 / 1,102	Hernán Andrade	CDI, IDU	N/A
		Green Alliance Alianza Verde	AV	2009	Green politics Green liberalism Progressivism Pacifism	Center to center-left	Opposition (1 in coalition)	9 / 108 (8%)	10 / 172 (6%)	3 / 32 (9%)	44 / 418 (11%)	50 / 1,102	Claudia López	GG, FSP		CdE
		Commons Comunes		2017	Marxism–Leninism Bolivarianism Progressivism Anti-capitalism Anti-imperialism	Far-left	Opposition	5 / 108 (5%)	5 / 172 (3%)	0 / 32 (0%)		4 / 1,102	Timoleón Jiménez	FSP		PHxC
	50px	Alternative Democratic Pole Polo Democrático Alternativo	PDA	2005	Protectionism Social democracy Democratic socialism Progressivism	Left-wing	Opposition	5 / 108 (5%)	2 / 172 (1%)	1 / 32 (3%)	8 / 418 (2%)	15 / 1,102	Jorge Robledo Iván Cepeda	SI, FSP		PHxC
	50px	Fair and Free Colombia Colombia Justa Libres	CJL	2017	Christian fundamentalism Christian right Social conservatism Evangelicalism	Right-wing to far-right	Coalition	3 / 108 (3%)	1 / 172 (0.6%)	2 / 32 (6%)	2 / 418 (0.5%)	14 / 1,102	David Castro	N/A		NUC
	50px	Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation Movimiento Independiente de Renovación Absoluta	MIRA	2000	Economic liberalism Conservative liberalism Christian right Social conservatism	Center-right to right-wing	Coalition	3 / 108 (3%)	1 / 172 (0.6%)	0 / 32 (0%)	8 / 418 (2%)	0 / 1,102	Carlos Guevara	AMI		NUC
	50px	Humane Colombia Colombia Humana	CH	2019	Social democracy Democratic socialism Progressivism Environmentalism Pacifism Feminism	Centre-left to left-wing	Opposition	2 / 108 (2%)	3 / 172 (2%)	1 / 32 (3%)	8 / 418 (2%)	8 / 1,102	Gustavo Petro	FSP, GdP		PHxC
	50px	Dignity Dignidad		2020	Democratic socialism Social democracy Progressivism Latin American integration Environmentalism	Center-left	Opposition	1 / 108 (0.9%)	1 / 172 (0.6%)	0 / 32 (0%)	2 / 418 (0.5%)	0 / 1,102	Juan Ospina	PA		CdE
		New Liberalism Nuevo Liberalismo		1979	Liberalism Social liberalism	Centre	Independent	2 / 108 (2%)	0 / 172 (0%)	0 / 32 (0%)	0 / 418 (0%)	0 / 1,102	Juan Galán	N/A		CdE
		Citizen Option Opción Ciudadana	OC	2009	Right-wing populism National conservatism Economic liberalism Social conservatism	Right-wing	Coalition	0 / 108 (0%)	2 / 172 (1%)	0 / 32 (0%)	0 / 418 (0%)	0 / 1,102	None	N/A	N/A
	50px	Patriotic Union Unión Patriótica	UP	1985	Marxism Democratic socialism Bolivarianism Progressivism Left-wing populism Pacifism	Left-wing	Opposition	1 / 108 (0.9%)	0 / 172 (0%)	0 / 32 (0%)	0 / 418 (0%)	0 / 1,102	Aída Abella	FSP		PHxC

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.

Party			Abbr.	Founded	Ideology	Political position	Senators	Seats in the House	Governors	Deputies	Mayors	Alliance
		Indigenous and Social Alternative Movement Movimiento Alternativo Indígena y Social	MAIS	2013	Indigenism Ecologism Progressivism Agrarianism	Left-wing	1 / 108 (0.9%) (1 indigenous seat)	2 / 172 (1%) (1 indigenous seat)	2 / 32 (6%)	3 / 418 (0.7%)	21 / 1,102		PHxC
	50px	Independent Social Alliance Movement Alianza Social Independiente	ASI	1991	Indigenism Progressivism Reformism	Center to center-left	1 / 108 (0.9%)	0 / 172 (0%)	2 / 32 (6%)	14 / 418 (3%)	56 / 1,102		CdE
		Indigenous Authorities of Colombia Autoridades Indígenas de Colombia	AICO	1990	Indigenism Progressivism	Center-left	1 / 108 (0.9%) (Indigenous seat)	0 / 172 (0%)	1 / 32 (3%)	0 / 418 (0%)	29 / 1,102	N/A
	50px	Afrocolombian Democratic Alliance Alianza Democrática Afrocolombiana	ADA	2007	Centrism	Centre	0 / 108 (0%)	1 / 172 (0.6%) (Afro seat)	0 / 32 (0%)	0 / 418 (0%)	5 / 1,102		PHxC
		Colombia Reborn Colombia Renaciente		2018	Centrism	Centre	0 / 108 (0%)	1 / 172 (0.6%) (Afro seat)	0 / 32 (0%)	2 / 418 (0.5%)	10 / 1,102		CdE

Defunct parties

• Christian National Party (2002)
• Christians for Community (2002)
• Alternative Way (2002)
• Alternative for Social Advance (2002)
• Citizens' Movement (2002)
• Citizens' Political Movement for Bocaya (2002)
• Civic People's Convergence (2002)
• Civic Purpose Colombia (2002)
• Coalition (2002)
• Colombia Always (2002)
• Colombian People's Party (2002)
• Colombian Social Democratic Party (2002)
• Democratic Progressivity (2002)
• Democratic Unity Party (2002)
• Front of Hope (2002)
• Community Participation (2002-2000s)
• Citizens' Convergence (2002-2000s)
• Colombia Unite (2002-2000s)
• Colombian Community and Communal Political Movement (2002-2000s)
• Democratic Colombia Party (2003-2000s)
• For the Country of Our Dreams (2006)
• New Huila and Liberalism (2006)

See also

• Lists of political parties
• Liberalism in Colombia