This article lists notable political parties in Colombia. Colombia historically maintained a two-party system dominated by the Colombian Liberal Party and Colombian Conservative Party, resulting in considerable difficulty for anybody to achieve major electoral success under the banner of any other party. In the current day, it is a multi-party system, with every party that gets more than 3% of the valid votes in each of the two chambers of Congress getting legal recognition. Some special cases such as parties of minority groups are also able to attain legal status even if they fail to reach this requirement.
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).
Represented in Congress PartyAbbr. Est. IdeologyPoliticalposition Status ingovernment Senators Seats in theHouse Governors Deputies MayorsLeaderAffiliationAlliance Historic PactPH 2025 Left-wing Gustavo Petro FSP colspan=2 Democratic Centre CD 2013 Right-wingto far-right Álvaro Uribe IDUcolspan=2 Colombian Liberal Party PLC 1848 Centre-left tocentre-right César Gaviria SIcolspan=2 Radical ChangeCR 1998 Centreto centre-right Rodrigo Lara CR/ALMA Union Party for the PeopleU 2005 Centre Dilian Francisca Toro LI colspan=2 Colombian Conservative PartyPCC 1849 Centre-rightto right-wing Hernán Andrade CDI, IDU colspan=2 Green AllianceAV 2009 Centre-left Claudia López GG, FSP ApC Commons 2017 Far-left tocentre-left Timoleón Jiménez FSP FCFair and Free ColombiaCJL 2017 Right-wing David Castro CR/ALMA Independent Movement ofAbsolute RenovationMIRA 2000 Right-wing Carlos Guevara AMI D&C 2020 Centre Juan Ospina PA New Liberalism NL 1979 Centre Juan Manuel Galán League of Anti-Corruption GovernorsLIGA 2022 Far-right Rodolfo Hernández CR/ALMA EM 2022 Centre-leftto centre Juan Fernando Cristo ApC FC 2022 Centre-left Carlos Caicedo FC FP 2022 Left-wing tocentre-left Roy Barreras Independent 2023 Centre-left colspan=2 Oxygen PartyPVO 1998 Centre Íngrid Betancourt colspan=2 2023 Left-wing tocentre-left Clara López People on the MoveGEM 2021Centre Mauricio Lizcano colspan=2 I Am Because We AreSPS 2023 Left-wing Francia Márquez colspan=2
Not represented in the Congress of Colombia PartyAbbr. Est. IdeologyPoliticalposition Governors Deputies MayorsLeaderAlliance National Salvation MovementMSN 2021 Far-right Enrique Gómez Martínez colspan=2 Democratic Hope 2023 Left-wing tocentre-left New Democratic ForceNFD 2023 Right-wing colspan=2 2023 Centre-right Federico Gutiérrez colspan=2 PTC 1999 Left-wing Yezid García Abello Popular Power 2023 Centre-left Ernesto Samper
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 Politicalposition Senators Seats in theHouse Governors Deputies MayorsAlliance Indigenous and Social Alternative MovementMAIS 2013 Left-wing Independent Social Alliance MovementASI 1991Center-left ApC Indigenous Authorities of ColombiaAICO 1990 Left-wing tocentre-left colspan=2 Broad Democratic AllianceADA 2007 Centre-left colspan=2 2018 Centre-left ApC Colombian Democratic PartyPD 2022Center-right ApC Colombian Ecologist PartyPEC 2022Center-left
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) Comunitarian Party Option Seven (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) Citizen Option (2009)
See also
Lists of political parties Liberalism in Colombia
Notes
References
es:Anexo:Partidos políticos de Colombia