List of political parties in Puerto Rico

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Political parties in Puerto Rico lists political parties in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party. Only one other political party, the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP), obtains enough support to receive official recognition as a registered political party,Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP).

According to Puerto Rico Electoral Laws[1], the country recognizes any political party with 5% or more of the total voters.

1 Official Parties / Government (CEE) Registered and Recognized
2 Unofficial Parties
3 The parties
- 3.1 Major parties
4 Past parties
5 Political organizations or movements (in English)
6 See also
7 External links
- 7.1 Official sites
8 References

[edit] Official Parties / Government (CEE) Registered and Recognized

[edit] Unofficial Parties

[edit] The parties

The general rule on naming applies. That means: the parties are named in the English translation and the original native name is placed on the first line of the article unless the native form is more commonly used in English than the English form. Rationale and specifics: See: Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English).

[edit] Major parties

Since the 1960s, there have been three major political parties in Puerto Rico:

Name (in English)	Name (in Spanish)	Initials	Current leader	Ideology
Puerto Rican Independence Party	Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño	PIP	Rubén Berríos	pro-independence
New Progressive Party	Partido Nuevo Progresista	PNP	Pedro Rosselló	pro-statehood
Popular Democratic Party	Partido Popular Democrático	PPD	Aníbal Acevedo Vilá	pro-commonwealth

The PPD and PNP have exchanged the Governor's seat since 1948, but the PIP has also had an impact on the election: many consider that the small group of PIP voters could have made a difference as to which of the other two major parties won some of the close elections. This latter phenomenon is locally referred to as the watermelons (or melones in Spanish), because of the party colors of those who vote for the PPD (red) but in reality support the PIP (green)

[edit] Past parties

Name (in English)	Name (in Spanish)	Abbreviation	Existed
Federal Party	Partido Federal	-	1900s
Liberal Party	Partido Liberal	-	1930s-1940s
Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico	Partido Nacionalista de Puerto Rico	PN	1920s-Present?
Puerto Rican Communist Party	Partido Comunista Puertorriqueño	PCP	1930s-1990s
Puerto Rican Renovation Party	Partido Renovación Puertorriqueño	PRP	1980s
Puerto Rican Socialist Party	Partido Socialista Puertorriqueño	PSP	1970s-1990s
Republican Party	Partido Republicano	-	1900s-1930s
Socialist Party	Partido Socialista	-	1900s-1950s
Union Party	Partido Unión	-	1900s-1930s
Republican Union	Unión Republicana	-	1930s-1960s

[edit] Political organizations or movements (in English)

Puerto Rican Independence Movement

Movimiento Socialista de los Trabajadores (Socialist Workers Movement). Socialist Revolutionary organization, with strong bases in the trade union and student movement. Bandera Roja - Periodical, in Spanish
Hostosian National Independence Movement (MINH) - (Umbrella organization in favor of pro independence and nationalist movements)- Movimiento Independentista Nacional Hostosiano
Pro ELA (in favor of a freely associated republic status)
United Statehooders - Estadistas Unidos

[edit] See also

Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP)
New Progressive Party (PNP)
Popular Democratic Party (PPD)
Index of political parties to browse parties by name
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List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name
Membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals
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[edit] External links

[edit] Official sites

[edit] References

Central Intelligence Agency (USA). The World Factbook (2003). United States of America.
Commonwealth Elections Commission of Puerto Rico (2003). Puerto Rico Electoral Law. Puerto Rico.

Political Parties in Puerto Rico
Major Parties	New Progressive Party \| Popular Democratic Party \| Puerto Rican Independence Party
Minor Parties	Socialist Workers Movement \| Socialist Front \| Hostosian National Independence Movement

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