List of Puerto Rican political parties
In
Puerto Rico, there has always been a list of contenders for power in the island. Historically, there are three major parties: The
PPD, led currently by
Sila Maria Calderon, the
PNP, led by Carlos Pesquera, and the
PIP, traditionally led by
Ruben Berrios. 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.
List of major modern Puerto Rican parties:
- Partido Popular Democratico, (PPD) commonly nicknamed as "los populares", identified by red color
- Partido Nuevo Progresista, (PNP) commonly nicknamed as "los penepes", identified by blue color
- Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño (PIP)commonly nicknamed as "los pipiolos", identified by green color
- Partido Socialista Puertorriqueño (PSP) "los socialistas", party no longer exists, it existed from the 1970s to the 1980s.
- Partido Renovacion Puertorriqueño (PRP) (1984)commonly nicknamed as "los renovacionistas", party no longer exists since mid 80's
Political Organizations
- Nuevo Movimiento Independentista (New Independence Movement)
- Pro ELA (in favor of Associated Republic)
- Congreso Nacional Hostosiano (National Hostosiano Congress) (umbrella organization for independence groups)
- Estadistas Unidos (united pro statehooders)
