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This article lists political parties in Puerto Rico.. Puerto Rico has a 'first past the post' electoral system, in which a voter can vote by party, by candidate or both.To qualify as an official political party (and thus be able to appear on the printed state electoral ballot), a party must meet the criteria set forth by the Puerto Rico Electoral Law.
Historia de los Partidos Políticos Puertorriqueños (1898–1956) (English: History of the Puerto Rican Political Parties (1898–1956)) is Bolívar Pagán's 1959 flagship two-volume set on Puerto Rico's political parties. It covers political parties in the years since the American invasion of 1898 through the year 1956.
The Puerto Rican Autonomist Party (Spanish: Partido Autonomista Puertorriqueño [1]) was a political party in Puerto Rico founded in 1887. [2] [3] The Party was founded in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and its first chairman was Román Baldorioty de Castro. [4] He was followed by Martin Corchado, a prominent physician from Ponce. [5]
The Puerto Rican Independence Party (Spanish: Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño, PIP) is a social-democratic [2] [3] political party in Puerto Rico that campaigns for the independence of Puerto Rico from the United States. [5] Those who follow the PIP ideology are usually called independentistas, pipiolos or pro-independence activists. [6]
In 1924 Partido Republicano de Puerto Rico split into two factions: one faction joined with the Union Party to form the Alianza (The Alliance), a pro-autonomy group, and the other faction, renamed itself Partido Republicano Puro (Pure Republican Party) and joined with the Socialist Party to form the pro-statehood Coalición (The Coalition). [5]
Partido Republicano Puertorriqueño [1] [2] (English: Puerto Rican Republican Party) was a political party founded in Puerto Rico on July 4, 1899. [3] The party dissolved in 1924 when it split into two factions, both factions forming alliances with other local parties. [ 4 ]
The Union of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Unión de Puerto Rico, UPR), also known as the Unionist Party [1] (Spanish: Partido Unionista, [1] PU), was a major political party in Puerto Rico in the early 20th century. The Union of Puerto Rico was known as the dominant political party of the island from 1904 to 1932.
Partido Republicano Puro [a] (Pure Republican Party), also known as Partido Constitucional Histórico, [1] [2] was a political party that existed in Puerto Rico from 1924 to 1932. [3] The party's main goal was the annexation of Puerto Rico into the American Union as a state. It resulted from a split of Partido Republicano de Puerto Rico on May ...