   this article lists political parties in venezuela. historically, venezuela has had two major parties, along with numerous other minor parties. that system imploded at the 1998 elections into a multi-party system. in the 2005 parliamentary elections, the fifth republic movement emerged as a dominant party. its position was continued by the united socialist party of venezuela (into which it merged on 20 october 2007), although it is not certain at all if this party system is going to remain stable through the following elections. ==the parties== ===major parties=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! colspan=2 | name ! ! ideology ! deputies |- ! style="background-color: " | | united socialist party of venezuelapartido socialista unido de venezuela | psuv | socialism of the 21st century | 96 |- ! style="background-color: " | | democratic actionacciÃ³n democrÃ¡tica | ad | social democracy | 15 |- ! style="background-color: " | | a new eraun nuevo tiempo | unt | reformism | 16 |- ! style="background-color: " | | independent electoral political organization committeecomitÃ© de organizaciÃ³n polÃ­tica electoral independiente | copei | christian democracy | 5 |- ! style="background-color: " | | justice firstprimero justicia | pj | humanism | 6 |- ! style="background-color: " | | for social democracypor la democracia social | podemos | social democracy | 3 |- ! width=5px style="background-color: " | | project venezuelaproyecto venezuela | pv | christian democracy | 3 |- ! style="background-color: " | | communist party of venezuelapartido comunista de venezuela | pcv | communism | 3 |- ! style="background-color: " | | the radical causela causa radical | lcr | labourism | 3 |- ! style="background-color: " | | popular willvoluntad popular | vp | progressivism | 1 |- ! style="background-color: " | | movement for socialismmovimiento al socialismo | mas | socialism | 1 |- ! style="background-color: " | | fearless people's alliancealianza bravo pueblo | abp | social democracy | 1 |- ! style="backgro
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