Party of the Democratic Revolution

Party of the Democratic Revolution
Partido de la Revolución Democrática
FoundersCuauhtémoc Cárdenas
Porfirio Muñoz Ledo
Ifigenia Martínez y Hernández
Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Founded5 May 1989 (1989-05-05)
Dissolved19 September 2024 (at national level)
Split fromInstitutional Revolutionary Party (majority)
Preceded byNational Democratic Front
Mexican Socialist Party (legal predecessor)
HeadquartersBenjamín Franklin No. 84, Colonia Escandón, C.P. 11800. Mexico City
Mexico
Youth wingJuventudes de Izquierda
Membership (2023) 999,249
Ideology
Political positionCentre-left to left-wing
National affiliation
Continental affiliationSão Paulo Forum
COPPPAL
International affiliationProgressive Alliance
Chamber of Deputies 
0 / 500
Senate
0 / 128
Governorships
0 / 32
State legislatures
69 / 1,124
Website
www.prd.org.mx

The Party of the Democratic Revolution (Spanish: Partido de la Revolución Democrática, pronounced [paɾˈtiðo ðe la reβoluˈsjon demoˈkɾatika], PRD) is a state-level social democratic political party in Mexico (previously national, until 2024). The PRD originated from the Democratic Current, a political faction formed in 1986 from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). The PRD was formed after the contested general election in 1988, which the PRD's immediate predecessor, the National Democratic Front, believed was rigged by the PRI. This sparked a movement away from the PRI's authoritarian rule.

As of 2023, the PRD was a member of the Fuerza y Corazón por México (Strength and Heart for Mexico) coalition. Internationally, the PRD was a member of the Progressive Alliance. The members of the party are known colloquially in Mexico as Perredistas. In 2024, the party failed to reach the necessary percentage of votes to keep its registration as a national political party.