The Equality Party () is a

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political party in

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. It was founded in 2009 by various social movements of workers, students, mortgage borrowers, townspeople and human rights organizations, among other actors. Its first president was former

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councilor of Peñalolen, Lautaro Guanca. Legally registered in 2012, it first appeared in the

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of that year. Reaching 0.81% of the vote, it got the election of one councilor. For the 2013 elections, the party proclaimed

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as its presidential candidate. The party joined the Broad Front and supported Beatriz Sánchez for President in 2017, winning a seat in the lower house. The party was deregistered in February 2022 because it did not receive at least 5% of the votes in the 2021 parliamentary elections to maintain its legality.

Presidential candidates

The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by the Equality Party. (Information gathered from the Archive of Chilean Elections).Base de Datos de Elecciones en Chile
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2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

(lost) *

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

: Beatriz Sánchez (lost) *

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

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Electoral history

Presidential

Parliamentary

Constitutional Convention

References

External links

Partido Igualdad
2009 establishments in Chile Former member parties of the Frente Amplio (Chilean political coalition) Political parties established in 2009 Political parties in Chile Socialist parties in Chile Political parties disestablished in 2022 {{Chile-party-stub