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Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...
are three clearly categorized, distinct, political groups: the
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, the center and the
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. Before the 1973 coup, these three political groups were moderately pluralistic and fragmented. This distinction has existed since the end of the 19th century. Since then, the three groups have been made up of different parties. Each party has had some amount of power in the management of the State or has been represented in the National Congress. Political parties are recognized legally and formally by Political Constitution of the Republic of Chile of 1980 and by the Organic Constitutional Law of Political Parties of 1987 as organizations that participate in the legal political system and contribute to guiding public opinion.


Political parties

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in
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. Chile has a
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.


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there are 22 legally constituted political parties in Chile.


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Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. For example, while the political systems ...
(''Partido Liberal'') (existed 1849–1966) * Conservative Party (''Partido Conservador'') (existed 1851–1949, 1953–1966) * National Party (''Partido Nacional'') (existed 1857–1933) * Democrat Party (''Partido Demócrata'') (existed 1887–1941) * Liberal Democratic Party (''Partido Liberal Democrático'') (existed 1893–1933) * Democratic Party (''Partido Democrático'') (existed 1932–1960) * National Socialist Movement of Chile (''Movimiento Nacional Socialista de Chile'') (existed 1932–1941) *
Agrarian Labor Party The Agrarian Labor Party (, PAL) was a Chilean political party supporting the candidacy of Carlos Ibáñez del Campo for the 1952 presidential election. Formed in 1945, it was dissolved in 1958. It was formed in 1945 from the merger of the Agrar ...
(''Partido Agrario Laborista'') (existed 1945–1958) * National Democratic Party (''Partido Democrático Nacional'') (existed 1960–1999) * New Democratic Left (founded and dissolved in 1963) * Socialist Democratic Party (''Partido Democrático Socialista'') (existed 1964–1965) * Revolutionary Communist Party (''Partido Comunista Revolucionario'') (existed 1966–1981) * National Party (''Partido Nacional'') (existed 1966–1973, 1983–1994) *
Popular Unitary Action Movement The Popular Unitary Action Movement or MAPU () was a small Left-wing politics, leftist political party in Chile. It was part of the Popular Unity (Chile), Popular Unity coalition during the government of Salvador Allende. MAPU was political rep ...
(''Movimiento de Acción Popular Unitario'' or MAPU) (existed 1969–1994) *
Radical Democracy Radical democracy is a type of democracy that advocates the radical extension of equality and liberty. Radical democracy is concerned with a radical extension of equality and freedom, following the idea that democracy is an unfinished, inclusive, ...
(''Democracia Radical'') (existed 1969–1990) * Chilean Social Democracy Party (''Partido Socialdemocracia Chilena'') (existed 1971–1994) * Citizen Left (''Izquierda Cristiana'' or ''Izquierda Ciudadana'') (existed 1971–2018) *
National Advance National Advance (, AN) was a Chilean far-right political party of nationalist ideology who supported the military regime led by Augusto Pinochet. They had party legal existence between January 1988 and July 1991. It was founded on 11 Septembe ...
(''Avanzada Nacional'') (existed 1983–1990) * Party of the South (''Partido del Sur'') (existed 1987–1998) *
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(''Los Verdes'') (existed 1987–1990, 1995–2001) * Broad Party of Socialist Left (''Partido Amplio de Izquierda Socialista'' or PAIS) (existed 1988–1990) *
Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. For example, while the political systems ...
(''Partido Liberal'') (existed 1988–1994) * Humanist Green Alliance (''Alianza Humanista Verde'') (existed 1990–1995) *
Union of the Centrist Center The Union of the Centrist Center (, UCC) — named Progressive Union of the Centrist Center (, UCCP) between 1994 and 1998 — was a small Political parties of Chile, political party in Chile. The party was founded by supermarket tycoon Franci ...
(''Unión de Centro Centro'') (existed 1990–2002) * National Alliance of Independents (''Alianza Nacional de los Independientes'') (existed 2001–2006) * Regionalist Action Party of Chile (''Partido de Acción Regionalista de Chile'') (existed 2003–2006) * Independent Regionalist Party (''Partido Regionalista Independiente'') (existed 2006–2018) * Broad Social Movement (''Movimiento Amplio Social'') (existed 2008–2018) * Progressive Party (''Partido Progresista'') (existed 2009–2022) *
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(''Amplitud'') (existed 2014–2018) * Citizen Power (''Poder Ciudadano'') (existed 2015–2019) *
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(''Ciudadanos'') (existed 2015–2022) * Common Force (''Fuerza Común'') (existed 2020–2022) * Comunes (''Comunes'') (existed 2019-2024) *
Democratic Revolution Democratic Revolution () was a Chilean centre-left to left-wing political party, founded in 2012 by some of the leaders of the 2011 Chilean student protests, most notably the current Deputy Giorgio Jackson, who is also the most popular public ...
(''Revolución Democrática'') (existed 2012-2024) *
Social Convergence The Social Convergence (, CS) was a left-wing political party in Chile. Founded by current Chilean president Gabriel Boric, it is now led by Diego Ibáñez. It was co-founded in 2018 by the Autonomist Movement (MA), Libertarian Left (IL) (a ...
(''Convergencia Social'') (existed 2019-2024)


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*
Chile Vamos (Spanish for "Let's go Chile") is a centre-right to right-wing political coalition of three political parties in Chile. The coalition was created on 29 January 2015 by the general secretaries of the Independent Democrat Union (UDI), National Re ...
, composed of: **
Independent Democratic Union The Independent Democratic Union (''Unión Demócrata Independiente'', UDI) is a conservative and right-wing political party in Chile, founded in 1983. Its founder was the lawyer, politician, law professor and senator Jaime Guzmán, a civilian a ...
(''Unión Demócrata Independiente'') ** National Renewal (''Renovación Nacional'') ** Political Evolution (''Evolución Política'') * Government Alliance, composed of: ** Broad Front (''Frente Amplio'') **
Communist Party of Chile The Communist Party of Chile (, ) is a communist party in Chile. It was founded in 1912 as the Socialist Workers' Party () and adopted its current name in 1922. The party established a youth wing, the Communist Youth of Chile (, JJ.CC), in 1932. ...
(''Partido Comunista de Chile'') ** Social Green Regionalist Federation (''Federación Regionalista Verde Social'') **
Humanist Action Humanist Action () is a Chilean left-wing political party, founded in 2020 by former militants of the Humanist Party. Its leader is Tomás Hirsch, who was a presidential candidate in 1999 and 2005. The movement was formed after the resignation ...
(''Acción Humanista'') **
Democratic Socialism Democratic socialism is a left-wing economic ideology, economic and political philosophy that supports political democracy and some form of a socially owned economy, with a particular emphasis on economic democracy, workplace democracy, and wor ...
(''Socialismo Democrático''), composed of: *** Liberal Party of Chile (''Partido Liberal de Chile'') *** Party for Democracy (''Partido por la Democracia'') ***
Radical Party of Chile The Radical Party (Spanish: ''Partido Radical'') was a Chilean political party. It was formed in 1863 in Copiapó by a split in the Liberal Party. Not coincidentally, it was formed shortly after the organization of the Grand Lodge of Chile, and ...
(''Partido Radical de Chile'') ***
Socialist Party of Chile The Socialist Party of Chile (, or PS) is a centre-left to Left-wing politics, left-wing political party founded in 1933. Its historic leader was President of Chile Salvador Allende, who was deposed in a 1973 Chilean coup d'état, coup d'état by ...
(''Partido Socialista de Chile'')


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* Popular Front * Democratic Alliance * Popular Unity * Confederation of Democracy * Coalition of Parties for Democracy *
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* Coalition for Change * Together We Can Do More * New Majority * Approve Dignity


History of Chile's political parties


Origins and the first blocks (1810–1860)

In
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, the first political groups were created during the
Independence of Chile The Chilean War of Independence ( Spanish: ''Guerra de la Independencia de Chile'', 'War of Independence of Chile') was a military and political event that allowed the emancipation of Chile from the Spanish Monarchy, ending the colonial period ...
: the Royalists and the Patriots. The Royalists wanted to maintain the status quo with the
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, while the Patriots wanted to gain a larger degree of freedom. In turn, the Patriots further split into the Moderates, who wanted a slow pace of reform, and the Radicals or Extremists, who favored a much faster pace. All of the early political groups were shy of advocating for full independence since it was unknown if the King would regain his power from Napoleon. Once Chile gained independence, many political groupings emerged. They were based on various popular leaders during that time, instead of common political ideas. Two very strong political groupings were the Pipolos (liberals) and the Pelucónes (conservatives). Two minor parties, the O’Higginists and the Tobacconists, were often on the Pelucónes' side. After Diego Portales Palazuelos became the architect of the New Institution and the Constitution of 1833, the Pelucónes prevailed for thirty years (1831–1861). From 1831 to 1861, the prevailing political system was one in which the President co-opted a successor. This system greatly influenced the idea that power should be transferred between members of the ruling political faction. It was only the "Question of the Sacristan" (1856), which divided The Pelucónes, allowed for the rise of the Liberals to power in 1861.


Dominance of the traditional parties (1860–1920)

The formal emergence of political parties in Chilean institutions occurred around the 1850s. Chileans began to challenge the President as the leading role in national political life through the National Congress. In 1891, the disagreement was resolved after a Civil War, in favor of a parliamentary system. Around that time, the rise of the
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would eventually lead to the creation of the Radical Party. Their campaign started in the 1850s, as a group defending the interests of the silver mine owners, but it would gradually shift its focus to the employees of the growing state bureaucracy. Soon afterwards, from the same branch of radicalism, the Democratic Party appeared. It was a community that was born closer to the working class segment of society, but that over time would join the game of alliances within the rest of the party system. After the
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, the political system began to embody elements of a
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. Hence, the political coalitions became very strong. Although around twenty distinct political parties and movements existed, Chilean politics was structured around two large groups: the Liberal Alliance (of Liberal and Progressive tendency) and the
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(Conservative, Catholics). At the same time, political parties, formerly tools of the upper-class, expanded to include the thriving middle and working classes too.


Expansion of political parties (1920–1973)

With the rise of immigration from
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, workers with anarchist and socialist ideas came to
Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...
. Additionally, in the mid-19 century, the union movement began in the nitrate fields of the north of Chile through a surge of the joint labor unions. It is from these processes that in 1912, the Workers' Socialist Party was founded in
Iquique Iquique () is a port List of cities in Chile, city and Communes of Chile, commune in northern Chile, capital of both the Iquique Province and Tarapacá Region. It lies on the Pacific coast, west of the Pampa del Tamarugal, which is part of the At ...
by the typographer
Luis Emilio Recabarren Luis Emilio Recabarren Serrano (; 6 July 1876 – 19 December 1924) was a Chilean political figure. He was elected several times as deputy, and was the driving force behind the worker's movement in Chile. He founded the Socialist Workers' Pa ...
and 30 union workers and employees. The Workers' Socialist Party is defined as the
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of the Chilean working class. In 1922, the party joined the Third Communist International. Since that date, the party has been known as the
Communist Party of Chile The Communist Party of Chile (, ) is a communist party in Chile. It was founded in 1912 as the Socialist Workers' Party () and adopted its current name in 1922. The party established a youth wing, the Communist Youth of Chile (, JJ.CC), in 1932. ...
. In the period between 1920 and 1938 (between the start of the first presidential term of
Arturo Alessandri Palma Arturo Fortunato Alessandri Palma (; December 20, 1868 – August 24, 1950) was a Chilean political figure and reformer who served thrice as president of Chile, first from 1920 to 1924, then from March to October 1925, and finally from 1932 to ...
and the end of his second term) a series of political incidents led to the loss of the importance of traditional nineteenth-century parties, but for the benefit of the "party masses". The splendor of this new type of political party would come with the three presidential terms of the Radical Party between 1938 and 1952. At that time, the Radical Party (the faction of the middle class, par excellence), transformed into a large body of positions and political favors, which in the long run would lead to its discredit. Its place as an intermediate political group—between the right and the left—would be taken by the Christian Democratic Party. The Christian Democratic Party is the successor of the National Falange, which in turn had split from the declining Conservative Party after the victory of
Eduardo Frei Montalva Eduardo Nicanor Frei Montalva (; 16 January 1911 – 22 January 1982) was a Chileans, Chilean political leader. In his long political career, he was Minister of Public Works, president of his Christian Democratic Party (Chile), Christia ...
(1964–1970). Regarding political parties, their main characteristic between 1938 and 1973 was their structuring into the classic "three-thirds" system (right, center, and left). With
Salvador Allende Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens (26 June 1908 – 11 September 1973) was a Chilean socialist politician who served as the 28th president of Chile from 1970 until Death of Salvador Allende, his death in 1973 Chilean coup d'état, 1973. As a ...
, the Popular Unity came to power as a vast political coalition composed of elements from the center and the left. However, the Military Coup of 1973 signified not only the disappearance of the Popular Unity, but the breakdown of the party system and its end during most of the dictatorship of
Augusto Pinochet Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (25 November 1915 – 10 December 2006) was a Chilean military officer and politician who was the dictator of Military dictatorship of Chile, Chile from 1973 to 1990. From 1973 to 1981, he was the leader ...
. Only in the last year of the
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was the Organic
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of Political Parties enacted, which regulated their formation and function.


Proscription of parties and reorganization (1973–1990)

Between
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and
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, Chilean political parties were prohibited. On October 8, 1973, the members of the Popular Unity were banned and three days later, the rest of the political parties and movements were declared adjourned, and definitively dissolved on March 12, 1977. On October 1, 1996, the Organic Constitutional Law was published in the Legal Gazette, which re-established the system of electoral registrations and created the Electoral Service of Chile (Servel) as a replacement for the former Directorate of the Electoral Registry. On March 23, 1987, the Organic Constitutional Law of Political Parties was published—which established its objectives, requirements for legalization and the internal organization between others—with which the groups began procedures for their legal recognition. The National Party was the first political organization to be legally recognized by the Servel on December 23, 1987, inscribed officially in the registry on January 4, 1988. In the following months—before the Plebiscite of October 5, 1988—the
National Advance National Advance (, AN) was a Chilean far-right political party of nationalist ideology who supported the military regime led by Augusto Pinochet. They had party legal existence between January 1988 and July 1991. It was founded on 11 Septembe ...
,
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, National Renewal,
Radical Democracy Radical democracy is a type of democracy that advocates the radical extension of equality and liberty. Radical democracy is concerned with a radical extension of equality and freedom, following the idea that democracy is an unfinished, inclusive, ...
,
Socialist Socialism is an economic ideology, economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse Economic system, economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production, as opposed to private ownership. It describes ...
,
Christian Democratic Christian democracy is an ideology inspired by Christian social teaching to respond to the challenges of contemporary society and politics. Christian democracy has drawn mainly from Catholic social teaching and neo-scholasticism, as well ...
(CDP), Party for Democracy, Party of the South,
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and
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parties were legalized.


Return to democracy (1990–2022)

With the restoration of Democracy in 1990, the prominent political coalition was the Concertación de Partidos por la Democracia (''Coalition of Parties for Democracy)'', a center-left group initially founded by 17 parties, of which the most important, which remained in the coalition throughout the years, were: The Christian Democratic Party, the
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, the Party for Democracy and the Radical Party. The "Concertación" governed Chile throughout the presidencies of
Patricio Aylwin Patricio Aylwin Azócar (; 26 November 1918 – 19 April 2016) was a Chilean politician from the Christian Democratic Party of Chile, Christian Democratic Party, lawyer, author, professor and former senator. He was the 30th president of Chil ...
(1990–1994),
Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle Eduardo Alfredo Juan Bernardo Frei Ruiz–Tagle (; born 24 June 1942) is a Chilean politician and civil engineering, civil engineer who served as president of Chile from 1994 to 2000. He was also a Senate of Chile, Senator, fulfilling the role of ...
(1994–2000),
Ricardo Lagos Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar (; born 2 March 1938) is a Chilean lawyer, economist and social-democratic politician who served as president of Chile from 2000 to 2006. During the 1980s he was a well-known opponent of the Chilean military di ...
(2000–2006) and
Michelle Bachelet Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria (; born 29 September 1951) is a Chilean politician who served as President of Chile from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2014 to 2018, becoming the first woman to hold the presidency. She was re-elected in December ...
(2006–2010). The opponent of the ruling coalition, was the Alianza (''Alliance''). The Alliance was a group of center-right parties, formed by the main parties that supported the "YES" option in the 1988 plebiscite. Extra-parliamentarily, there was the leftist coalition Juntos Podemos Más (Together we can do more), formed by the Communist Party, Humanist Party, PC-AP and others left-wing movements, this coalition did not achieve great electoral results due to the binomial system, which favoured the Concertacion and the alliance. The "Alliance" came to power when
Sebastián Piñera Miguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique (; 1 December 1949 – 6 February 2024) was a Chilean businessman and politician who served as President of Chile from 2010 to 2014 and again from 2018 to 2022. The son of a Christian Democratic Party (C ...
(2010–2014) assumed office. In 2013, after electoral losses, the "Concertación", with the intention of renewing its image, decided to make an agreement with the Communist Party, the Citizen Left, and the MAS Region, creating the New Majority. This coalition won comfortable victories in the 2013 elections and achieved re-election of
Michelle Bachelet Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria (; born 29 September 1951) is a Chilean politician who served as President of Chile from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2014 to 2018, becoming the first woman to hold the presidency. She was re-elected in December ...
between 2014 and 2018. In turn, the parties that made up the Alliance, regrouped in 2015 in a new coalition denominated
Chile Vamos (Spanish for "Let's go Chile") is a centre-right to right-wing political coalition of three political parties in Chile. The coalition was created on 29 January 2015 by the general secretaries of the Independent Democrat Union (UDI), National Re ...
(''Let's go Chile''). In 2016, the number of political parties in Chile doubled, increasing from 14 to 32. It came as a precursor to the municipal elections of the year and the Parliamentary Elections of 2017, given that they will be the first to be held under the new proportional electoral system, the replacement for the binomial system. The binomial system favoured the existence of two blocks to the detriment of isolated parties and independent candidates. In that election, the Frente Amplio (''Broad Front'') appeared, a coalition that brought together left-wing sectors, which surprisingly won the election of 20 deputies. In the presidential election, Sebastián Piñera was able to return to the government and establish
Chile Vamos (Spanish for "Let's go Chile") is a centre-right to right-wing political coalition of three political parties in Chile. The coalition was created on 29 January 2015 by the general secretaries of the Independent Democrat Union (UDI), National Re ...
(''Let's go Chile'') as an official coalition between 2018 and 2022.


Constitutional Convention and reorganization of coalitions (2022–present)

After the social outburst of 2019, a
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was held that defined the drafting of a new constitution through a Constitutional Convention. The members of that body were elected in May 2021, in a process that benefited independents over political party militants. The most successful group of independents was The List of the People. From that election, the coalition Apruebo Dignidad (''I Approve Dignity'') emerged, which gathered the coalitions Frente Amplio (''Broad Front'') and Chile Digno (''Worthy Chile''). This group supported the presidential candidacy of
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, who after winning in the ballot decided to summon the
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, For Democracy,
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and Liberal parties to the government, which were grouped in a coalition called
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. This implied the definitive break of the former Concertación/ New Majority with the Christian Democratic Party, which was not invited to the new administration. From the
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emerged the Republican Party, which in the parliamentary elections achieved the election of 14 deputies and one senator, facing the traditional
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grouped in
Chile Vamos (Spanish for "Let's go Chile") is a centre-right to right-wing political coalition of three political parties in Chile. The coalition was created on 29 January 2015 by the general secretaries of the Independent Democrat Union (UDI), National Re ...
, which from 2022 went to the opposition after the end of Piñera's government. Other blocks also emerged in those elections, such as the
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Partido de la gente (''Party of the people'').


See also

* Lists of political parties * Timeline of liberal and radical parties in Chile


Notes and references


Bibliography

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