Citizen Power (political party)
Citizen Power (Poder Ciudadano) was a Chilean left-wing political party, founded in 2015. It was created by former supporters of Michelle Bachelet, Marcel Claude, Franco Parisi and Alfredo Sfeir, who were presidential candidates for the 2013 elections.[2]
Citizen Power Poder Ciudadano | |
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| President | Karina Oliva |
| Founded | 20 March 2015 |
| Dissolved | 20 January 2019 |
| Merged into | Commons |
| Coalition | Broad Front |
| Membership (2017) | 3014[1] |
| Ideology | Socialism of the 21st century |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Colours | Purple |
| Chamber of Deputies | 1 / 155
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| Senate | 0 / 38
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| Website | |
| partidopoder.cl | |
In 2017, the party joined a new leftist coalition called Broad Front, which competed in the presidential and parliamentary elections that year.[3]
On September 27, 2018, Autonomous Left merged with Poder Ciudadano, the latter saying via Twitter to "...create a new party of feminist, popular and democratic left..."[4] The new party was called Commons.
Presidential candidates
The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by Power. (Information gathered from the Archive of Chilean Elections).
- 2017: Beatriz Sánchez (lost)
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References
- Servel: Total afiliados actualizados por partidos políticos
- El Mercurio. ""Explosión" de partidos políticos reconfigura el mapa electoral de cara a 2017" (in Spanish). Retrieved June 16, 2017.
- Radio Bío-Bío. "Beatriz Sánchez suma el apoyo de Poder Ciudadano y FA minimiza críticas de Guillier" (in Spanish). Retrieved June 16, 2017.
- "Broad Front: Autonomous Left merges with Poder Ciudadano". cooperativa.cl. September 27, 2018. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
External links
- Power Party (in Spanish)
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