Communist Party of Chile
The Communist Party of Chile (Spanish: Partido Comunista de Chile, PCCh) is a communist party in Chile. It was founded in 1912 as the Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Obrero Socialista) and adopted its current name in 1922. The party established a youth wing, the Communist Youth of Chile (Juventudes Comunistas de Chile, JJ.CC), in 1932.
History
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The PCCh was founded on 4 June 1912 by Luis Emilio Recabarren, after he left the Democrat Party.[7] The party was initially known as the Socialist Workers' Party, before adopting its current name on 2 January 1922.
It achieved congressional representation shortly thereafter and played a leading role in the development of the Chilean labor movement. Closely tied to the
Concern over the PCCh's success at building a strong electoral base, combined with the onset of the
It later came to power along with the
As part of the Popular Unity coalition the PCCh advocated a broad alliance; however, it swung sharply to the left after the 1973 coup, regretting the failure to issue arms to the working class and pursuing an armed struggle against Pinochet's regime. Since the restoration of democracy it has acted independently of its previous partners. Between 1983 and 1987 it was a member of the People's Democratic Movement.
In the 1999/2000 presidential elections the party supported
From 2013 to 2018, the PCCh was a member of
Controversies
The PCCh faced criticism from several parties in Chile after congratulating Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro on his party's victory in the 2020 parliamentary election. Prominent members of the Party for Democracy, Radical Party, and Socialist Party questioned the PCCh's praise of the election as "flawless", echoing criticisms from opposition parties in Venezuela that the election was neither free nor fair.[11] However, some of its leaders have also publicly condemned the human rights abuses that have taken place in Venezuela under the government of Nicolás Maduro.[12]
Leaders
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General Secretary | Period | President | Period |
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Ramón Sepúlveda Leal | 1922–1924 | Non-existent position | |
Luis A. González | ?–? | ||
Galvarino Gil | ?–? | ||
Maclovio Galdames | ?–? | ||
José Santos Zavala | ?–? | ||
Isaias Iriarte | ?–1929 | ||
Carlos Contreras Labarca | 1931–1946 | ||
Ricardo Fonseca | 1946–1948 | ||
Oyarzun Galo González | 1948–1958 | ||
Elías Lafertte | 1956–1961 | ||
Luis Corvalán | 1958–1990 | ||
Non-existent position | |||
Volodia Teitelboim | 1990–1994 | ||
Gladys Marín | 1994–2002 | ||
Guillermo Teillier | 2002–2005 | Gladys Marín | 2002–2005 |
Lautaro Carmona Soto | 2005–2023 | Guillermo Teillier | 2005–2023 |
Bárbara Figueroa | 2023–present | Lautaro Carmona Soto | 2023–present |
Electoral performance
- Keys
- RP = supported a candidate from the Radical Party
- SP = supported a candidate from the Socialist Party
- PU–SP = member of the Popular Unity coalition, supported the candidate from the Socialist Party
- PDC = supported a candidate from the Christian Democratic Party
- Ind = supported an independentcandidate
- HP = supported a candidate from the Humanist Party
- NM–SP = member of the New Majoritycoalition, supported the candidate from the Socialist Party
- NM–Ind = member of the New Majoritycoalition, supported an independent candidate
- AD-SC = member of the Apruebo Dignidad coalition, supported the candidate from Social Convergence
Election | Chamber of Deputies | Senate | Presidential | |||||||
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No. of votes | % of votes | Seats | No. of votes | % of votes | Seats | Year | Nominee | No. of votes | % of votes | |
1918 | 1,548 | 0.64% | 0 | — | — | — | 1920 | Luis Emilio Recabarren | 681 | 0.41% |
1921 | 4,814 | 2.16% | 2 | — | — | — | 1925 | José Santos Salas | 74,091 | 28.4% |
1924 | 1,212 | 0.49% | 0 | — | — | — | 1927 | None | — | — |
1925 | 19,446 | 6.72% | 9 | — | — | — | 1931 | Elías Lafertte | 2,434 | 0.9% |
1932 | 3,350 | 1.0% | 1 | — | — | — | 1932
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Elías Lafertte | 4,128 | 1.2% |
1937 | 7,543 | 5.1% | 1 | 7,543 | 7.1% | 1 | 1938 | RP )
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222,720 | 50.5% |
1941 | 65,671 | 14.4% | 17 | 28,449 | 12.2% | 3 | 1942 | RP )
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260,034 | 56.0% |
1945 | 46,133 | 10.3% | 15 | 25,708 | 12.8% | 3 | 1946 | RP )
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192,207 | 40.2% |
1961 | 157,572 | 11.8% | 16 | 75,123 | 12.2% | 3 | 1952 | SP )
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51,975 | 5.5% |
1965 | 290,635 | 12.7% | 18 | — | — | 5 | 1958 | SP )
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356,493 | 28.9% |
1969 | 383,049 | 16.6% | 22 | 181,488 | 18.0% | 9 | 1964 | SP )
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977,902 | 38.9% |
1973 | 578,695 | 16.2% | 24 | — | — | 5 | 1970 | SP )
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1,070,334 | 36.61% |
1993 | 336,034 | 5.0% | 0 | 65,073 | 3.5% | 0 | 1989
|
Patricio Aylwin (PDC) | 3,850,571 | 55.17% |
1997 | 398,588 | 6.9% | 0 | 357,825 | 8.4% | 0 | 1993
|
Ind )
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327,402 | 4.70% |
2001 | 320,668 | 5.2% | 0 | 45,735 | 2.6% | 0 | 1999 | Gladys Marín | 225,224 | 3.19% |
2005
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339,547 | 5.14% | 0 | 104,687 | 2.19% | 0 | 2005
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Tomás Hirsch (HP) | 375,048 | 5.40% |
2009
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133,718 | 2.02% | 3 | — | — | — | 2009
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Jorge Arrate | 433,195 | 6.21% |
2013 | 255,242 | 4.11% | 6 | 6,467 | 0.145% | 0 | 2013 | SP )
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3,466,358 | 62.15% |
2017 | 275,096 | 4.59% | 8 | 20,209 | 1.21% | 0 | 2017 | Ind )
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3,157,750 | 45.42% |
2021 | 464,885 | 7.35% | 12 | 335,709 | 7.21% | 2 | 2021 | Gabriel Boric (AD–SC) | 4,620,890 | 55.87% |
See also
- Communist Youth of Chile
- Luis Emilio Recabarren
- Popular Unity
- Co-ordinating Committee of Communist Parties in Britain
- Juntos PODEMOS Más
- Norte Grande insurrection
Footnotes
- ^ "Total de afiliados a partidos políticos". Servicio Electoral de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ^ Córdoba, Andrea Aguilar (14 December 2020). "Izquierda radical y populista en Chile, ¿realidad o especulación de Piñera?". Anadolu Agency (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "Historia Política". bcn.cl. 2020.
- ^ Sanders, Philip (24 May 2021). "Communist Contender Vaults Atop New Poll of Chile's Presidential Race". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ Cristóbal Rovira: "El Partido Republicano no es de extrema derecha; es derecha populista radical" Revista Pauta. October 31, 2021. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
- ^ "Communist and Workers' Parties". SolidNet. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ Rubio, José Luis. Las internacionales obreras en América. Madrid: 1971. p. 61
- ^ "Chile – The Parties of the Left". countrystudies.us.
- JSTOR 1953329.
- ^ ISBN 0-8122-3520-7.
- Emol(in Spanish). Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- Cooperativa(in Spanish). 5 July 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
Further reading
- Olga Ulianova and Alfredo Riquelme (eds.), Chile en los archivos soviéticos: 1922–1991: Tomo I, Komintern y Chile, 1922–1931 (Chile in the Soviet Archives: Volume 1, Comintern and Chile, 1922–1931). Santiago: Centro de Investigaciones Diego Barros Arana, Lom Ediciones, 2005.
- Olga Ulianova and Alfredo Riquelme (eds.), Chile en los archivos soviéticos: 1922–1991: Tomo II, Komintern y Chile, 1931–1935 (Chile in the Soviet Archives: Volume 2, Comintern and Chile, 1931–1935). Santiago: Centro de Investigaciones Diego Barros Arana, Lom Ediciones, 2009.
External links
- Official website (in Spanish)