Party for Democracy (Chile)

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Party for Democracy
Partido por la Democracia
Youth wingJuventud PPD
Membership (2023)27,907 (6th)[1]
IdeologyProgressivism[2]
Third Way[3]
Social democracy[4]
Political positionCentre-left[5][6]
National affiliationEverything for Chile
Democratic Socialism
New Social Pact (2021)
Constituent Unity (2020 to 2021)
Regional affiliationCOPPPAL
International affiliationProgressive Alliance
Socialist International[7]
Colours      Blue, Yellow and Red
Chamber of Deputies
7 / 155
Senate
7 / 38
Regional Councillors
30 / 278
Mayors
37 / 345
Communal Councillors
269 / 2,130
Website
www.ppd.cl

The Party for Democracy (Spanish: Partido por la Democracia, PPD), also known as For Democracy (Spanish: Por la Democracia) is a centre-left political party in Chile. It states to stand in the traditions of liberal progressivism.[8] It was founded in December 1987 by Ricardo Lagos, who aimed at forming a legal social-democratic party, as the Socialist Party of Chile (PS) remained illegal at the time. The PPD continued to function after the defeat of Pinochet. Until 1997, double membership of PPD and the PS was allowed.

The party nominated, as part of the Concertación (

2009 elections
, it won 18 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 4 in the Senate.

Ideology

The party's ideology can be variously defined as

social-democrat.[4]

In the first few years of the party, it had difficulty establishing a well-defined ideology, due to the political diversity of its founders, who ranged from communist militants to members of the

National Party. Eventually it converged on a combination of social democracy and social liberalism (called progressive liberalism in the early years of the party). Currently, according to its "Declaration of Principles," the PPD describes itself as "a left[ist] political party, democratic, progressive and [in favor of] parity".[8]

In 2007, a large part of the party's social-liberal wing broke off to form ChilePrimero, which would eventually become the Liberal Party.

History

The Party for Democracy (PPD) was founded on 15 December 1987 as an instrumental political organization whose primary objective was to finish with the military regime and achieve again democracy in Chile by peaceful, political means, taking advantage of the opportunity to mobilize the Chileans who represented the plebiscite by means of which the dictator Augusto Pinochet sought to extend its mandate.

Its founder, Ricardo Lagos, later President of Chile (2000-2006), said in the ceremony of constitution of the party that the only requirements to integrate the ranks of the PPD were: "to be against the institutional system of the regime of the dictator Pinochet because it does not lead to democracy, and in addition want to defeat it by political means".

People were admitted to the party of various ideologies including socialism, radicalism, social democrats, liberal progressives, left-wing Christians, Mapucists, communists, and young people up to the national student movement of the 1980s opponents of Augusto Pinochet, among them the Movement G-80.

The PPD vigorously pushed to ensure that the "No" option won the 1988 plebiscite, which restored free elections to the nation. Participated in the formation of the Concertación, political alliance that has dominated the Chilean government since the end of the military government until 2010, when Sebastián Piñera representing the Coalition for change came to power.

Election results

Due to its membership in the

Concert of Parties for Democracy, the party has endorsed the candidates of other parties on several occasions, as well as due to the fact that presidential elections in Chile are held using a two-round system
.

Presidential elections

Elections for the President of Chile
Date Candidate Party Round I Round II Result
% %
1989 Patricio Aylwin PDC 55.2 victory
1993 Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle PDC 58.0 victory
1999 Ricardo Lagos PPD 48.0 51.3 victory
2005
 Michelle Bachelet PS 46.0 53.5 victory
2009
 Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle PDC 29.6 48.4 defeat
2013
 Michelle Bachelet PS 46.7 62.2 victory
2017
 Alejandro Guillier Ind. 22.7 45.4 defeat
2021
 Yasna Provoste PDC 11.6 defeat

See also

References

  1. ^ "Total de afiliados a partidos políticos – Servicio Electoral de Chile".
  2. ^ a b Partido por la Democracia (May 2019). "IV Congreso Ideológico & Estratégico PPD" (PDF) (PDF).
  3. ^ Krauss, Clifford (18 January 2000). "Man in the News: Ricardo Lagos Escobar; A Chilean Socialist in the Clinton-Blair Mold". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  4. ^ a b Chile: A Latin American Success Story. Institute for European-Latin American Relations. 1997. p. 14. The problems were highlighted by the surprise retirement of Jorge Schaulsohn - one of the most popular politicians in Chile - as president of the social democratic PPD .
  5. ^ http://historiapolitica.bcn.cl/partidos_politicos/wiki/Partido_Por_la_Democracia History of the Political Parties - National Congress Library of Chile
  6. ISBN 978-90-474-3189-3
    .
  7. ^ "Internacional Socialista - Políticas Progresistas Para un Mundo Más Justo". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  8. ^ a b c Party for Democracy. Declaration of Principles (1993), p. 6. ""The PPD is a progressive party, where you find the tradition of the democratic socialism and the liberal progressivism, by what you feel to own their historic struggles for democracy and social justice in Chile and in the world. "
  9. ^ "Outpouring in Chile over gay man's death". CNN. 30 March 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2023. The issue of hate crime legislation has gripped Chilean leaders as one ... said Carolina Toha, president of the liberal Party for Democracy.

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