Alliance (Chile)

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Alliance
Alianza
Founded10 August 1989
Headquarters Santiago de Chile
Ideology Liberal conservatism
Political position Centre-right to right-wing
International affiliation International Democracy Union
Senate
24 / 50
Chamber of Deputies
53 / 155
Constitutional Convention
37 / 154
Mayors
144 / 345

The Alliance (Spanish : Alianza), previously known as Alliance for Chile (Spanish : Alianza por Chile), is a coalition of centre-right to right-wing Chilean political parties. The Alliance was replaced between 2009 and 2012 by the Coalition for Change and since 2015 by Chile Vamos.

Contents

It includes the National Renewal (Renovación Nacional, RN), the Independent Democratic Union (Unión Democrática Independiente, UDI) and since 2015 Political Evolution (Evolución Política, Evópoli). In the past it has included the National Party, the regional Party of the South (Partido del Sur) and the Union of the Centrist Center (Unión de Centro Centro, UCC), all of which are now defunct.

Major leaders of the Alliance have included Jovino Novoa (UDI), Pablo Longueira (UDI), Jaime Guzmán (UDI), Joaquín Lavín (UDI), Sebastián Piñera (RN), Lily Pérez (RN), Andrés Allamand (RN), Sergio Onofre Jarpa (RN), Sebastián Sichel, and Sergio Romero (RN).

Member parties

The Alliance has had several names through its history:

Spanish NameEnglish NameYearMembers
Democracia y ProgresoDemocracy and Progress1989-1992 Independent Democratic Union
National Renewal
Participación y ProgresoParticipation and Progress1992-1993 Independent Democratic Union
National Party
National Renewal
Unión por el Progreso de ChileUnion for the Progress of Chile1993-1996 Independent Democratic Union
National Party
National Renewal
Union of the Centrist Center
Party of the South
Unión por ChileUnion for Chile1996-2000 Independent Democratic Union
National Renewal
Party of the South
Alianza por ChileAlliance for Chile2000-2004 Independent Democratic Union
National Renewal
AlianzaAlliance2004-2009
Coalición por el Cambio Coalition for Change 2009-2012 ChileFirst
Independent Democratic Union
National Renewal
CoaliciónCoalition2012-2013 Independent Democratic Union
National Renewal
AlianzaAlliance2013-2015
Chile Vamos Let's go Chile2016–2021 Independent Democratic Union
Independent Regionalist Party
National Renewal
Political Evolution
Vamos por ChileLet's go for Chile2021 Democratic Independent Regionalist Party
Independent Democratic Union
National Renewal
Political Evolution
Republican Party
Chile Podemos MásChile we can more2021–2023 Democratic Independent Regionalist Party
Independent Democratic Union
National Renewal
Political Evolution
Chile Seguro Safe Chile2023 Independent Democratic Union
National Renewal
Political Evolution
Chile Grande y UnidoGreat and United Chile2025 Independent Democratic Union
National Renewal
Political Evolution
Democrats
Alliance (Chile)

Electoral results

Senate election
YearDesignation% votesSeats
1989 Democracy and Progress34.85
16 / 38
1993 Union for the Progress37.32
9 / 18
1997 Union for Chile36.64
9 / 20
2001 Alliance for Chile44.03
9 / 18
2005 Alliance for Chile37.25
8 / 20
2009 Coalition for Change45.19
9 / 18
2013 Alliance38.05
7 / 20
2017 Let's go Chile37.71
12 / 23
2021 Chile we can more27.86
12 / 27
Chamber of Deputies election
YearDesignation% votesSeats% seats
1989Democracy and Progress34.18
48 / 120
40.00%
1993Union for the Progress36.68
50 / 120
41.66%
1997Union for Chile36.26
47 / 120
39.16%
2001Alliance for Chile44.27
57 / 120
47.50%
2005Alliance for Chile38.72
54 / 120
45.00%
2009Coalition for Change43.44
58 / 120
48.33%
2013Alliance36.23
49 / 120
40.83%
2017Let's go Chile38.68
72 / 155
46.45%
2021Chile we can more25.43
53 / 155
34.19%
Constitutional Convention election
YearDesignation% votesSeats
2021 Let's go for Chile20.56
37 / 138
2023 Safe Chile21.07
11 / 50
Municipal election
YearDesignation% votes
1992 Participation and Progress29.67
1996 Union for Chile32.47
2000 Union for Chile40.09
2004 Alliance for Chile38.72 (mayors)
37.68 (councilmen)
2008 Alliance40.56 (mayors)
35.99 (councilmen)
2012 Coalition37.47 (mayors)
32.94 (councilmen)
2016 Let's go for Chile38.47 (mayors)
40.62 (councilmen)
2021 Let's go for Chile26.01 (mayors)
30.02 (councilmen)
2024 Let's go for Chile26.55 (mayors)
28.16 (councilmen)
Regional election
YearDesignation% votes
2013 Alliance32.28
2017 Let's go Chile41.43
2021 Let's go Chile29.36
2024 Let's go Chile26.93
Gubernatorial election
YearDesignation% votes
2021 Let's go Chile19.60
2024 Let's go Chile24.79
Presidential election
Election yearCandidate1st Round2nd RoundResults
# Votes% Votes# Votes% Votes
1989 Hernán Büchi 2,052,11629.4%Lost
1993 Arturo Alessandri Besa 1,703,40824.2%Lost
19992000 Joaquín Lavín 3,352,19247.5%3,495,56948.7%Lost
20052006 Sebastián Piñera 1,763,69425.4%3,236,39446.5%Lost
Joaquín Lavín 1,612,60823.2%
20092010 Sebastián Piñera 3,074,16444.1%3,591,18251.6%Won
2013 Evelyn Matthei 1,648,48125.1%2,111,89137.8%Lost
2017 Sebastián Piñera 2,418,54036.6%3,796,91854.5%Won
2021 Sebastián Sichel 898,51012.7%Lost
2025 Evelyn Matthei

Electoral symbols

See also