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Equality Party Partido Igualdad | |
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President | Guillermo González Castro |
Founded | 2009 |
Dissolved | February 2022 [a] |
Headquarters | Aviador Zañartu 2389 Conchalí |
Ideology | Socialism of the 21st century [1] Marxism Left-wing populism Anti-capitalism Anti-imperialism |
Political position | Left-wing [2] |
National affiliation | Dignidad Ahora (2020–present) New Constitution for Chile (2013) United People (2015-2016) Broad Front (2017-2019) Chile Digno (2021) Apruebo Dignidad (2021) |
Regional affiliation | São Paulo Forum |
Colours | Black and White |
Website | |
www.partidoigualdad.cl | |
^ a: Currently, this party is de facto active and in the process of legalization [3] |
The Equality Party (Spanish : Partido Igualdad) is a left-wing political party in Chile. It was founded in 2009 by various social movements of workers, students, mortgage borrowers, townspeople and human rights organizations, among other actors. Its first president was former communist councilor of Peñalolen, Lautaro Guanca. [4]
Legally registered in 2012, it first appeared in the municipal elections of that year. Reaching 0.81% of the vote, it got the election of one councilor. [5]
For the 2013 elections, the party proclaimed Roxana Miranda as its presidential candidate. [6] The party joined the Broad Front and supported Beatriz Sánchez for President in 2017, winning a seat in the lower house.
The party was deregistered in February 2022 because it did not receive at least 5% of the votes in the 2021 parliamentary elections to maintain its legality. [7]
The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by the Equality Party. (Information gathered from the Archive of Chilean Elections). [8]
Election | Candidate | First round | Second round | Result | ||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
2013 | Roxana Miranda | 81,873 | 1.24 (#7) | Lost | ||
2017 | Beatriz Sánchez [lower-alpha 1] | 1,338,037 | 20.27 (#3) | Lost | ||
2021 | Did not contest | Lost |
Election | Leader | Senate | Chamber of Deputies | Government | ||||||
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Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
2013 | Roxana Miranda | 70,692 | 1.57 (#10) [lower-alpha 1] | 0 / 38 | 67,094 | 1.08 (#12) [lower-alpha 2] | 0 / 120 | Extra-parliamentary | ||
2017 | Guillermo González | 26,640 | 1.60 (#14) [lower-alpha 3] | 0 / 43 | 0 | 129,232 | 2.16 (#12) [lower-alpha 4] | 1 / 120 | 1 | Opposition |
2021 | 82,785 | 1.78 (#15) [lower-alpha 5] | 0 / 43 | 0 | 127,506 | 2.01 [lower-alpha 6] | 0 / 120 | 1 | TBA | |
Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Majority |
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2021 | Guillermo González | 67,556 | 1.18 (#16) [lower-alpha 1] | 1 / 155 | New | AD+LdP+LdA+INN |
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