Party of the South Partido del Sur | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Leader | Eduardo Díaz Herrera |
| Founded | 21 April 1987 |
| Dissolved | 23 June 1998 |
| Headquarters | Temuco |
| Ideology | Regionalism Conservatism |
| Political position | Right-wing [1] |
| National affiliation | Union for Chile (1992-1997) |
The Party of the South (Spanish : Partido del Sur) was a Chilean regionalist political party. It existed between 1987 and 1998.
The Party of the South originated in the Southern Socialist Democratic Movement (also known as "South Wind"), founded in Valdivia on September 3, 1983, by Carlos Podlech, then president of the National Association of Wheat Growers. It was mainly composed of former militants of the National Party and was defined as a regionalist and environmental movement. [2]
The political party was founded by Eduardo Díaz Herrera in 1987, [3] presenting the charter before the Chilean Electoral Service on April 21 of that year. The state agency filed objections to such deed six days after being given the final document on May 11. It was officially declared as "forming party" on May 23, 1987, which had a period of 210 days to register the minimum number of members. This goal was not achieved, and registration was expired on December 23, 1987. Five days later, the party started again the procedures for legal registration, achieving this objective on June 1, 1988. [4]
In 1988 it supported the "Yes" in the 1988 plebiscite. The following year it called to vote "No" in the referendum for constitutional reforms. [5]
The party supported the candidacy of Francisco Javier Errázuriz Talavera for the presidency of the Republic of Chile in 1989. Meanwhile, the Party of the South competed in the parliamentary election with an own list, but did not select a congressman or senator. Owing to this and the party's failure to get 5% of the vote in the regions where it was registered, the Party of the South was to be dissolved by the Electoral Service on 17 July 1990. However, this was prevented by its merger with the Liberal Party, the party thus created adopting the name of the latter. [4]
In 1992, this party competed in the municipal elections of that year, representing the Participation and Progress pact, but the party supported only independent candidates, because it was not legally constituted under its name (the Party of the South members at that time were part of the Liberal Party after its merger in 1990).
On March 5, 1993, the Liberal Party renamed, so again be referred to as "Party of the South". That same year, in the presidential election, supported the candidacy of Arturo Alessandri Besa, while in the parliamentary election it was part of the Union for the Progress of Chile, carrying only one candidate for senator and one single candidate for deputy. However, the party had no representation in Congress, but later broke relations as well as with National Renewal and the Independent Democratic Union. Because it did not obtained the minimum percentage of votes required by law, the party was dissolved on June 8, 1994. [4]
The party started again the process to be enrolled under its original name on July 11, 1994, being declared as "forming party" on October 8. By a judgment of the Electoral Service, the Party of the South was registered again as a legal political party on August 21, 1995. [4] The party was initially enrolled in the regions of Araucanía, Los Lagos and Aysén, all of southern Chile, returning to its regionalist essence. [6]
In 1996, it returned to compete with an own list, this time in the municipal election of that year, under the name of "Independent South", winning two mayors (Eduardo Díaz Herrera in Toltén and Walter van Haidorp Montero in Saavedra) and seven councilors. Finally, in 1997, the party was integrated into the Union for Chile, to compete in the parliamentary election of that year, with one candidate for deputy (Eduardo Díaz del Río, in 51st district), who was elected. [7] This was the end of the Party of the South, since getting a percentage lower than the minimum to subsist as a political party in that election, according to Law No. 18.603 (relating to political parties), caused its dissolution on June 23, 1998, so that most of its members went to the Independent Democratic Union. [8]
The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by the Party of the South. (Information gathered from the Archive of Chilean Elections).
The Concertación, officially the Concertación de Partidos por la Democracia, was a coalition of center-left political parties in Chile, founded in 1988. Presidential candidates under its banner won every election from when military rule ended in 1990 until the conservative candidate Sebastián Piñera won the Chilean presidential election in 2010. In 2013 it was replaced by New Majority coalition.
Fernando de Errázuriz y Martínez de Aldunate, also known as Fernando Errázuriz Aldunate, was a Chilean political figure. He served as provisional president of Chile in 1831.
Elections in Chile are held nationwide, including the presidency, parliament, regional offices, and municipal positions. Chilean citizens and foreign residents with legal residency of at least five years, who are 18 years or older on election day, are eligible to vote. Previously, voting was voluntary, but since 2023, it has become compulsory.
Jorge Eduardo Alessandri Rodríguez was the 26th President of Chile from 1958 to 1964, and was the candidate of the Chilean right in the crucial presidential election of 1970, which he lost to Salvador Allende. He was the son of Arturo Alessandri, who was president from 1920 to 1925 and again from 1932 to 1938.
General elections were held in Chile on 11 December 1993 to elect the President, members of the Chamber of Deputies and elected members of the Senate. Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle of the Concertación alliance was elected President, and the alliance also won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and maintained its majority in the Senate. As of 2024, this is the most recent presidential election that did not result in a runoff.
Domingo Santa María González was a Chilean political figure. He served as the president of Chile between 1881 and 1886.
Presidential elections were held in Chile on 4 September 1946. The result was a victory for Gabriel González Videla of the Radical Party, who received 40% of the popular vote and 75% of the Congressional vote.
The National Party was a Chilean political party formed in 1966 by the union of the United Conservative Party, the Liberal Party and the National Action.
The Agrarian Labor Party was a Chilean political party supporting the candidacy of Carlos Ibáñez del Campo for the 1952 presidential election. Formed in 1945, it was dissolved in 1958.
Arturo Alessandri Besa was a Chilean lawyer and politician. Alessandri was member of his country's Chamber of Deputies and also of the Senate; he also was candidate for the presidency of Chile in the 1993 elections. He was the grandson of Arturo Alessandri Palma and the nephew of Jorge Alessandri, both presidents of Chile.
Nicolás Díaz Sánchez was a Chilean politician and cardiologist, member of the Christian Democrat Party of Chile (PDC).
Bernardo Ibáñez Águila was a Chilean schoolteacher and political figure. He was the Socialist candidate in Chile's 1946 presidential election.
The Liberal Party was a Chilean centrist political party existing between 1988 and 1994.
Álvaro José Miguel Covarrubias Ortúzar was a Chilean politician and lawyer who served as President of the Senate of Chile. He also stood as an independent candidate in the Chilean presidential elections in 1871, 1876, 1881 and 1886.
José Manuel Rojo Edwards Silva, known as Rojo Edwards, is a Chilean politician and civil engineer.
Enrique Segundo Lee Flores is a surgeon with specialization in plastic surgery and Chilean politician.
Francesca Elizabeth Andrea Muñoz González is a Chilean politician, English teacher, and member of the Christian Social Party (PSC). She currently serves as a deputy for the 20th district of the Biobío Region.
Manuel Rivas Vicuña was a Chilean lawyer, writer, diplomat and liberal politician. Throughout his life he served as his country's ambassador to Austria, Switzerland, Italy and Peru.
Claudio Vicuña Subercaseaux was a Chilean agriculturist and politician, member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He served as a deputy and a state minister during the presidencies of Presidents Ramón Barros Luco and Arturo Alessandri.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
