Progressive Party (Chile)

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Progressive Party
Partido Progresista
AbbreviationPRO
Leader Marco Enriquez-Ominami
PresidentCamilo Lagos
FounderMarco Enriquez-Ominami
Founded10 May 2010
Legalised15 April 2011
Dissolved3 February 2022
Split from Socialist Party
Succeeded by Progressive Homeland
Youth wing Progressive Youth (JPRO)
Ideology Democratic socialism
Progressivism
Environmentalism
Feminism
Left-wing populism [1]
Political position Left-wing [2]
National affiliationFormerly:
Constituent Unity (2020-2021)
Unity for Change (2019-2020)
Colours   Red and Blue
Website
http://www.losprogresistas.cl/

The Progressive Party (Spanish : Partido Progresista, PRO) was a political party in Chile. It was founded in 2010 by former Socialist deputy and presidential candidate Marco Enriquez-Ominami. It is the political successor of the coalition New Majority for Chile. [3] [4]

The political party was composed of Enriquez-Ominami supporters in the presidential campaign of 2009, former members of the Concertación, and other leftist political movements. After a process of collecting signatures, it was enrolled in some regions.

The party saw minimal success, only winning a maximum of two seats in the Chamber of Deputies.

It lost registration after failing to gain at least 5% of the popular vote in the 2021 parliamentary elections. [5]

The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by the Progressive Party. (Information gathered from the Archive of Chilean Elections).

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