Social Convergence

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Social Convergence
Convergencia Social
AbbreviationCS
Leader Gabriel Boric
President Diego Ibáñez
Secretary-GeneralJaviera Menay
Vice PresidentFrancisca Perales
Founded11 November 2018;6 years ago (2018-11-11)
Legalized9 March 2020;5 years ago (2020-03-09)
Dissolved1 July 2024;12 months ago (2024-07-01)
Merger of
Merged into Broad Front
HeadquartersAlmirante Riveros 062, Providencia, Santiago
Think tank
  • Fundación Decide [1]
  • Fundación Crea [2]
Student wing
  • CS Student Front
  • Secondary CS
Women's wing CS Feminist Front
Membership (2021)36,119 [3]
Ideology
Political position Left-wing [9] [10]
National affiliation
International affiliation Progressive International [11]
Colours
  •   Cyan
  •   Purple
  •   Light red
Slogan"Decide Involucrarte"
("Decide to Get Involved")
Website
convergenciasocial.cl

The Social Convergence (Spanish : Convergencia Social, CS) was a left-wing political party in Chile. It was founded by the Chilean president Gabriel Boric. [12]

Contents

It was co-founded in 2018 by the Autonomist Movement (MA), Libertarian Left (IL) (a part of the movement left the party in 2019), Socialism and Freedom (SOL) and New Democracy (ND). It was part of the leftist coalition Broad Front. [8] In mid-2019, members of the movement began their process to register as a legally constituted political party. [13]

Social Convergence experienced an internal crisis in 2019, after a large number of militants resigned from the party, due to the initial rejection of Gabriel Boric's participation in the agreement made by the congress to create a new constitution, initiated due to the 2019 Chilean protests. Arguing that the agreement did not seem to them to be a sufficient response to the protests. [14] [15] However, after the changes that the agreement underwent (gender parity, indigenous seats, etc.), these members ended up supporting the agreement, but did not remain part of the party. [16] [17]

In July 2024 the party merged into the Broad Front party, which is a successor of the Broad Front coalition.

Authorities

President of the Republic

Deputies

NameRegionDistrictPeriod
Diego Ibáñez Valparaíso 62018–2022 / 2022-2026
Francisca Bello Valparaíso 62022-2026
Gonzalo Winter Metropolitana 102018–2022 / 2022-2026
Lorena Fries Metropolitana 102022-2026
Gael Yeomans Metropolitana 132018–2022 / 2022-2026
Marcela Riquelme O'Higgins 152022-2026
Mercedes Bulnes Maule 172022-2026
Clara Sagardía Bíobío 212022-2026
Patricio Rosas Los Ríos 242018–2022 / 2022-2026
Javiera Morales Magallanes 282022-2026

Election results

Presidential elections

Election yearCandidate1st Round2nd RoundResults
# Votes % Votes# Votes % Votes
2021 Gabriel Borić Font 1,815,02425.8%4,620,89055.9%Won

Congress election

Election year Chamber of Deputies Senate Status
# Votes % VotesSeats# Votes % VotesSeats
2021 287,1904.54%
9 / 155
59,4891.28%
0 / 50
TBA

See also

References

  1. Regulación a los think tanks de partidos políticos en Chile (PDF) (in Spanish). Library of the National Congress of Chile. October 2019.
  2. Mayol, Alberto; Cabrera, Andrés (1 december 2017). «El Frente Amplio como exomundo». Frente Amplio en el momento cero. Catalonia. p. 51.
  3. "Total afiliados actualizados por partidos políticos". Electoral Service of Chile. 2021. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  4. "Partidos, movimientos y coaliciones: Partido Convergencia Social". Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile.
  5. "El pinochetista Kast y el progresista Boric definirán la presidencia el 19 de diciembre elecciones en Chile".
  6. Sonneland, Holly K.; Wilkinson, Hope (16 September 2021). "Explainer: Who's Who in Chile's 2021 Presidential Race". Americas Society Council of the Americas.
  7. "Socialist Gabriel Boric elected Chile's youngest ever president with highest ever vote tally". Morning Star . 20 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  8. 1 2 La Tercera (24 September 2018). "Movimiento Autonomista tendrá Congreso para evaluar fusión con otros grupos del FA" (in Spanish). 21 January 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  9. "José Antonio Kast, a far-right figure, could lead Chile". The Economist. 23 November 2021.
  10. "Hay una disputa de época entre Kast, que pretende no cambiar nada, versus Boric, que pretende cambiarlo todo". BBC News Mundo.
  11. "Convergencia Social". Progressive International. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  12. "Convergencia Social proclama a Gabriel Boric como su candidato presidencial". BioBioChile - La Red de Prensa Más Grande de Chile (in Spanish). 17 March 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  13. "Nuevo partido del FA: Convergencia Social inició proceso de legalización en el Servel" (in Spanish). CNN Chile. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  14. Mostrador, El (16 November 2019). "Masiva renuncia a Convergencia Social: Jorge Sharp y otros 72 militantes dejan el partido". El Mostrador (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  15. Chile, C. N. N. "Crisis en el FA: Jorge Sharp renuncia a Convergencia Social". CNN Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  16. admin, Por (20 September 2020). "Se incorporan al comando Apruebo Chile Digno nuevas organizaciones políticas". PC CHILE (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  17. "Alcalde Sharp dice que el Apruebo es la única opción democrática". EL DÍNAMO (in Spanish). 16 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.