Citizen Power (political party)

Citizen Power
Poder Ciudadano
President Karina Oliva
Founded 20 March 2015
Coalition Broad Front
Membership (2017) 3014[1]
Ideology Socialism of the 21st century
Political position Left-wing
Colours Purple
Chamber of Deputies
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Senate
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Citizen Power (Poder Ciudadano) is a Chilean left-wing political party, founded in 2015. It was created by former supporters of Michelle Bachelet, Marcel Claude, Franco Parisi and Alfredo Sfeir, who were presidential candidates for the 2013 elections.[2]

In 2017, the party joined a new leftist coalition called Broad Front, which will compete in the presidential and parliamentary elections that year.[3]

Presidential candidates

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

References

  1. ↑ Servel: Total afiliados actualizados por partidos políticos
  2. ↑ (in Spanish) El Mercurio. ""Explosión" de partidos políticos reconfigura el mapa electoral de cara a 2017". Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  3. ↑ (in Spanish) Radio Bío-Bío. "Beatriz Sánchez suma el apoyo de Poder Ciudadano y FA minimiza críticas de Guillier". Retrieved June 16, 2017.
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