Humanist Party (Chile)
The Humanist Party (Spanish: Partido Humanista) is a progressive left-wing political party in Chile, founded in 1984.
Humanist Party Partido Humanista | |
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| Leader | Octavio González |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Headquarters | Av. Condell 860, Providencia, Santiago de Chile |
| Membership (2018) | 19,756 (6th)[1] |
| Ideology | Humanism Democratic socialism Libertarian socialism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| International affiliation | Humanist International Foro de São Paulo |
| Colours | Orange |
| Chamber of Deputies | 5 / 155 |
| Senate | 0 / 43 |
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In December 1990, Laura Rodríguez became the first elected representative of any Humanist Party in the world after winning a seat as part of the Concertación coalition, after Augusto Pinochet handed over power.
At the last legislative elections, 16 December 2001, the party won 1.1% of the vote but no seats. The party is a member of the Humanist International.
For the 2005 presidential elections, the Humanist Party was a member of the coalition Juntos Podemos Más (Together We Can Do/Achieve More). Their presidential candidate Tomás Hirsch won 5.37% of the vote in a 4-way race between Michelle Bachelet, Sebastián Piñera, and Joaquín Lavín in the 2005 elections. He polled 4th place and therefore did not make the runoff.[2]
On 12 March 2013 they selected economist and university professor Marcel Claude as their candidate for the 2013 presidential election.[3]
Since 2017, the Humanist party is part of the Broad Front, a new political coalition. Their presidential candidate was Beatriz Sánchez who had a surprising voting, winning 20.27% of the votes; as well, the humanists won the elections of three deputies: Tomás Hirsch, Pamela Jiles and Florcita Motuda.
Presidential candidates
The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by the Humanist Party. (Information gathered from the Archive of Chilean Elections).
- 1988 plebiscite: "No" (win)
- 1989: Patricio Aylwin (win)
- 1993: Cristián Reitze (lost)
- 1999: Tomás Hirsch (lost)
- 2005: Tomás Hirsch (lost)
- 2009: Marco Enríquez-Ominami (lost)
- 2013: Marcel Claude (lost)
- 2017: Beatriz Sánchez (lost)
References
- Official government election results Archived 2006-04-24 at the Wayback Machine
- "Humanist Party proclaims economist Marcel Claude as their presidential candidate" (in Spanish). Bio Bio Nacional. 12 March 2013. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013.