Constituent Unity

Constituent Unity
Unidad Constituyente
Party leadersÁlvaro Elizalde (PS)
Natalia Piergentili (PPD)
Carlos Maldonado Curti (PR)
Carmen Frei (PDC)
María Ignacia Gómez (CIU)
Patricio Morales (PL)
Founded30 September 2020 (2020-09-30)
Dissolved23 August 2021 (2021-08-23)
Preceded byProgressive Convergence
Succeeded byNew Social Pact
HeadquartersSantiago de Chile
IdeologyThird Way
Factions:
Social liberalism
Social democracy
Christian democracy
Progressivism
Political positionCentre to centre-left
Member partiesSocialist Party
Party for Democracy
Radical Party
Christian Democratic Party
Citizens
Liberal Party
New Deal
Progressive Party
Colours    Purple
    Cyan
Chamber of Deputies
42 / 155
Senate
21 / 43
Regional Governors
11 / 16
Constitutional Convention[note 1]
25 / 155
Mayors
128 / 345
Election symbol
  1. ^ Considering the votes of Lista del Apruebo: Formed by Constituent Unity, PL and Nuevo Trato Movement

Constituent Unity (Spanish: Unidad Constituyente [uniˈða(ð) konstituˈʝente], UC) was a political alliance in Chile. It included the former members of the Concentration of Parties for Democracy (the Christian Democratic Party, Radical Party, Socialist Party, and Party for Democracy), plus the Progressive Party and Citizens.

This alliance was created in light of the municipal, regional and Constitutional Convention elections, held in May 2021. For the municipal elections, the alliance ran as two lists: Unity for the Approval (including the former members of Progressive Convergence: PS, PPD and PR) and Unity for Dignity (PDC, PRO and Citizens).[1]

Due to its previous participation as a member of the Broad Front in the primaries for the municipal and regional election, the liberal party and the new deal movement couldn't participate as members of Constituent Unity in those elections. However, they joined Constituent Unity for the election of members for the Constitutional Convention under the name Lista del Apruebo (List of Approval).[2]

On August 23, the last day to formalize the pacts and register candidacies for the general election, the Progressive Party was excluded from the candidacy pact due to the registration of the presidential candidacy of Marco Enríquez-Ominami; due to this, the other parties of the Constituent Unity registered the list called "New Social Pact".[3][4][5]

  1. ^ Piérola, Gladys (12 January 2021). "Quinta Normal: cómo se quebró el eje histórico en las negociaciones municipales". pauta (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  2. ^ ""Unidad Constituyente", "Nuevo Trato" e Independientes inscribieron pacto para elección constitucional". Christian Democrat Party of Chile (in Spanish). 11 January 2021. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Coletazos de la candidatura presidencial de ME-O: Alejandro Guillier anuncia que no repostulará al Senado tras quiebre entre PRO y Unidad Constituyente". El Mostrador. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  4. ^ Rodrigo Rettig [@RodRettig] (23 August 2021). "Inscribiendo en Servel, "Nuevo Pacto Social", compuesto por Ciudadanos, Partido Liberal y Nuevo Trato, Partido Socialista, Democracia Cristiana, Partido por la Democracia, y Partido Radical. Libertad-Igualdad-Fraternidad para una nueva sociedad" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 August 2021 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ @ServelChile (23 August 2021). "Hace instantes se oficializó el siguiente pacto electoral para Elecciones Generales del 21 de noviembre: Nuevo Pacto Social (Parlamentarias)" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 August 2021 – via Twitter.