Progressive Party
Partido Progresista
AbbreviationPRO
LeaderMarco Enriquez-Ominami
PresidentCamilo Lagos
FounderMarco Enriquez-Ominami
Founded10 May 2010
Legalised15 April 2011
Dissolved3 February 2022
Split fromSocialist Party
Succeeded byProgressive Homeland
Youth wingProgressive Youth (JPRO)
IdeologyDemocratic socialism
Progressivism
Environmentalism
Feminism
Left-wing populism[1]
Political positionLeft-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, I 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).

  • 2013: Marco Enríquez-Ominami (lost)
  • 2017: Marco Enríquez-Ominami (lost)
  • 2021: Marco Enríquez-Ominami (lost)

References

  1. ↑ Libertad y Desarrollo (10 September 2021). "2021 ENTRANDO A LA RECTA FINAL ELECTORAL" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "Chilean students warn presidential candidates education reform is pending". MercoPress. 19 October 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Enríquez-Ominami Bautiza Oficialmente Como 'Partido Progresista' (PRO) Nueva Tienda Política" (in Spanish). 123.cl. May 10, 2010. Retrieved May 10, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Partido Progresista (PRO)" (in Spanish). BCN. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
  5. ↑ Periscopio, El (2022-02-08). "Los 12 partidos que fueron disueltos por el Servel tras las elecciones parlamentarias". El Periscopio Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-02-14.
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