Democratic Party (Chile)

Democratic Party Partido Democrático
Founded	1887
Dissolved	1960
Split from	Radical Party
Merged into	National Democratic Party
Headquarters	Santiago de Chile
Ideology	Social liberalism, Democratic socialism
Political position	Centre-left
Politics of Chile Political parties Elections

The Democratic Party (Partido Democrático) of Chile was a Chilean political party created by a left-wing faction of the Radical Party in 1887. It was created as a party of the working and middle class, but over the years it became a traditional political movement, with factions of center-right and center-left.

Luis Emilio Recabarren was active in the Democratic Party until 1912, when he founded the Socialist Workers Party (POS), which later changed its name to the Communist Party.

In 1932, the party split into two factions, which were merged in 1942. In the 1940s again were divided in the Democratic Party of Chile and the People's Democratic Party. Both parties were reunited in 1956. The party was dissolved in 1960, when meeting with other organizations to form the National Democratic Party (PADENA).

Presidential candidates

The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by the Democratic Party. ^[1]

• 1896: Vicente Reyes (lost)
• 1901: Germán Riesco (won)
• 1906: Pedro Montt (won)
• 1910: Ramón Barros Luco (won)
• 1915: Javier Ángel Figueroa (lost)
• 1920: Arturo Alessandri (won)
• 1925: Emiliano Figueroa (won)
• 1927: none
• 1931: Arturo Alessandri (lost)
• 1932: Arturo Alessandri (won)
• 1938: Pedro Aguirre Cerda (won), Gustavo Ross (lost)
• 1942: Juan Antonio Ríos (won)
• 1946: Gabriel González Videla (won)
• 1952: People's Democratic: Carlos Ibáñez (won), Democratic of Chile: Pedro Alfonso (lost)
• 1958: Salvador Allende (lost)

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