Alliance for Chile

Alliance for Chile
Alianza por Chile
Leader Sebastián Piñera
Joaquín Lavín
Founded 1989
Headquarters Santiago de Chile
Ideology Conservatism,
Neoconservatism,
Neoliberalism
Joaquín Lavín, leader of Independent Democratic Union
Sebastián Piñera, leader of National Renewal

The Alliance for Chile (Spanish: Alianza por Chile), also known simply as The Alliance (Spanish: La Alianza), was a coalition of right-wing Chilean political parties.The Alliance was replaced in 2009 by the Coalition for Change.

It included the National Renewal (Renovación Nacional, RN) and the Independent Democratic Union (Unión Democrática Independiente, UDI). In the past it has included the regional Party of the South (Partido del Sur) and the Progressive Union of the Centrist Center (Unión de Centro Centro Progresista, UCCP), both of which are now defunct.

Major leaders of the Alliance have included Jovino Novoa (UDI), Pablo Longueira (UDI), Jaime Guzmán (UDI), Joaquín Lavín (UDI), Sebastián Piñera (RN), Lily Pérez (RN), Andrés Allamand (RN), Sergio Onofre (RN), and Sergio Romero (RN).

The Alliance had several names through its history:

  • Democracia y Progreso (Democracy and Progress) (1989–1992)
  • Participación y Progreso (Participation and Progress) (1992–1993)
  • Unión por el Progreso (Union for the Progress) (1993–1996)
  • Unión por Chile (Union for Chile) (1996–2000)

Electoral results

Senate election
Year Designation  % votes Seats
1989 Democracy and Progress 34,85% 16 of 38
1993 Union for the Progress 37,32% 9 of 18
1997 Union for Chile 36,64% 9 of 18
2001 Alliance for Chile 44,03% 9 of 18
2005 Alliance for Chile 37,25% 8 of 18


Chamber of Deputies election
Year Designation  % votes Seats  % seats
1989 Democracy and Progress 34.18 48 of 120 40.00
1993 Union for the Progress 36.68 50 of 120 41.66
1997 Union for Chile 36.26 47 of 120 39.16
2001 Alliance for Chile 44.27 57 of 120 47.50
2005 Alliance for Chile 38.72 54 of 120 45.00
Municipal election
Year Designation  % votes
1992 Participation and Progress 29.67
1996 Union for Chile 32.47
2000 Union for Chile 40.09
2004 Alliance for Chile 38.72 (mayors)
37.68 (councilmen)
2008 Alliance for Chile 40.56 (mayors)
35.99 (councilmen)

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