Social Convergence

The Social Convergence (Spanish: Convergencia Social, CS) is a left-wing political party in Chile. It is led by Gabriel Boric.[13]

Social Convergence
Convergencia Social
AbbreviationCS
LeaderGabriel Boric
PresidentAlondra Arellano
Secretary-GeneralJaviera Menay
Vice PresidentFrancisca Perales
Founded11 November 2018 (2018-11-11)
Legalized9 March 2020 (2020-03-09)
Merger of
HeadquartersAlmirante Riveros 062, Providencia, Santiago
Think tank
  • Fundación Decide[1]
  • Fundación Crea[2]
Student wing
  • CS Student Front
  • Secondary CS
Women's wingCS Feminist Front
Membership (2021)36,119[3]
Ideology
Political positionLeft-wing[10][11]
National affiliation
International affiliationProgressive International[12]
Colours
  •   Cyan
  •   Purple
  •   Light red
Slogan"Decide Involucrarte"
("Decide to Get Involved")
Chamber of Deputies
10 / 155
Senate
0 / 50
Website
convergenciasocial.cl

It was founded in 2018 by the Autonomist Movement (MA), Libertarian Left (IL), Socialism and Freedom (SOL) and New Democracy (ND). It is part of the leftist coalition Broad Front.[9] In mid-2019, members of the movement began their process to register as a legally constituted political party.[14] In November 2019, the Libertarian Left movement and hundreds of militants decided to resign from the party, rejecting the participation of deputy Gabriel Boric in a political agreement for a constitutional plebiscite that emerged after the protests on 18 October.[15][16][17]

Authorities

Deputies
Name Region District Period
Diego Ibáñez Region of Valparaíso 6 2018–2022
Gonzalo Winter Santiago Metropolitan Region 10 2018–2022
Gael Yeomans Santiago Metropolitan Region 13 2018–2022
Gabriel Boric Region of Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena 28 2014–2018 / 2018–2022

Election results

Presidential elections
Election year Candidate 1st Round 2nd Round Results
# Votes  % Votes # Votes  % Votes
2021 Gabriel Borić Font 1,815,024 25.8% 4,620,890 55.9% Won

Congress election
Election year Chamber of Deputies Senate Status
# Votes  % Votes Seats # Votes  % Votes Seats
2021 287,190 4.54%
9 / 155
 59,489 1.28%
0 / 50
 TBA

See also
  • Category:Social Convergence politicians

References
  1. Regulación a los think tanks de partidos políticos en Chile (PDF) (in Spanish). Library of the National Congress of Chile. October 2019.
  2. Mayol, Alberto; Cabrera, Andrés (1 december 2017). «El Frente Amplio como exomundo». Frente Amplio en el momento cero. Catalonia. p. 51.
  3. "Total afiliados actualizados por partidos políticos". Electoral Service of Chile. 2021.
  4. "Chile: Economic and Political Outline". Santander. 2022.
  5. James Francis Whitehead (19 December 2021). "Leftist millennial wins election as Chile's next president". Courthouse News Service.
  6. "Socialist Gabriel Boric elected Chile's youngest ever president with highest ever vote tally". Morning Star. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  7. "El pinochetista Kast y el progresista Boric definirán la presidencia el 19 de diciembre elecciones en Chile".
  8. Holly K. Sonneland; Hope Wilkinson (16 September 2021). "Explainer: Who's Who in Chile's 2021 Presidential Race". Americas Society Council of the Americas.
  9. La Tercera (24 September 2018). "Movimiento Autonomista tendrá Congreso para evaluar fusión con otros grupos del FA" (in Spanish). 21 January 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  10. "José Antonio Kast, a far-right figure, could lead Chile". The Economist. 23 November 2021.
  11. "Hay una disputa de época entre Kast, que pretende no cambiar nada, versus Boric, que pretende cambiarlo todo". BBC News Mundo.
  12. "Convergencia Social". Progressive International. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  13. "Convergencia Social proclama a Gabriel Boric como su candidato presidencial". BioBioChile - La Red de Prensa Más Grande de Chile (in Spanish). 17 March 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  14. CNN Chile. "Nuevo partido del FA: Convergencia Social inició proceso de legalización en el Servel" (in Spanish). 31 May 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  15. El Mostrador. "Masiva renuncia a Convergencia Social: Jorge Sharp y otros 72 militantes dejan el partido" (in Spanish). 15 November 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  16. El Dínamo (ed.). "Convergencia Social en crisis: se suman otras 112 renuncias al partido" (in Spanish). 23 November 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  17. El Desconcierto (ed.). "Izquierda Libertaria se retira del partido Convergencia Social" (in Spanish). 10 December 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
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