Humanist Party (Chile)
The Humanist Party is a progressive left-wing political party in Chile, founded in 1984.
In December 1990, Laura Rodríguez became the first elected representative of any Humanist Party in the world after winning a seat as part of the Concertación coalition, after Augusto Pinochet handed over power.
At the last legislative elections, 16 December 2001, the party won 1.1% of the vote but no seats. The party is a member of the Humanist International.
For the 2005 presidential elections, the Humanist Party was a member of the coalition Juntos Podemos Más. Their presidential candidate Tomás Hirsch won 5.37% of the vote in a 4-way race between Michelle Bachelet, Sebastián Piñera, and Joaquín Lavín in the 2005 elections. He polled 4th place and therefore did not make the runoff.
On 12 March 2013 they selected economist and university professor Marcel Claude as their candidate for the 2013 presidential election.
Since 2017, the Humanist party is part of the Broad Front, a new political coalition. Their presidential candidate was Beatriz Sánchez who had a surprising voting, winning 20.27% of the votes; as well, the humanists won the elections of three deputies: Tomás Hirsch, Pamela Jiles and Florcita Motuda.Presidential candidates
The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by the Humanist Party..
