Alliance (Chile) Explained

Native Name:Alianza
Foundation:10 August 1989
Ideology:Liberal conservatism
Seats1 Title:Senate
Seats2 Title:Chamber of Deputies
Seats3 Title:Constitutional Convention
Seats4 Title:Mayors
Headquarters:Santiago de Chile
International:International Democracy Union
Country:Chile

The Alliance (Spanish; Castilian: Alianza), previously known as Alliance for Chile (Spanish; Castilian: Alianza por Chile), is a coalition of centre-right to right-wing Chilean political parties. The Alliance was replaced between 2009 and 2012 by the Coalition for Change and since 2015 by Chile Vamos.

It includes the National Renewal (Renovación Nacional, RN), the Independent Democratic Union (Unión Democrática Independiente, UDI) and since 2015 Political Evolution (Evolución Política, Evópoli). In the past it has included the National Party, the regional Party of the South (Partido del Sur) and the Union of the Centrist Center (Unión de Centro Centro, UCC), all 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 Jarpa (RN), Sebastián Sichel, and Sergio Romero (RN).

Member parties

The Alliance has had several names through its history:

Spanish Name English Name Year Members
Democracia y Progreso Democracy and Progress 1989-1992 Independent Democratic Union
National Renewal
Participación y Progreso Participation and Progress 1992-1993 Independent Democratic Union
National Party
National Renewal
Unión por el Progreso de Chile Union for the Progress of Chile 1993-1996 Independent Democratic Union
National Party
National Renewal
Union of the Centrist Center
Party of the South
Unión por Chile Union for Chile 1996-2000 Independent Democratic Union
National Renewal
Party of the South
Alianza por Chile Alliance for Chile 2000-2004 Independent Democratic Union
National Renewal
Alianza Alliance 2004-2009
Coalición por el Cambio 2009-2012 ChileFirst
Independent Democratic Union
National Renewal
Coalición Coalition 2012-2013 Independent Democratic Union
National Renewal
Alianza Alliance 2013-2015
Chile Vamos Let's go Chile 2016–2021
Vamos por Chile Let's go for Chile 2021 Democratic Independent Regionalist Party
Independent Democratic Union
National Renewal
Political Evolution
Republican Party
Chile Podemos Más Chile we can more 2021–2023 Democratic Independent Regionalist Party
Independent Democratic Union
National Renewal
Political Evolution
Chile Seguro Safe Chile 2023 Independent Democratic Union
National Renewal
Political Evolution

Electoral results

Senate election!Year !! Designation !! % votes !! Seats
Democracy and Progress 34.85
Union for the Progress 37.32
Union for Chile 36.64
Alliance for Chile 44.03
Alliance for Chile 37.25
Coalition for Change 45.19
Alliance 38.05
Let's go Chile 37.71
Chile we can more 27.86
Chamber of Deputies election!Year !! Designation !! % votes !! Seats !! % seats
1989 Democracy and Progress 34.18
1993 Union for the Progress 36.68
1997 Union for Chile 36.26
2001 Alliance for Chile 44.27
2005 Alliance for Chile 38.72
2009 Coalition for Change 43.44
2013 Alliance 36.23
2017 Let's go Chile 38.68
2021 Chile we can more 25.43
Constitutional Convention election!Year !! Designation !! % votes !! Seats
Let's go for Chile 20.56
Safe Chile 21.07
Municipal election!Year !! Designation !! % votes
Participation and Progress 29.67
Union for Chile 32.47
Union for Chile 40.09
Alliance for Chile 38.72 (mayors)
37.68 (councilmen)
Alliance 40.56 (mayors)
35.99 (councilmen)
Coalition 37.47 (mayors)
32.94 (councilmen)
Let's go for Chile 38.47 (mayors)
40.62 (councilmen)
Gubernatorial election!Year !! Designation !! % votes
Let's go Chile 19.60
Election year! rowspan=2
Candidate1st Round2nd RoundResults
  1. Votes
% Votes
  1. Votes
% Votes
1989Hernán Büchi2,052,11629.4%
1993Arturo Alessandri Besa1,703,40824.2%
19992000Joaquín Lavín3,352,192 47.5%3,495,56948.7%
20052006Sebastián Piñera1,763,69425.4%3,236,39446.5%
20092010Sebastián Piñera3,074,16444.1%3,591,18251.6%
2013Evelyn Matthei1,648,48125.1%2,111,89137.8%
2017Sebastián Piñera2,418,540 36.6%3,796,91854.5%
2021Sebastián Sichel898,51012.7%

See also