Political position Far-left | Founded 2009 | |
Ideology Egalitarianism,Anti-capitalism | ||
The Equality Party (Partido Igualdad) is a Far-left political party in Chile. It was founded in 2009 by various social movements of workers, students, mortgage borrowers, townspeople and human rights organizations, among other actors. Its first president was former communist councilor of Peñalolen, Lautaro Guanca.
Legally registered in 2012, it first appeared in the municipal elections of that year. Reaching 0.81% of the vote, it got the election of one councilor.
For the 2013 elections, the party proclaimed Roxana Miranda as its presidential candidate.
Presidential candidates
The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by the Equality Party. (Information gathered from the Archive of Chilean Elections).
References
Equality Party (Chile) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA