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)

See also

• List of political parties in Chile

External links

• Unión Demócrata Independiente (Independent Democratic Union)
  • Nuevas Generaciones UDI (UDI New Generations)
  • Instituto Libertad y Desarrollo UDI (Freedom and Development Institute UDI)
• Renovación Nacional (National Renewal)
  • Juventud Lavinista Renovación Nacional (Lavinist youth National Renewal)
  • Juventud Piñerista Renovación Nacional (Piñerist youth National Renewal)
  • Instituto Libertad RN (Freedom Institute RN)