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New Majority Nueva Mayoría | |
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| Leader | Michelle Bachelet |
| Founded | 30 April 2013 (2013-04-30) |
| Dissolved | 11 March 2018 (2018-03-11)[1] |
| Preceded by | Concertación |
| Succeeded by | Progressive Convergence |
| Headquarters | Santiago de Chile |
| Ideology | Big tent Social democracy Progressivism Christian democracy |
| Political position | Centre-left[2][3] |
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TheNueva Mayoría (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈnweβamaʝoˈɾi.a]), also translated in English asNew Majority, was aChileancentre-left electoralcoalition from 2013 to 2018, composed mainly ofcentre-left political parties supporting the presidential candidacy ofMichelle Bachelet in the2013 election.[4]
Michelle Bachelet stated that a principal objective of the Nueva Mayoría coalition was to achieve and establish a system ofuniversal and free access to higher education within a time frame of six years.[5]
The first time the name of the new coalition was mentioned on 27 March 2013, when Bachelet agreed to be presidential candidate for the primary coalition. On that occasion, she asked that her eventual administration was "the first government of anew social majority".[6]
The coalition consisted of the four principal parties of theConcert of Parties for Democracy, namely, theSocialist Party of Chile (PS), theChristian Democratic Party (Chile) (PDC), theParty for Democracy (PPD) and theSocial Democrat Radical Party (PRSD). In addition, the Nueva Mayoría also included theCommunist Party of Chile (PCCh), theCitizen Left (IC), theBroad Social Movement (MAS) and centre-left independents.[4] In March 2014, the regionalistNorthern Force Party joined the Nueva Mayoría[7] to merge with the Broad Social Movement and found theMAS Region.
| Party | Spanish | Main ideology | Leader |
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 MAS Region | MAS Región | Democratic socialism | Cristián Tapia |
 Christian Democratic Party | Partido Demócrata Cristiano | Christian democracy | Carolina Goić |
 Citizen Left | Izquierda Ciudadana | Christian socialism | Francisco Parraguez |
 Communist Party | Partido Comunista | Communism | Guillermo Teillier |
 Party for Democracy | Partido por la Democracia | Social democracy Progressivism | Gonzalo Navarrete |
 Social Democrat Radical Party | Partido Radical Socialdemócrata | Social democracy | Ernesto Velasco |
 Socialist Party | Partido Socialista | Democratic socialism | Álvaro Elizalde |
The Nueva Mayoría coalition was registered on 30 April 2013 with the Chilean Electoral Service (SERVEL).[8]
The coalition held itsprimaries on 30 June, whereMichelle Bachelet (PS) won with 73% of the vote to become the sole presidential candidate of the bloc,[9] defeating the independentAndrés Velasco, who won 13% of the preferences, to Claudio Orrego (PDC), which stood at 8.86%, and radicalJosé Antonio Gómez, who reached 5.06%.[10] The pact got more than two million votes from a total of three million voters, tripling the votes obtained by theAlliance.[11]
Initially, the coalition intended to hold its parliamentaryprimary elections on 30 June 2013; however, this was annulled because parties failed to reach an agreement regarding their nomination. After several negotiations, an agreement was reached to commence partial and complete primaries in some districts on 4 August 2013.[12]
After the primaries, Bachelet went straight to the election process, in which she competed with eight other candidates,[13] the highest number in Chilean electoral history.[14] In those elections, the leader of the coalition achieved a 46.70% of votes, not enough for an absolute majority nationwide,[15][16] so she had to face a runoff with the candidate of the Alliance,Evelyn Matthei, where finally she won with 62.16% of the vote.[17][18][19] This victory marked the first re-election of a woman in office,[20] in addition to the return of the centre-left government after four years of the administration ofSebastián Piñera. In December 2017 the Nueva Mayoría presidential candidate,Alejandro Guillier, was defeated byChile Vamos candidate Sebastián Piñera, who was returning to the government.[21] The Nueva Mayoría coalition dissolved on 11 March 2018, at the end of Bachelet's term and the inauguration of Piñera.
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