Progressive Convergence

Progressive Convergence (Spanish: Convergencia Progresista [kombeɾˈxensja pɾoɣɾeˈsista], CP) was a political alliance in Chile. The alliance was created on 8 October 2018 and was composed of the Party for Democracy (PPD), the Radical Party (PR) and the Socialist Party (PS).^[1]

Progressive Convergence Convergencia Progresista
Leader	Heraldo Muñoz Carlos Maldonado Álvaro Elizalde
Founded	8 October 2018
Dissolved	30 September 2020
Preceded by	New Majority
Succeeded by	Constituent Unity
Headquarters	Santiago de Chile
Ideology	Third Way Factions: Social democracy Progressivism
Political position	Centre to centre-left
Senators	14 / 43
Deputies	31 / 155
Mayors	60 / 345
Politics of Chile Political parties Elections

The alliance was created as a coordination group of Chile's social-democratic and center-left parties after the dissolution of the New Majority coalition, which was defeated in the 2017 general election.^[2]

The group Sought to dialogue with other parties and coalitions such as the Communist Party and the Broad Front to oppose Chile Vamos.^[3] The alliance was supplanted by the Constituent Unity in 2020.

Composition

The alliance was consisted of the three parties of the former New Majority.^[4]

Party	Spanish	Leader
Party for Democracy	Partido por la Democracia	Heraldo Muñoz
Social Democrat Radical Party	Partido Radical	Carlos Maldonado
Socialist Party	Partido Socialista	Álvaro Elizalde

See also

• List of political parties in Chile
• New Majority (Chile)
• Chile Vamos
• Broad Front