{{Short description|Left-wing political party in Chile}} {{Infobox political party | name = Humanist Party | native_name = Partido Humanista | colorcode = #FF8000 | logo = PH-CHILE.png | logo_size = 200px | leader = Octavio González | foundation = 26 May 1984 | registered = 31 January 2023<ref>https://www.servel.cl/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/RO_0100_-2023-ACOGE-SOLICITUD-DE-INSCRIPCION-PARTIDO-HUMANISTA-XV-I-II.pdf Acoge solicitud de inscripción Partido Humanista XV I II</ref> | membership_year = 2017 | membership = 19,756 (6th)<ref>[https://www.servel.cl/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Ratificaciones_mas_Afiliaciones_por_Partidos_15-04-2017_VF.pdf Total Afiliados Actualizados por Partidos Politicos al 15 de Abril de 2017 (Ratificados → Afiliados) – Servicio Electoral de Chile]</ref> | ideology = Universal humanism<br />Libertarian socialism<br />Direct democracy | position = Left-wing | headquarters = Av. Condell 860, Providencia, <br />Santiago de Chile | regional = São Paulo Forum | international = Humanist International | national = Popular Ecologist Left {{small|(2024–)}} | dissolved = | colours = {{colour box|{{party color|Humanist Party (Chile)}}}} Orange | website = [http://partidohumanista.cl Official website] | country = Chile | seats1_title = Chamber of Deputies | seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|155|hex=#FF8000}} | seats2_title = Senate | seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|43|hex=#FF8000}} }}

The '''Humanist Party''' ({{langx|es|Partido Humanista}}) is a universal humanist, progressive, and left-wing political party in Chile, founded in 1984. The party is a member of the Humanist International.

In December 1990, Laura Rodríguez became the first elected representative of any Humanist Party in the world after winning a seat as part of the ''Concertación'' coalition, after Augusto Pinochet handed over power.

At the 2001 legislative elections, the party won 1.1% of the vote but no seats.

For the 2005 presidential elections, the Humanist Party was a member of the coalition Juntos Podemos Más (Together We Can Do/Achieve More). Their presidential candidate Tomás Hirsch won 5.4% of the vote in a 4-way race between Michelle Bachelet, Sebastián Piñera, and Joaquín Lavín in the 2005 elections. He polled 4th place and therefore did not make the runoff.

On 12 March 2013 they selected economist and university professor Marcel Claude as their candidate for the 2013 presidential election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nacional.biobiochile.cl/notas/2013/03/12/partido-humanista-proclama-a-economista-marcel-claude-como-candidato-presidencial.shtml|title=Humanist Party proclaims economist Marcel Claude as their presidential candidate|language=es|publisher=Bio Bio Nacional|date=12 March 2013|access-date=19 April 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130410034954/http://nacional.biobiochile.cl/notas/2013/03/12/partido-humanista-proclama-a-economista-marcel-claude-como-candidato-presidencial.shtml|archive-date=10 April 2013}}</ref>

Since 2017, the Humanist Party was part of the Broad Front, a new political coalition. Their presidential candidate was Beatriz Sánchez who won 20.3% of the votes, finishing in 3rd place; additionally, three deputies from the party were elected: Tomás Hirsch, Pamela Jiles and Florcita Alarcón.

The party was dissolved in February 2022 because it did not receive at least 5% of the votes in the 2021 parliamentary elections to maintain its legality.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-02-07 |title=Los 12 partidos que fueron disueltos por el Servel tras la última elección |url=https://www.t13.cl/noticia/politica/los-12-partidos-fueron-disueltos-servel-ultima-eleccion-07-02-2022 |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=Teletrece}}</ref> Its members in the Chamber of Deputies thereafter sat as independents. In October 2022, the party was able to re-register in the Chilean electoral service.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sin Pamela Jiles: Partido Humanista se legaliza nuevamente |url=https://www.eldesconcierto.cl/nacional/2022/10/20/sin-pamela-jiles-partido-humanista-se-legaliza-nuevamente.html |access-date=2022-11-07 |website=El Desconcierto - Prensa digital libre |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Humanist Party registration |url=https://www.servel.cl/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/RO_0738_2022_DISPONE_PUBLICAR_EXTRACTO_SOLICITUD_DE_INSCRIPCION_PARTIDO_HUMANISTA_XV_I_II.pdf |website=servel.cl |access-date=2022-11-07 |archive-date=2022-10-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028202252/https://www.servel.cl/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/RO_0738_2022_DISPONE_PUBLICAR_EXTRACTO_SOLICITUD_DE_INSCRIPCION_PARTIDO_HUMANISTA_XV_I_II.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Presidential candidates == The following is a list of the presidential candidates and referendum options supported by the Humanist Party:{{efn|Information gathered from the [http://eleccion.atspace.com/ Archive of Chilean Elections]}} * 1988 plebiscite: "No" (win) * 1989: Patricio Aylwin (win) * 1993: Cristián Reitze (lost; 5th place) * 1999: Tomás Hirsch (lost; 4th place) * 2005: Tomás Hirsch (lost; 4th place) * 2009: Marco Enríquez-Ominami (lost; 3rd place) * 2013: Marcel Claude (lost; 5th place) * 2017: Beatriz Sánchez (lost; 3rd place) * 2020 plebiscite: "Approve" (win) * 2021: none * 2022 plebiscite: "Approve" (lost)

== Election results == ===Congress elections=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! rowspan=2 | Election year ! colspan=3 | Chamber of Deputies ! colspan=3 | Senate ! rowspan=2 | Status |- ! # Votes ! % Votes ! Seats ! # Votes ! % Votes ! Seats |- ! 2025 | 199,680 | 1.86% | {{Composition bar|0|155|hex={{party color|Humanist Party (Chile)}}}} | 9,753 | 0.31% | {{Composition bar|0|50|hex={{party color|Humanist Party (Chile)}}}} | {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |}

==References== {{notelist}} {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20050927214605/http://www.partidohumanista.cl/ Official website] {{Portal bar|Chile|Politics}} {{Chilean political parties}} Category:1984 establishments in Chile Category:Former member parties of the Frente Amplio (Chilean political coalition) Chile Chile Category:Left-wing politics in Chile Category:Libertarian socialist parties Category:Political parties disestablished in 2022 Category:Political parties established in 1984 Category:Political parties established in 2023 Category:Political parties in Chile Category:São Paulo Forum Category:Socialist parties in Chile