{{short description|Political party in Chile}} {{use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox political party | country = Chile | name = Political Evolution | native_name = Evolución Política | logo = Political_Evolution,_Evópoli,_party_logo,_Chile.png | logo_size = 150px | colorcode = {{party color|Political Evolution}} | president = Luciano Cruz-Coke Carvallo | secretary_general = Macarena Cornejo | leader3_title = Chief of Deputies | leader3_name = Jorge Guzmán | leader4_title = Chief of Senators | leader4_name = Luciano Cruz-Coke | foundation = 12 December 2012 | dissolved = | membership_year = 2026 | membership = {{decrease}}14,277<ref>{{cite web |title=Total de afiliados a partidos políticos |url=https://www.servel.cl/centro-de-datos/estadisticas-de-datos-abiertos-4zg/estadisticas-de-partidos-politicos/total-de-afiliados-a-partidos-politicos/ |website=www.servel.cl |access-date=25 April 2026 |language=es}}</ref> | merger = | ideology = {{nowrap|Liberalism<ref>{{cite book|editor=Renato Garin |title=La gran colusión: Libre mercado a la chilena |year=2019 |trans-title=The Great Collusion: Chilean Free Market |quote= ... derecha liberal Evópoli, mientras que sus hermanos Pablo y Juan de Dios son los creadores de la exitosa productora audiovisual Fábula. Gabriel Ruiz-Tagle también fue ministro de Piñera, en el primer mandato, ejerciendo como primer ... |trans-quote= ... liberal right Evopoli, while his brothers Pablo and John of God are the creators of the successful audiovisual producer Fabula. Gabriel Ruiz-Tagle was also Minister of Piano in the first term, exercising as first ...|language=es |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TZXIDwAAQBAJ&dq=liberal+Ev%C3%B3poli&pg=PT277 |publisher=Editorial Catalonia |isbn=9789563247664 }}</ref><br>Conservative liberalism<ref name = "eapo">{{cite web|url=https://santandertrade.com/en/portal/analyse-markets/chile/economic-political-outline |title=Economic and political outline Chile |publisher=Santandertrade.com |date= |accessdate=2022-04-19}}</ref>}} | position = Centre-right<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.t13.cl/noticia/politica/semanal/undurraga-evopoli-es-el-unico-partido-de-centroderecha-fundado-en-democracia-y-con-parlamentarios|title=Evópoli es el único partido de centroderecha fundado en democracia y con parlamentarios|website=www.t13.cl|date=7 December 2017 }}</ref><ref name = "eapo"/> | international = Liberal International<ref>{{cite web|url=https://liberal-international.org/our-members/regions/latin-america/|title=Liberal International - Our Members}}</ref>{{small|(Juventud Evopoli is member of IFLRY)}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.evopoli.cl/juventud-evopoli-se-incorpora-la-federacion-liberal-internacional/|title=Juventud Evópoli se incorpora a la Federación Liberal Internacional|date=November 26, 2018|website=Evopoli}}</ref> | regional = Liberal Network for Latin America<ref>{{cite web|url=https://relial.org/sitio/miembros-de-la-red|title=RELIAL Red Liberal de America Latina - Relial|website=relial.org|access-date=2020-07-05|archive-date=2020-11-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116162101/https://relial.org/sitio/miembros-de-la-red|url-status=dead}}</ref> | wing1_title = National affiliation | wing1 = Chile Vamos (since 2015)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.latercera.com/noticia/politica/2015/01/674-614736-9-udi-rn-pri-y-evopoli-firman-acuerdo-para-la-creacion-de-una-nueva-coalicion.shtml |title=UDI, RN, PRI y Evópoli firman acuerdo para la creación de una nueva coalición política |work=La Tercera |date=29 January 2015 |access-date=30 March 2015 |archive-date=14 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814142222/http://www.latercera.com/noticia/politica/2015/01/674-614736-9-udi-rn-pri-y-evopoli-firman-acuerdo-para-la-creacion-de-una-nueva-coalicion.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref><br>Chile Grande y Unido (since 2025) | headquarters = Alberto Magno 1428, Providencia, Santiago | youth_wing = Juventud Evópoli | seats1_title = Chamber of Deputies | seats1 = {{Composition bar|2|155|hex={{party color|Political Evolution}}}} | seats2_title = Senate | seats2 = {{Composition bar|2|50|hex={{party color|Political Evolution}}}} | seats3_title = Regional boards | seats3 = {{Composition bar|12|302|hex={{party color|Political Evolution}}}} | seats4_title = Mayors | seats4 = {{Composition bar|1|345|hex={{party color|Political Evolution}}}} | seats5_title = Communal Councils | seats5 = {{Composition bar|61|2252|hex={{party color|Political Evolution}}}} | colours = | flag = | website = [http://www.evopoli.cl/ www.evopoli.cl] }} '''Political Evolution''' ({{Langx|es|Evolución Política}}), also known in Spanish by its shorthand '''Evópoli''', is a Chilean centre-right<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/pais/politica/chile-vamos/evopoli-el-proyecto-politico-de-la-centroderecha-esta-culturalmente/2015-08-21/110557.html|title=Evópoli: El proyecto político de la centroderecha está, culturalmente, muy vivo|website=Cooperativa.cl}}</ref> political party, founded in 2012.
The party defined itself as a liberal platform for the people who look for a "modern centre-right who proposes as the central axis of their proposal the appreciation of diversity, the emphasis on encouraging local communities and the pursuit of social justice".<ref name="emol">{{cite web|url=http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/2012/12/13/574325/felipe-kast-lanza-nuevo-movimiento-politico-de-centroderecha.html |title=Felipe Kast lanza nuevo movimiento político de centroderecha |work=EMOL |date=13 December 2013 |access-date=29 April 2013 |language=es}}</ref>
==History== Felipe Kast, Luciano Cruz-Coke, Harald Beyer and Juan Sebastián Montes founded the movement on 12 December 2012.<ref name="emol"/>
Evópoli agreed to participate in the primary parliamentary elections of National Renewal in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.adnradio.cl/noticias/politica/kast-y-cruzcoke-presentaron-a-los-candidatos-a-diputado-de-evopoli/20130323/nota/1864359.aspx |title=Kast y Cruz-Coke presentaron a los candidatos a diputado de Evópoli |work=ADN Radio |date=23 March 2013 |access-date=29 April 2013 |language=es}}</ref> Of the three candidates presented to the primaries, Eduardo Cuevas was the winner in the 19th district (Independencia and Recoleta).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.publimetro.cl/nota/cronica/cuevas-de-evopoli-se-impone-en-primaria-y-competira-por-rn-para-diputado-en-independencia-y-recoleta/CPImfD!dXAvrmZxAsvG2bq2aAZIkA/ |title=Cuevas de Evopoli se impone en primaria y competiría por RN para diputado en Independencia y Recoleta |work=Publimetro |date=30 June 2013 |access-date=3 July 2013 |language=es }}{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Evópoli participated in the parliamentary elections with five candidates for parliament, including Cuevas (district 19) and Felipe Kast (District 22). However, the senatorial candidacy of Luciano Cruz-Coke for the Antofagasta Region failed to materialize, as the Socialist Party challenged his candidacy on the Electoral Court (Tricel), considering that it was applicable the restriction on State ministers, which must resign at least a year before they could become parliamentary candidates.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.latercera.com/noticia/politica/2013/07/674-535339-9-luciano-cruzcoke-es-ratificado-como-candidato-a-senador-por-antofagasta.shtml |title=PS solicitará al Tricel que impugne candidatura senatorial de Luciano Cruz-Coke |work=EMOL |date=1 September 2013 |access-date=12 September 2013 |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730134642/http://www.latercera.com/noticia/politica/2013/07/674-535339-9-luciano-cruzcoke-es-ratificado-como-candidato-a-senador-por-antofagasta.shtml |archive-date=30 July 2013 }}</ref> On 12 September, the Tricel annulled the candidacy of Cruz-Coke.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://radio.uchile.cl/2013/09/12/tricel-deja-sin-efecto-candidatura-al-senado-de-luciano-cruz-coke |title= TRICEL deja "sin efecto" candidatura al Senado de Luciano Cruz-Coke |work=Diario Uchile |date=12 September 2013 |access-date=12 September 2013 |language=es}}</ref>
For the presidential election of that year, Evópoli supported the Alliance candidate, Evelyn Matthei. Kast joined her command in the second round.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/2013/08/11/613964/evopoli-e-independientes-formalizaran-apoyo-a-matthei-evelyn-va-a-abrir-la-cancha-en-la-alianza.html |title=Evópoli y apoyo a Matthei: "Evelyn va a abrir la cancha en la Alianza" |work=EMOL |date=11 August 2013 |access-date=4 November 2013 |language=es}}</ref> In the parliamentary elections of 2013, Felipe Kast was elected deputy for the district 22 (Santiago).{{cn|date=December 2021}}
On 18 December of that year, 150 advisers joined its ranks, including ministers Pedro Pablo Errázuriz and Roberto Ampuero.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.df.cl/evolucion-politica-cumple-un-ano-desde-su-creacion-y-suma-150-nuevos-consejeros-a-sus-filas/prontus_df/2013-12-18/220032.htmll |title=Evolución Política cumple un año desde su creación y suma 150 nuevos consejeros a sus filas |work=Diario Financiero |date=19 December 2013 |access-date=19 December 2013 |language=es}}</ref>
The 12 April 2014 General Council of Evópoli announced the decision to become a political party. On the same occasion María Francisca Correa was elected as president; Luciano Cruz-Coke, Pedro Pablo Errázuriz, Francisco Irarrázaval, Cecilia María Vasallo and Andrés Molina were elected vice presidents, and Jorge Saint Jean was appointed as secretary general.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/2014/04/12/655016/consejo-de-evopoli.html |title= Evópoli decide ser partido político y elige a María Francisca Correa como su presidenta |work=EMOL |date=12 April 2014 |access-date=12 April 2014 |language=es}}</ref> The founding charter of the party was signed on 21 March 2015, and the process of registration with the Electoral Service of Chile began.<ref name=partido>{{cite web |url= http://www.latercera.com/noticia/politica/2015/03/674-621954-9-evopoli-se-constituye-como-partido-politico-y-felipe-kast-asume-como-nuevo.shtml |title= Evópoli se constituye como partido político y Felipe Kast asume como nuevo presidente |work= La Tercera |date= 21 March 2015 |access-date= 21 March 2015 |language= es |archive-date= 22 March 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150322001249/http://www.latercera.com/noticia/politica/2015/03/674-621954-9-evopoli-se-constituye-como-partido-politico-y-felipe-kast-asume-como-nuevo.shtml |url-status= dead }}</ref>
Subsequently, on 24 July 2015, was published in the ''Official Gazette'', the extract of the party constitution, which Evópoli fell into the category of "party in formation" and it should get the necessary notarized signatures required by law to be formally registered as a political party under Chilean law, for each region.<ref> {{cite web |url= http://bcn.cl/1rqik |title= Constitución partido político en formación "Evolución Política" |date= 24 July 2015 |access-date=24 July 2015 |work=LeyChile |author= Servicio Electoral de Chile |language= es }}</ref>
On 6 May 2018, Hernán Larraín Matte was elected president of the party, replacing Francisco Undurraga.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/pais/politica/chile-vamos/hernan-larrain-matte-es-el-nuevo-presidente-de-evopoli/2018-05-05/232139.html|title=Hernán Larraín Matte es el nuevo presidente de Evópoli|website=Cooperativa.cl}}</ref> Larraín the son of current Minister of Justice Hernán Larraín and brother of filmmaker Pablo Larraín.
In face of the April 2021 "mega-election" consisting of the 2021 Chilean Constitutional Convention election, the 2021 Chilean regional elections and the 2021 Chilean municipal elections, Evópoli was the party that borrowed the most from banks to finance its campaigns. This led ''The Clinic'' to label the party "the favourite of the banks".<ref>{{Cite news|title=Créditos para campañas: Evópoli es el favorito de la banca, con préstamos por $1.138 millones|url=https://www.theclinic.cl/2021/03/25/creditos-para-campanas-evopoli-es-el-favorito-de-la-banca-con-prestamos-por-1-138-millones/|date=25 March 2021|access-date=28 March 2021|work=The Clinic}}</ref>
Gloria Hutt was elected president of the party in October 2022.<ref name=exoct22>{{Cite news |title=La victoria de Gloria Hutt sobre Cruz-Coke: el trasfondo de la primera derrota interna de Felipe Kast en Evópoli |url=https://www.ex-ante.cl/la-victoria-de-gloria-hutt-sobre-cruz-coke-el-trasfondo-de-la-primera-derrota-interna-de-felipe-kast-en-evopoli/ |date=2022-10-23 |access-date=2022-10-23 |work=Ex-Ante |language=Spanish}}</ref> The election of Hutt and the loss of her rival Luciano Cruz-Coke was considered by ''Ex-Ante'' a blow against the founding group of the party including Felipe Kast.<ref name=exoct22/> In political terms the victory of Hutt was interpreted as the trumph of liberalism over the more traditional right-wing approach of Cruz-Coke.<ref name=exoct22/> Another change with Hutt was that the party would have a full-time leader instead of one that is an elected official.<ref name=exoct22/> Ignacio Briones, a supporter of Hutt, did also perform well being elected party councilor with a plurality of votes in Santiago Metropolitan Region.<ref name=exoct22/> Of the party's 17,700 registered members that were eligible to vote 1402 voted.<ref name=exoct22/>
After obtaining poor results in the 2025 election, the party was dissolved in February 2026, as it failed to meet the legal requirements to maintain its registration.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmartutino.cl/noticia/politica/servel-ratifica-disolucion-de-evopoli-y-frvs-tras-elecciones-2025|title=Servel ratifica disolución de Evópoli y FRVS tras elecciones 2025|website=El Martutino|publisher=El Martutino|date=13 February 2026|language=Spanish}}</ref> This decision was appealed to the Electoral Court, which accepted the appeal on 24 April 2026, thus maintaining its registration as a political party.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latercera.com/nacional/noticia/juan-jose-ossa-triunfa-en-el-tricel-y-logra-revocar-la-disolucion-de-evopoli/|title=Juan José Ossa triunfa en el Tricel y logra revocar la disolución de Evópoli|website=La Tercera|publisher=La Tercera|date=24 April 2026|language=Spanish}}</ref>
== Political position == Sociologists like Stéphanie Alenda have described to Evópoli as a postmaterial party, according the categories of the sociologist Seymour Martin Lipset.{{Sfn|Alenda|2020|p=162}}
Evópoli is a centre-right party that shows a variety of liberal tendencies, including classical liberalism,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.evopoli.cl/un-manifiesto-liberal/|title=Un manifiesto liberal|date=24 September 2018}}</ref> social liberalism,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ellibero.cl/actualidad/liberalismo-social-la-apuesta-de-evopoli-para-levantar-la-candidatura-de-briones-a-la-moneda/|title=Liberalismo social, la apuesta de Evópoli para levantar la candidatura de Briones a la Moneda|date=20 January 2021}}</ref> and conservative liberalism.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.evopoli.cl/conoce-evopoli/historia/|title=Nuestra historia|website=Evopoli}}</ref>
Evópoli is in favor of same-sex marriage, in contrast from other parties within the Chile Vamos coalition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.movilh.cl/felipe-kast-reafirma-compromiso-con-el-matrimonio-igualitario-en-cita-con-el-movilh/|title=Felipe Kast reafirma compromiso con el matrimonio igualitario en cita con el Movilh – Movilh Chile}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=October 2022}}
== Presidential candidates == The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by Political Evolution.
*2017 primaries: Felipe Kast (lost) *2017: Sebastián Piñera Echenique (won) *2021 primaries: Ignacio Briones (lost) *2021: Sebastián Sichel (lost) *2025: Evelyn Matthei (lost)
==Elections 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 |- ! 2017 | 255,221 | 4.26% | {{Composition bar|6|155|hex={{party color|Political Evolution}}}} | 67,801 | 4.07% | {{Composition bar|2|50|hex={{party color|Political Evolution}}}} | {{yes2|Government}} |- ! 2021 | 221,284 | 3.50% | {{Composition bar|4|155|hex={{party color|Political Evolution}}}} | 368,024 | 7.90% | {{Composition bar|3|50|hex={{party color|Political Evolution}}}} | {{no2|Opposition}} |- ! 2025 | 280,261 | 1.61% | {{Composition bar|2|155|hex={{party color|Political Evolution}}}} | 11,253 | 0.36% | {{Composition bar|2|50|hex={{party color|Political Evolution}}}} | {{yes2|Government}} |}
==References== {{reflist|2}}
===Works cited=== * {{cite book |last1=Alenda |first1=Stéphanie |author-link=Stéphanie Alenda |title=Anatomía de la derecha chilena: Estado, mercado y valores en tiempos de cambio |trans-title=Anatomy of the Chilean right-wing: State, market and values in times of changes |date=2020 |publisher=Fondo de Cultura Económica |isbn=978-956-289-215-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zWYLEAAAQBAJ |language=es}}
==External links== * [http://www.evopoli.cl Political Evolution] {{in lang|es}}
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