{{about|the 2023 Constitutional Council electoral coalition|the general coalition founded in 2022|Unidad por Chile}} {{Infobox political party | name = Unidad para Chile | logo = Logo of the Unity for Chile.png | logo_size = 200px | colorcode = {{party color|Unity for Chile}} | founded = {{Start date|2023|2|6|df=yes}} | dissolved = {{End date|2023|11|7|df=yes}} | ideology = Democratic socialism | position = Left-wing | national = Government Alliance | flag = | seats3_title = Constitutional Council | seats3 = {{Composition bar|16|51|hex={{party color|Unity for Chile}}}} | website = <!-- TBD --> | country = Chile }}
'''Unidad para Chile''' ({{langx|en|Unity for Chile}}) was a left-wing Chilean electoral alliance formed in February 2023 to present candidacies for the Chilean Constitutional Council election that was held on 7 May of the same year.<ref name="inscripcionservel">{{Cite web |last=Reyes, Carlos |date=6 February 2023 |title="Unidad para Chile" y "Todo por Chile": oficialismo inscribe listas separadas y se ratifica división del Socialismo Democrático |url=https://www.latercera.com/politica/noticia/unidad-para-chile-ps-y-apruebo-dignidad-inscriben-lista-para-consejeros-en-el-servel-y-ratifican-division-del-socialismo-democratico/RJAB55UI6RFCLB53RCGKTV4TRE/ |access-date=6 February 2023 |website=La Tercera |archive-date=6 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206135053/https://www.latercera.com/politica/noticia/unidad-para-chile-ps-y-apruebo-dignidad-inscriben-lista-para-consejeros-en-el-servel-y-ratifican-division-del-socialismo-democratico/RJAB55UI6RFCLB53RCGKTV4TRE/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
== History == The formation of two lists that group the parties of the Government Alliance, plus the Christian Democratic Party, began in January 2023, during the negotiations to register the pacts and candidacies for the elections of the members of the Constitutional Council.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cristóbal Fuentes y Juan Manuel Ojeda |date=1 February 2023 |title=Oficialismo lima asperezas y se resigna a competir en dos listas |url=https://www.latercera.com/la-tercera-pm/noticia/oficialismo-lima-asperezas-y-se-resigna-a-competir-en-dos-listas/736MPUNLC5AHJEW76KFAJF53MU/ |access-date=6 February 2023 |website=La Tercera |archive-date=5 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205184650/https://www.latercera.com/la-tercera-pm/noticia/oficialismo-lima-asperezas-y-se-resigna-a-competir-en-dos-listas/736MPUNLC5AHJEW76KFAJF53MU/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Christian Democratic Party (PDC) defined on 21 January an electoral alliance with the parties that make up the Democratic Socialism coalition to present candidacies to the Constitutional Council.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fernández, F. |date=21 January 2023 |title=DC confirma alianza electoral con Socialismo Democrático para elecciones del Consejo Constitucional |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2023/01/21/1084551/dc-alianza-politica-socialismo-democratico.html |access-date=30 January 2023 |website=EMOL |archive-date=30 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130134940/https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2023/01/21/1084551/dc-alianza-politica-socialismo-democratico.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On the same day, the Radical Party (PR) agreed to run on a list along with the Socialist Party (PS), the Party for Democracy (PPD), and the Liberal Party (PL).;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Riquelme, Javiera |date=21 January 2023 |title=Partido Radical decide concurrir a la elección de consejeros constitucionales en dos listas de la alianza de Gobierno |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2023/01/21/1084533/consejeros-constitucionales-pr-dos-listas.html |access-date=30 January 2023 |website=EMOL |archive-date=30 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130135442/https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2023/01/21/1084533/consejeros-constitucionales-pr-dos-listas.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On 22 January, the PL made the same decision, without ruling out the possibility of making a single list of candidates together with the Apruebo Dignidad parties.<ref name="emollistas">{{Cite web |last=Romero, María Cristina |date=30 January 2023 |title=Elección de consejeros: Qué han definido los partidos sobre sus pactos electorales y las decisiones aún pendientes |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2023/01/30/1085268/definiciones-de-partidos.html |access-date=30 January 2023 |website=EMOL |archive-date=30 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130102417/http://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2023/01/30/1085268/definiciones-de-partidos.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
The PPD defined on January 28 presenting its candidates in a list that groups Democratic Socialism, ruling out a list of unity of the parties that make up the Government Alliance.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Romero, María Cristina |date=28 January 2023 |title=Con 94% de los votos: Consejo Nacional PPD confirma decisión de integrar lista de consejeros del Socialismo Democrático |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2023/01/28/1085217/ppd-lista-consejeros-separadaapruebodignidad.html |access-date=30 January 2023 |website=EMOL |archive-date=30 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130072751/https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2023/01/28/1085217/ppd-lista-consejeros-separadaapruebodignidad.html |url-status=live }}</ref> For its part, the PS agreed to define on 31 January its position regarding the electoral alliances it will form with the other government parties.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Romero, María Cristina |date=28 January 2023 |title=PS se pone como plazo hasta el 31 de enero para cerrar su pacto electoral e insiste en lista única del oficialismo |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2023/01/28/1085224/ps-eleccion-de-consejeros.html |access-date=30 January 2023 |website=EMOL |archive-date=30 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130072919/https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2023/01/28/1085224/ps-eleccion-de-consejeros.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On 2 February, the PL reversed its previous decision and agreed to join the list made up of the PS and Apruebo Dignidad.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sepúlveda, Arnaldo |date=2 February 2023 |title=Partido Liberal se suma al PS y opta por ir en alianza electoral con Apruebo Dignidad |url=https://www.latercera.com/politica/noticia/partido-liberal-se-suma-al-ps-y-opta-por-ir-en-alianza-electoral-con-apruebo-dignidad/QOHAQGE3TVCD5H2H2SUOKIV5SM/ |access-date=3 February 2023 |website=La Tercera |archive-date=3 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203081306/https://www.latercera.com/politica/noticia/partido-liberal-se-suma-al-ps-y-opta-por-ir-en-alianza-electoral-con-apruebo-dignidad/QOHAQGE3TVCD5H2H2SUOKIV5SM/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On 6 February, the pacts under the names of Unity for Chile —which brings together the Approve Dignity parties plus the PS and PL— and All por Chile, which brings together the PPD, the PR and the PDC, were officially registered in the Servel.<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1622584337844633601|user=josefina_delaf|title="Unidad para Chile" se llama el pacto del PS, PL, FA, FRVS y PC para la elección de Consejeros Constitucionales.|author=De la Fuente, Josefina|date=6 February 2023}}</ref>
== Composition == The parties that formed Unity for Chile were: {| class="wikitable" !Party !President |- |link=Archivo:Simbolo_Acción_Humanista.png|25x25px '''Humanist Action''' |Tomás Hirsch |- |link=Archivo:Comunes_logo_2020.png|22x22px '''Commons''' |Marco Velarde |- |link=Archivo:Convergencia_Social_(recorte).png|22x22px '''Social Convergence''' |Diego Ibáñez |- | '''Social Green Regionalist Federation''' |Flavia Torrealba |- |link=Archivo:Partido_Comunista_de_Chile.svg|22x22px '''Communist Party of Chile''' |Guillermo Teillier |- |link=Archivo:LogoPLChile2017.png|25x25px '''Liberal Party of Chile''' |Patricio Morales |- |link=Archivo:Emblem_of_the_Socialist_Party_of_Chile.svg|25x25px '''Socialist Party of Chile''' |Paulina Vodanovic |- |link=Archivo:Revolución Democrática (corto).png|25x25px '''Democratic Revolution''' |Juan Ignacio Latorre |}
==References== {{Reflist|2}} {{Authority control}} Category:2023 in Chile Category:Defunct political party alliances in Chile Category:Political parties established in 2023