Democratic Revolution

Democratic Revolution Revolución Democrática
President	Juan Ignacio Latorre
Secretary-General	Sebastián Depolo
Founded	7 January 2012; 13 years ago (2012-01-07)
Registered	22 June 2016
Dissolved	1 July 2024 (2024-07-01)
Merged into	Broad Front
Headquarters	Avenida Francisco Bilbao 299, Providencia, Santiago, Chile
Ideology	Participatory democracy Democratic socialism[1] Social democracy[2] Anti-capitalism[3]
Political position	Centre-left[4][5][1] to left-wing[1]
National affiliation	Broad Front Apruebo Dignidad
Website
www.revoluciondemocratica.cl
Politics of Chile Political parties Elections

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Democratic Revolution (Spanish: Revolución Democrática) was a Chilean centre-left to left-wing political party, founded in 2012 by some of the leaders of the 2011 Chilean student protests, most notably the current Deputy Giorgio Jackson, who is also the most popular public figure of the party. Their principles are based on advocating for participative democracy and the overcoming of neoliberalism in Chile.

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The movement was founded on January 7, 2012,^[6] adding up to more than 4000 supporters in the first week.

They presented three candidates for the 2013 Chilean parliamentary election, winning one seat in the Chamber of Deputies, the former student leader Giorgio Jackson. They did not support any of the presidential candidates, although the majority of the movement decided to request the vote for Michelle Bachelet in the second round of the election.^[7] The same year, the movement elected their first Executive Committee, led by Miguel Crispi and Sebastián Depolo.

In mid-2015, the members of the movement decided to start the process to become a party. After collecting signatures all over the country, they were accepted as an official party in 2016.^[8] Being an official party, they presented candidates for the Municipal election of 2016, most notably candidates for mayor in Antofagasta, La Serena, Taltal, among other towns, electing 9 members of Municipal Councils.

Since 2018, the party has 7 deputies in the Chilean parliament and a senator.

In June 2023 prosecutors began an investigation on various party members and a non-governmental organization linked to the party to clarify whether there has been influence peddling, conflict of interest, embezzlement and misuse of funds in the Democracia Viva case.^[9][10] Democratic Revolution deputy Catalina Pérez, who have been implicated in the case, declared to put her membership in the party "on-hold".^[11]

The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by Democratic Revolution.

• 2017: Beatriz Sánchez (lost)
• 2021: Gabriel Boric (won)

• Democratic Revolution (in Spanish)