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political party founded by Alejandro Navarro in 2008. The party was created as a political movement in 2008, by Senator Alejandro Navarro, after the then member of the

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(PS) began to feel poorly represented both by his party (which was then headed by

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) as the Concertacion, political coalition that owns the PS. The party is inspired by the

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. In 2009, after a failed presidential campaign, Navarro and the MAS members offer support to candidate

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. For the presidential election of 2013, however, announced it will support

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(PS), representative of the former Concertacion. Currently participating in the electoral coalition

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. Some members did not support this decision and formed the United Left. In 2014 it merged with the Northern Force Party, led by the mayor of

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, Jorge Soria, to form MAS Region. In 2016, Senator Navarro resigned the party and the

to form the new País party. In 2018, MAS Region merged with Citizen Left to become MAS Citizen Left.

Presidential candidates

The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by the Broad Social Movement. (Information gathered from th
Archive of Chilean Elections
. * 2009:

(lost) *

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(won) *

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(lost)

References

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