Patriotic Union ( es, Unión Patriótica, UPA) was a far-left

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. It was founded in September 2015 and is led by

Eduardo Artés Eduardo Antonio Artés Brichetti (born 25 October 1951) is a Chilean educator and political figure. He is the leader of the Patriotic Union (Chile), Patriotic Union, which nominated him as a candidate for the 2017 Chilean general election, 2017 an ...

, general secretary of the

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. Legally registered in 2016, it first appeared in the

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of that year. The party obtained 0.32% of the total votes but no candidates were elected to any council. It was declared as an

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and

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party. Its leader has expressed sympathy with the government of

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and the government of President

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. For the

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, the party proclaimed Artés as its presidential candidate, where he finished in seventh place in the first round. The party was dissolved in 2018 for failing to get a minimum percentage of the vote. It was reregistered in 2019, but dissolved again in February 2022 after failing to obtain at least 5% of the vote in the 2021 parliamentary elections.

Presidential candidates

The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by the Patriotic Union. (Information gathered from th
Archive of Chilean Elections
. *

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(lost) *

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(lost)

References

External links

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