The Social Christian Conservative Party ( es, Partido Conservador Social Cristiano, PCSC) was a

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political party in

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, founded in 1949 as the

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split in two factions. For electoral purposes, one of the factions was named the Social Christian Conservative Party (the other being called the Traditionalist Conservative Party). Some of the Social Christian Conservatives later returned to form in together with the 'Traditionals' the

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(1953), whereas others participated in the Social Christian Federation with the

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from 1955 to 1957. In July 1957 the Social Christian Conservative Party merged with the Chilean National Falange to form the

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Presidential candidates

The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by the Social Christian Conservative Party. (Information gathered from th
Archive of Chilean Elections
. *

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Pedro Alfonso ''Pulcher ut Absalon, virtute potens quasi Sanson, instructisque bonis, documenta tenet Salomonis''. " edrois handsome as Absalom, as strong as Samson, and he possesses the wisdom of Solomon." —'' Poema de Almería'', ...

(lost)

Election results

Source: Cruz-Coke 1984

Bibliography

*Cruz-Coke, Ricardo. 1984. ''Historia electoral de Chile. 1925-1973''. Editorial Jurídica de Chile. Santiago *Pereira, Teresa. 1994. ''El Partido Conservador: 1930-1965, ideas, figuras y actitudes''. Editorial Universitaria. Santiago de Chile. *Sanfuentes Carrión, Marcial. 1957. ''El Partido Conservador''. Editorial Universitaria. Santiago Christian democratic parties in South America Conservative parties in Chile 1949 establishments in Chile 1957 disestablishments in Chile Defunct political parties in Chile Political parties established in 1948 Political parties disestablished in 1957 {{chile-party-stub