The Progressive Party ( es, Partido Progresista, PRO) was a political party in

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the eas ...

. It was founded in 2010 by former

Socialist Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the ...

deputy and presidential candidate Marco Enriquez-Ominami. It is the political successor of the coalition ''New Majority for Chile''. The political party was composed by Enriquez-Ominami supporters in the

presidential campaign President most commonly refers to: * President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...

of 2009, former members of the

Concertación The Concertación, officially the Concertación de Partidos por la Democracia ( en, Coalition of Parties for Democracy), was a coalition of center-left political parties in Chile, founded in 1988. Presidential candidates under its banner won ...

and other leftist political movements. After a process of collecting signatures, was enrolled in some regions. The party saw minimal success, only winning a maximum of two seats in the Chamber of Deputies. It lost registration after failing to gain at least 5% of the popular vote in the 2021 parliamentary elections. The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by the Progressive Party. (Information gathered from th
Archive of Chilean Elections
. *

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...

: Marco Enríquez-Ominami (lost) *

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ...

: Marco Enríquez-Ominami (lost) *

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October 2021 coup in Sudan; Crowd shortly after t ...

: Marco Enríquez-Ominami (lost)

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Partido Progresista (Chile)
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