Political Evolution, also known in Spanish by its shorthand Evópoli, is a Chilean center-rightpolitical party, founded in 2012. The party defines itself as a liberal platform for the people who look for a "modern center-right who proposes as the central axis of their proposal the appreciation of diversity, the emphasis on encouraging local communities and the pursuit of social justice".
History
Felipe Kast, Luciano Cruz-Coke, Harald Beyer and Juan Sebastián Montes founded the movement on December 12, 2012. Evópoli agreed to participate in the primary parliamentary elections of National Renewal in 2013. Of the three candidates presented to the primaries, Eduardo Cuevas was the winner in the 19th district. Evópoli participated in the parliamentary elections with five candidates for parliament, including Cuevas and Felipe Kast. However, the senatorial candidacy of Luciano Cruz-Coke for the Antofagasta Region failed to materialize, as the Socialist Party challenged his candidacy on the Electoral Court, considering that it was applicable the restriction on State ministers, which must resign at least a year before they could become parliamentary candidates. On September 12 the Tricel annulled the candidacy of Cruz-Coke. For the presidential election of that year, Evópoli supported the candidate of the Alliance, Evelyn Matthei, and Kast joined her command in the second round. In the parliamentary elections of 2013, Felipe Kast was elected deputy for the district 22. On December 18 of that year, 150 advisers joined its ranks, including ministers Pedro Pablo Errázuriz and Roberto Ampuero. The April 12, 2014 General Council of Evópoli announced the decision to become a political party. On the same occasion María Francisca Correa was elected as president; Luciano Cruz-Coke, Pedro Pablo Errázuriz, Francisco Irarrázaval, Cecilia María Vasallo and Andrés Molina were elected vice presidents, and Jorge Saint Jean was appointed as secretary general. The founding charter of the party was signed on March 21, 2015, and the process of registration with the Electoral Service of Chile began. Subsequently, on July 24, 2015, was published in the Official Gazette the extract of the party constitution, which Evópoli fell into the category of "party in formation" and it should get the necessary notarized signatures required by law to be formally registered as a political party under Chilean law, for each region. Evópoli is in favor of same-sex marriage, which in difference from other parties in the Chile Vamos coalition. On 6 May 2018, Hernán Larraín Matte was elected president of the party, replacing Francisco Undurraga. Larraín the son of current Minister of Justice Hernán Larraín and brother of filmmaker Pablo Larraín.
Presidential candidates
The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by Political Evolution..
