Social Democrat Radical Party


The Social Democrat Radical Party is a social democratic political party in Chile.
The party was founded on 18 August 1994 out of a union between the Radical Party and the Social Democracy Party, both of which had received poor results in the parliamentary elections.
The party supported Ricardo Lagos in the 1999–2000 presidential elections, who won 48.0% in the first round and was elected with 51.3% in the second round. At the 2001 legislative elections, the party won as part of the Concertación 6 out of 120 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and no seats in the Senate. This changed at the 2005 legislative elections to 7 and 1, respectively. In 2009, it won 5 congress seats and 1 senate seat.
The party is a member of Socialist International.

Executive board

The current party executive assumed in August 2018.
PositionName
PresidentCarlos Maldonado
First Vice PresidentAlberto Robles MP
Second Vice PresidentMarcela Hernando
Third Vice PresidentFernando Meza MP
Vice President for WomenJacqueline Castillo
Secretary-GeneralMauricio Andrews
Under-secretary GeneralLeonardo Cubillos
Secretary for Control and OrganisationOscar Araya
TreasurerMario Perez
Secretary for RegionsEduardo Vivanco
Electoral SecretaryRosa Fuenzalida
International SecretaryRicardo Navarrete
Secretary for CommunicationsRobert Guevara

Leaders of the PRSD (1994–present)

Election results

Due to its membership in the Concert of Parties for Democracy, the party has endorsed the candidates of other parties on several occasions. Presidential elections in Chile are held using a two-round system, the results of which are displayed below.

Presidential elections