Popular Consensus is a center-right Bolivia

Bolivia

Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...

n political party

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 founded in 2009. CP founder Óscar Ortiz Antelo was President of the Senate of Bolivia from 2008 to 2010. In the 2009 national election

Bolivian general election, 2009

The Bolivian general election, 2009 was held on 6 December, 2009, following a constitutional referendum held on 25 January 2009. Voters elected:*President and Vice President of the Republic.*130 members of the Chamber of Deputies.*36 members of the Senate....

, the party formed an electoral alliance with the National Unity Front

National Unity Front

The National Unity Front is a political party in Bolivia.At the legislative elections in 2005, the party won 7.8 % of the popular vote and 8 out of 130 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 1 out of 27 seats in the Senate. Its candidate at the presidential elections, Samuel Jorge Doria Medina Auza,...

, the Consensus Alliance for National Unity, behind the candidacy of Samuel Doria Medina for President. During the 2010 regional election

Bolivian regional election, 2010

The 2010 Bolivian regional elections were held on 4 April 2010. Departmental and municipal authorities were elected by an electorate of approximately 5 million people...

 it was part of the All for Cochabamba

All for Cochabamba

All for Cochabamba is an electoral alliance of the National Unity Front and Popular Consensus parties in the 2010 elections in Cochabamba department...

 alliance, the We are all Chuquisaca

We Are All Chuquisaca

We Are All Chuquisaca was an electoral alliance of the in the 4 April 2010 elections in Cochabamba department. Its candidate for Governor of Chuquisaca, Jhon Cava, former president of the Chuquisaca Civic Committee, placed second with 35.5% of the vote...

 alliance, and supported the candidacy of Rubén Costas

Rubén Costas

Rubén Armando Costas Aguilera is the governor of Bolivia's Santa Cruz department for the Truth and Social Democracy party. Previously he served as prefect on behalf of the Autonomy for Bolivia party...

 for governor of Santa Cruz. In Pando, the party narrowly lost the Movement towards Socialism

Movement for Socialism (Bolivia)

The Movement for Socialism-Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples , alternately referred to as "Movement Toward Socialism" or "Movement to Socialism", is a left-wing, socialist, Bolivian political organization led by Evo Morales, founded in 1995...

in state elections, and now forms the principal opposition.