Social Democracy (Mexico)
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Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
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...
formed in June 1999 and disbanded after the 2000 federal elections
Mexican general election, 2000
General elections were held in Mexico on 6 July 2000. The presidential elections were won by Vicente Fox of the Alliance for Change, who received 43.4% of the vote, the first time the opposition had won an election since the Mexican Revolution...
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In the 2 July 2000 presidential elections
Mexican general election, 2000
General elections were held in Mexico on 6 July 2000. The presidential elections were won by Vicente Fox of the Alliance for Change, who received 43.4% of the vote, the first time the opposition had won an election since the Mexican Revolution...
its candidate, Gilberto Rincón Gallardo
Gilberto Rincón Gallardo
Gilberto Rincón Gallardo y Meltis was a Mexican politician, activist and former presidential candidate.-Biography:...
, won 1.6 % of the popular vote. In the senatorial elections
Mexican general election, 2000
General elections were held in Mexico on 6 July 2000. The presidential elections were won by Vicente Fox of the Alliance for Change, who received 43.4% of the vote, the first time the opposition had won an election since the Mexican Revolution...
of the same date the party won 1.8 % but no seats in the Senate of Mexico
Senate of Mexico
The Senate of the Republic, constitutionally Chamber of Senators of the Honorable Congress of the Union After a series of reforms during the 1990s, it is now made up of 128 senators:...
. Since it did not secure 2.0% percent of the national vote it lost its conditional recognition by the Federal Electoral Institute
Federal Electoral Institute
The Federal Electoral Institute is an autonomous, public organization responsible for organizing federal elections in Mexico, that is, those related to the election of the President of the United Mexican States and to the election of the members of the Lower and Upper Chambers that constitute the ...
(IFE).
In 2003 its most visible leaders could not reorganize its former members under the Party of the Rose (Partido de la Rosa). After failing to regain the federal recognition, most of them migrated to different parties of the center-left such as México Posible
México Posible
México Posible was a Mexican political party of brief existence which took part in the midterm Mexican legislative election, 2003. The party was led by Patricia Mercado...
, Fuerza Ciudadana, Convergencia
Convergence (Mexico)
Convergence is a political party in Mexico. It was previously known as Convergence for Democracy but the party assembly decided, in August 2002, to adopt the shorter form of its name.Convergence was founded as a "national political grouping" in 1997...
and the Social Democratic and Peasant Alternative Party.
Among its most prominents members were Gilberto Rincón Gallardo
Gilberto Rincón Gallardo
Gilberto Rincón Gallardo y Meltis was a Mexican politician, activist and former presidential candidate.-Biography:...
, Ricardo Raphael and Patricia Mercado
Patricia Mercado
Dora Patricia Mercado Castro is aMexican feminist politician. She is a founder, former president and the 2006 presidential candidate of the extinct Socialdemocratic Party ....
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