United Conservative Party - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The United Conservative Party was a right-wing Chilean party founded in December 1953 after the merger of the Traditionalist Conservative Party and parts of the Social Christian Conservative Party

Social Christian Conservative Party

The Social Christian Conservative Party was a right-wing political party in Chile, founded in 1949 as the Conservative Party split in two factions. For electoral purposes, one of the factions was named the Social Christian Conservative Party...

, issued from the Conservative Party

Conservative Party (Chile)

The Conservative Party of Chile was one of the principal Chilean political parties since its foundation in 1836 until 1949, when it broke apart. In 1953 it reformed as the United Conservative Party and in 1966 joined with the Liberal Party to form the National Party...

. It supported for the 1958 presidential election

Chilean presidential election, 1958

A presidential election was held in Chile on September 4, 1958. Because none of the candidates obtained an absolute majority needed to win outright, a confirmation by Congress was carried out on October 24, 1958 to declare the winner.-Election:...

the candidacy of Jorge Alessandri

Jorge Alessandri

Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez was the 27th President of Chile from 1958 to 1964, and was the candidate of the Chilean right in the crucial presidential election of 1970...

and participated, along with the Liberal Party

Liberal Party (Chile)

The Liberal Party of Chile was a Chilean political party created by a faction of pipiolos in 1849. After the conservative victory in the Chilean Civil War of 1829 the liberals became the principal opposition party to the Conservative Party...

, in its government. In 1962, it participated in the Democratic Front of Chile

Democratic Front of Chile

The Democratic Front of Chile was a center-right coalition in Chile between 1962 and 1964. It was composed of the United Conservative Party, the Liberal Party and the Radical Party ....

center-right coalition which opposed the left-wings FRAP

FRAP (Chile)

The FRAP was a Chilean left-wing coalition of parties from 1956 to 1969. It presented twice a common candidate, Salvador Allende, for the 1958 and the 1964 presidential elections...

coalition and supported for the 1964 presidential election

Chilean presidential election, 1964

A presidential election was held in Chile on September 4, 1964. Christian Democratic candidate Eduardo Frei Montalva won the election by an absolute majority....

Julio Durán (who obtained less than 5% of the votes).

Following the low results obtained at the 1965 legislative elections, the United Conservative Party merged in 1966 with the Liberal Party

Liberal Party (Chile)

and the Partido Acción Nacional
Partido Acción Nacional
Partido Acción Nacional may refer to:* National Action Party * National Action Party * National Action Party * National Action Party...

(founded in 1963 by Jorge Prat Echaurren, who had been Minister of Finances in 1954 in Carlos Ibáñez del Campo

Carlos Ibáñez del Campo

General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo was a Chilean Army officer and political figure. He served as dictator between 1927 and 1931 and as constitutional President from 1952 to 1958.- The coups of 1924 and 1925 :...

's cabinet), thus creating the National Party

National Party (Chile) (1966-1973)

See also National Party .The National Party of Chile was a Chilean political party formed by the union of the United Conservative Party, the United Liberal Party and the Partido Acción Nacional .It represented...

Electoral results

1957 legislative election (21 deputies on a total of 147) — 13,8% of the votes
1961 legislative election (17 deputies on a total of 147) — 14,3% of the votes
1967 legislative election (03 deputies on a total of 147) — 05,2% of the votes

Electoral results

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