^a: Currently, this party is de facto active and in the process of legalization [4]
The Green Ecologist Party (Spanish: Partido Ecologista Verde, PEV) was a Chilean political party and one of South America's members of the global green movement.
It is the first Chilean ecologist political party legalized after the disappearance of The Greens (1987–2001) and Environmentalist Movement (1993–1994), the first officially affiliated with the Global Greens.
For the presidential election of 2013, and after carrying out a process of internal primary among its members, proclaimed as presidential candidate to the economist Alfredo Sfeir, who obtained 2.35% of the vote.[5] In parliamentary and regional councilors elections that same year participated in coalition with the Equality Party by New Constitution for Chile pact.[6] No deputies or senators won, but won the election of Felix Gonzalez as regional councilor of the Province of Concepción.
Before the elections of 2013, the community was legalized by the name of Green Ecologist Party of North in three regions of northern Chile.[7] Both the Green Ecologist Party North as the Green Party itself did not reach 5% of the votes, and for that reason they were dissolved by the Electoral Service.[8] Given this, both parties decided to merge, in a process that was completed on April 15, 2014.[9][10]
The party joined the Broad Front coalition for the 2017 elections, achieving its first seat in congress with its leader, Félix González as its candidate for Concepción. Its presence in the coalition lasted until 2019, when it suspended and subsequently terminated its membership over part of the groups decision of participating of an accord with the government during widespread protests.[11]
The February 7, 2022, SERVEL announced the dissolution of several parties that did not meet the 5% minimum vote threshold at the last election to maintain registration, including the Partido Ecologista Verde.[1] Its members in the Chamber of Deputies thereafter sat as independents.
The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by the Green Ecologist Party. (Information gathered from the Archive of Chilean Elections).
Notes:123Numbers denote party membership of Political Coalitions, 1 is for Chile Vamos, 2 is for the Democratic Socialism, 3 is for the Apruebo Dignidad (defunct).
