# Alliance (Chile)

The Alliance (Spanish: Alianza), previously known as Alliance for Chile (Spanish: Alianza por Chile), is a coalition of centre-right to right-wing Chilean political parties. The Alliance was replaced between 2009 and 2012 by the Coalition for Change and since 2015 by Chile Vamos.
It includes the National Renewal (Renovación Nacional, RN), the Independent Democratic Union (Unión Democrática Independiente, UDI) and since 2015 Political Evolution (Evolución Política, Evópoli). In the past it has included the National Party, the regional Party of the South (Partido del Sur) and the Union of the Centrist Center (Unión de Centro Centro, UCC), all of which are now defunct.
Major leaders of the Alliance have included Jovino Novoa (UDI), Pablo Longueira (UDI), Jaime Guzmán (UDI), Joaquín Lavín (UDI), Sebastián Piñera (RN), Lily Pérez (RN), Andrés Allamand (RN), Sergio Onofre Jarpa (RN), Sebastián Sichel, and Sergio Romero (RN).

## Member parties

The Alliance has had several names through its history:
| Spanish Name | English Name | Year | Members |
| Democracia y Progreso | Democracy and Progress | 1989-1992 | Independent Democratic Union National Renewal |
| Participación y Progreso | Participation and Progress | 1992-1993 | Independent Democratic Union National Party National Renewal |
| Unión por el Progreso de Chile | Union for the Progress of Chile | 1993-1996 | Independent Democratic Union National Party National Renewal Union of the Centrist Center Party of the South |
| Unión por Chile | Union for Chile | 1996-2000 | Independent Democratic Union National Renewal Party of the South |
| Alianza por Chile | Alliance for Chile | 2000-2004 | Independent Democratic Union National Renewal |
| Alianza | Alliance | 2004-2009 | Independent Democratic Union National Renewal |
| Coalición por el Cambio | Coalition for Change | 2009-2012 | ChileFirst Independent Democratic Union National Renewal |
| Coalición | Coalition | 2012-2013 | Independent Democratic Union National Renewal |
| Alianza | Alliance | 2013-2015 | Independent Democratic Union National Renewal |
| Chile Vamos | Let's go Chile | 2016–2021 | Independent Democratic Union Independent Regionalist Party National Renewal Political Evolution |
| Vamos por Chile | Let's go for Chile | 2021 | Democratic Independent Regionalist Party Independent Democratic Union National Renewal Political Evolution Republican Party |
| Chile Podemos Más | Chile we can more | 2021–2023 | Democratic Independent Regionalist Party Independent Democratic Union National Renewal Political Evolution |
| Chile Seguro | Safe Chile | 2023 | Independent Democratic Union National Renewal Political Evolution |

## Electoral results

Senate election :
| Year | Designation | % votes | Seats |
| 1989 | Democracy and Progress | 34.85 | 16 / 38 |
| 1993 | Union for the Progress | 37.32 | 9 / 18 |
| 1997 | Union for Chile | 36.64 | 9 / 20 |
| 2001 | Alliance for Chile | 44.03 | 9 / 18 |
| 2005 | Alliance for Chile | 37.25 | 8 / 20 |
| 2009 | Coalition for Change | 45.19 | 9 / 18 |
| 2013 | Alliance | 38.05 | 7 / 20 |
| 2017 | Let's go Chile | 37.71 | 12 / 23 |
| 2021 | Chile we can more | 27.86 | 12 / 27 |
Chamber of Deputies election :
| Year | Designation | % votes | Seats | % seats |
| 1989 | Democracy and Progress | 34.18 | 48 / 120 | 40.00% |
| 1993 | Union for the Progress | 36.68 | 50 / 120 | 41.66% |
| 1997 | Union for Chile | 36.26 | 47 / 120 | 39.16% |
| 2001 | Alliance for Chile | 44.27 | 57 / 120 | 47.50% |
| 2005 | Alliance for Chile | 38.72 | 54 / 120 | 45.00% |
| 2009 | Coalition for Change | 43.44 | 58 / 120 | 48.33% |
| 2013 | Alliance | 36.23 | 49 / 120 | 40.83% |
| 2017 | Let's go Chile | 38.68 | 72 / 155 | 46.45% |
| 2021 | Chile we can more | 25.43 | 53 / 155 | 34.19% |
Constitutional Convention election :
| Year | Designation | % votes | Seats |
| 2021 | Let's go for Chile | 20.56 | 37 / 138 |
| 2023 | Safe Chile | 21.07 | 11 / 50 |
Municipal election :
| Year | Designation | % votes |
| 1992 | Participation and Progress | 29.67 |
| 1996 | Union for Chile | 32.47 |
| 2000 | Union for Chile | 40.09 |
| 2004 | Alliance for Chile | 38.72 (mayors) 37.68 (councilmen) |
| 2008 | Alliance | 40.56 (mayors) 35.99 (councilmen) |
| 2012 | Coalition | 37.47 (mayors) 32.94 (councilmen) |
| 2016 | Let's go for Chile | 38.47 (mayors) 40.62 (councilmen) |
Gubernatorial election :
| Year | Designation | % votes |
| 2021 | Let's go Chile | 19.60 |
Presidential election :
| Election year | Candidate | 1st Round | 1st Round | 2nd Round | 2nd Round | Results |
| Election year | Candidate | # Votes | % Votes | # Votes | % Votes | Results |
| 1989 | Hernán Büchi | 2,052,116 | 29.4% | — | — | Lost |
| 1993 | Arturo Alessandri Besa | 1,703,408 | 24.2% | — | — | Lost |
| 1999–2000 | Joaquín Lavín | 3,352,192 | 47.5% | 3,495,569 | 48.7% | Lost |
| 2005–2006 | Sebastián Piñera | 1,763,694 | 25.4% | 3,236,394 | 46.5% | Lost |
| 2009–2010 | Sebastián Piñera | 3,074,164 | 44.1% | 3,591,182 | 51.6% | Won |
| 2013 | Evelyn Matthei | 1,648,481 | 25.1% | 2,111,891 | 37.8% | Lost |
| 2017 | Sebastián Piñera | 2,418,540 | 36.6% | 3,796,918 | 54.5% | Won |
| 2021 | Sebastián Sichel | 898,510 | 12.7% | — | — | Lost |

## Electoral symbols

* Union for the Progress of Chile (1993)
* Alliance for Chile/Alliance (2001, 2005, 2013)
* Coalition for Change (2009)
* Let's go Chile (2017)
* Let's go for Chile (2021)
* Chile we can more (2021)