The (Spanish: ''Partido Socialista de Chile'' or PS) is a
Political Party in
Chile , and part of the ruling
Coalition Of Parties For Democracy coalition.
President Of Chile Ricardo Lagos Escobar represented the PS in the
1999 Presidential Elections . He won 48.0 % in the first round and was elected with 51.3 % in the second round. In the last
Legislative Elections on
December 16 ,
2001 , the party won as part of the
Coalition Of Parties For Democracy 10 out of 117 seats in the
Chamber Of Deputies and 5 out of 38 elected seats in the
Senate . This changed at the
2005 Elections to 15 and 8.
Socialist
Michelle Bachelet won the
2005 Presidential Election . She is the first female president to rule
Chile .
It was the party of former
President Salvador Allende , who was among its founders on
April 19 ,
1933 .
After the
Chilean Coup Of 1973 it was proscribed (along with the other
Leftist parties constituting the
Popular Unity coalition) and split itself in several groups that would not reunite until after the return to civilian rule in
1990 .
