The (''Partido Humanista'') is a progressive left-wing
Political Party in
Chile , founded in
1984 .
In December
1990 ,
Laura Rodríguez became the first elected representative of any
Humanist Party in the world after winning a seat as part of the ''
Concertación '' coalition, after
Augusto Pinochet handed over power.
At the last
Legislative Elections ,
16 December 2001 , the party won 1.1 % but no seats. The party is a member of the
Humanist International .
For the
2005 presidential elections, the Humanist Party was a member of the coalition
Juntos Podemos Más (Together We Can Do/Achieve More). Their presidential candidate
Tomás Hirsch won 5.37% of the vote in a 4-way race between
Michelle Bachelet ,
Sebastián Piñera , and
Joaquín Lavín in the 2005 elections. He polled 4th place and therefore did not make the runoff.
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