Citizens' Movement (Mexico)

Citizens' Movement
Movimiento Ciudadano
Leader Dante Delgado Rannauro
Founded August 1, 1998 (1998-08-01) (Convergence)
July 31, 2011 (2011-07-31) (Citizens' Movement)
Ideology Democratic socialism[1]
Social democracy[1]
Environmentalism[1]
Participatory democracy[1]
Feminism[1]
Political position Left-wing
National affiliation Broad Progressive Front
Colours Orange and Blue
Seats in the Chamber of Deputies
23 / 500
Seats in the Senate
0 / 128
Governorships
1 / 32
Website
http://www.movimientociudadano.org.mx/

Citizens' Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Ciudadano) is a political party in Mexico. Andrés Manuel López Obrador was the first leader. It was initially known as Convergence for Democracy (Spanish: Convergencia por la Democracia), but the name was shortened to simply Convergence (Spanish: Convergencia) in August 2002. In July 2011, it was reformed as the Citizens' Movement.

Convergence was founded as a "national political grouping" in 1997. It attained registered party status in 1999 and participated in federal elections in the 2000 general election as a component in the "Alliance for Mexico" (Alianza por México), whose (unsuccessful) presidential candidate was Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas. In that election, as its part of the alliance's share, it was awarded one Senate seat and two in the Chamber of Deputies.

It fought the 2003 mid-term congressional election as an independent (unallied) party, and was rewarded with 2.3% of the popular vote and five seats in the Chamber of Deputies. As of 2004 it governed 28 municipalities in various parts of the country.

In the 2006 general election, Convergence allied itself with the Party of the Democratic Revolution and the Labour Party to form the Alliance for the Good of All coalition, whose presidential candidate was Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The party won 17 out of 500 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 5 out of 128 Senators.

  PRI
  PAN
  PRD
  Convergence
  PVEM
State governments by party (2015)

Convergence describes itself as a democratic socialist party. Its electoral colours are blue and orange; the party logo is a blue circle, superimposed by an orange eagle and the word Convergencia. The party was renamed the Citizens' Movement and reformed on 31 July 2011.[1]

Convergencia logo

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election year Candidate # votes % vote Result Note
2000 support PRD Candidate; Coalition: Alliance for Mexico
2006 support PRD Candidate; Coalition: Coalition for the Good of All
2012 support PRD Candidate; Coalition: Broad Progressive Front

Congressional elections

Chamber of Deputies

Election year Constituency PR # of seats Position Presidency Note
votes % votes %
2000 see: Party of the Democratic Revolution
0 / 500
 Minority Vicente Fox Coalition: Coalition for the Good of All
2003 603,392 2.3 605,156 2.3
5 / 500
 Minority Vicente Fox
2006 see: Party of the Democratic Revolution
18 / 500
 Minority Felipe Calderón Coalition: Alliance for Mexico
2009 851,639 2.5 854,347 2.5
6 / 500
 Minority Felipe Calderón
2012 58,096 1,943,855 3.99
16 / 500
 Minority Enrique Peña Nieto Coalition: Broad Progressive Front
2015 2,421,164 6.40 2,431,908 6.09
26 / 500
 Minority Enrique Peña Nieto Coalition: Broad Progressive Front

Senate elections

Election year Constituency PR # of seats Position Presidency Note
votes % votes %
2000 see: Party of the Democratic Revolution
1 / 128
 Minority Vicente Fox Coalition: Coalition for the Good of All
2006 see: Party of the Democratic Revolution
1 / 128
 Minority Felipe Calderón Coalition: Alliance for Mexico
2012 2,025,045 4.3
1 / 128
 Minority Enrique Peña Nieto Coalition: Broad Progressive Front

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "convergencia". Retrieved 14 June 2016.

External links

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