Frente Amplio (Chilean political coalition)
Frente Amplio Frente Amplio | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Gabriel Boric |
| Founded | 21 January 2017 |
| Dissolved | 19 April 2024 |
| Succeeded by | Frente Amplio (political party) |
| Headquarters | Santiago de Chile |
| Ideology | Democratic socialism Progressivism Radical democracy Factions: Autonomism Social democracy |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | Apruebo Dignidad |
| Website | |
| frente-amplio.cl | |
The Frente Amplio (Spanish for Broad Front, FA) was a Chilean political coalition founded in early 2017, composed of left-wing parties and movements. Its first electoral contest was the 2017 Chilean general election, where their presidential candidate Beatriz Sánchez came third with 20% of the vote in the first round of election (she just missed getting to the second-round run-off by 3%). The Frente Amplio also expanded their electoral representation to 20 deputies (out of 155), 1 senator (out of 43) and 21 out of 278 Regional Councillors, thus consolidating the movement as the 'third force' in Chilean politics.
In July 2024, its member parties merged into the new Frente Amplio political party.