Independent Democratic Union
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Independent Democratic Union
Unión Demócrata Independiente |
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| Leader | Hernán Larraín |
| Secretary-General | Guillermo Ramírez |
| Chief of Deputies | María José Hoffmann |
| Chief of Senators | Victor Pérez Varela |
| Founded | September 24, 1983 |
| Headquarters | Suecia 286, Providencia, Santiago de Chile |
| Youth wing | Juventud UDI |
| National affiliation | Chile Vamos |
| Membership (2009) | 77,753 (7th) |
| Ideology |
National conservatism Social conservatism Conservatism Neoliberalism Gremialismo |
| Political position | Centre-right to Right-wing |
| International affiliation | International Democrat Union |
| Regional affiliation | Union of Latin American Parties |
| Colours | Blue, White and Yellow |
| Chamber of Deputies |
29 / 120
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| Senate |
8 / 38
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| Regional boards |
46 / 278
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| Mayors |
60 / 345
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| Communal Councils |
352 / 2,224
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| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
| http://www.udi.cl/ | |
The Independent Democratic Union (Unión Demócrata Independiente, UDI) is a Chilean centre-right to right-wing, conservative political party, founded in 1983. Its founder was the lawyer, politician and law professor Jaime Guzmán, a civilian who collaborated with Augusto Pinochet. Guzmán was a senator from 1990 until his assassination on April 1, 1991.
Its ideological origins date back to Guzmán's Guildist Movement, born out of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile in 1966, espousing the independence and depoliticization of intermediate bodies of civil society.
UDI, together with National Renewal (RN) and other minor movements, formed a coalition of right-wing parties called Coalition for Change, which is the successor to Alliance for Chile and rose to power in March 2010, after victory in the presidential elections of January 2010. It was the largest political party in Congress between 2010 and 2014.
In the Chilean parliamentary election, 2009, UDI held the largest majority in the election of deputies, electing 40 deputies (one third of the House) with 23.04% (1,507,001 votes), and got 21.21% (369,594 votes) in the election of senators. Its bench is the largest obtained by a single party in Chile since 1990. UDI currently has 39 deputies and 8 senators.
In the Chilean municipal election, 2008, UDI got 347 councilmen (16.16% of councilmen) by a vote of 15.11%, and obtained 58 mayors (16.81% of mayors) by a vote of 20.05%. That year, it was the largest party by elected councilmen and the most voted for party in the election of councilmen. Also, UDI is the second largest party by number of mayors in Chile (only one mayor less than Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Chile).
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