Chile: political parties
At a Glance
30-04-2015
The political party system in Chile developed from fierce competition between three distinct blocs along a wide right-centre-left spectrum before the military coup of 1973, to a narrower two-bloc political spectrum (centre-right to centre-left) after 1990, mainly due to the establishment of a binomial election system by General Augusto Pinochet, originally to guarantee his power base.
At a Glance
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- America
- association agreement (EU)
- bicameral system
- Chile
- economic geography
- electoral procedure and voting
- electoral system
- European construction
- EUROPEAN UNION
- GEOGRAPHY
- parliament
- political framework
- political geography
- political parties
- political party
- political situation
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- politics and public safety
- presidential régime