Labor Party
Mexican political party
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2020 | Solidarity Encounter Party granted national party status in Mexico. |
September 2 2020 | The Social Encounter Party (PES) was reborn as the Solidarity Encounter Party, retaining its original initials (PES), and was granted preliminary recognition to participate in the 2021 Mexican legislative election. |
2019 | Solidarity Encounter Party established as the successor to the Social Encounter Party. |
2018 | The party participated in Congressional elections, receiving 1,056,918 votes (2.41% of the total) and maintained a minority position in a coalition called 'Juntos Haremos Historia' during Andrés Manuel López Obrador's presidential term. |
2018 | Social Encounter Party dissolved after joining the Juntos Haremos Historia coalition for the Mexican election. |
2018 | Social Encounter Party contested Senate elections, receiving 1,038,325 votes (2.35% of the total) as part of the 'Juntos Haremos Historia' coalition during Andrés Manuel López Obrador's presidency. |
2018 | The coalition won the presidential election, with López Obrador elected president in a landslide victory and winning five of nine state governorships. |
2018 | Andrés Manuel López Obrador ran for president as the Social Encounter Party's candidate, winning the election with 30,113,483 votes, representing 53.19% of the total votes. |
September 3 2018 | The Social Encounter Party (PES) was officially dissolved after failing to attract 3% of the national vote, resulting in the loss of its federal registry. |
December 13 2017 | The coalition 'Juntos Haremos Historia' was formally established, uniting MORENA, PT, and PES, with Andrés Manuel López Obrador appointed as the presidential pre-candidate. |
November 2017 | Leaders of MORENA and PES began talks about forming a possible political alliance. |
June 24 2017 | The Labor Party (PT) approved standing for election in 2018 in an electoral alliance with MORENA, though the coalition was not yet officially registered with the National Electoral Institute. |
2015 | Social Encounter Party participated in Congressional elections, receiving 1,319,203 votes (3.49% of the total) and securing a minority position under President Enrique Peña Nieto's administration. |
2015 | During the gubernatorial election in San Luis Potosí, the PES candidate controversially compared homosexuality to drug trafficking and violence, reflecting the party's socially conservative stance. |
2015 | The Social Encounter Party (PES) participated in its first federal-level legislative elections, winning eight proportional representation seats in the Chamber of Deputies by securing 3.3 percent of the total vote. |
2014 | Social Encounter Party established as a national political party in Mexico. |
July 2014 | The party obtained federal registry. Immediately after, eight of its nine political assemblies were nullified due to allegations of bribes being given to attendees. |
2013 | The Social Encounter Party allied with the PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) in Baja California, resulting in electing a state deputy in Tecate and four council members in Tijuana. |
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