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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