Historic Pact for Colombia

The Historic Pact for Colombia (Spanish: Pacto Histórico por Colombia; PHxC) is a political and electoral coalition in Colombia composed of political parties and social movements with ideologies ranging from the centre-left,^[8][9] left-wing,^[10] and far-left.^[11] It is the current Government Coalition in Colombia after the 2022 presidential elections.

Historic Pact for Colombia Pacto Histórico por Colombia
Founded	11 February 2021
Ideology	Democratic socialism^[1] Progressivism^[2] Left-wing populism^[3] Anti-neoliberalism^[4]
Political position	Left-wing^[5] Factions: Centre-left^[6] to far-left^[7]
Slogan	Colombia can!
Seats in the Chamber of Representatives	28 / 188
Seats in the Senate	20 / 108
Governors	1 / 32
Mayors	70 / 1,102
Website
pactohistorico.com
Politics of Colombia Political parties Elections

This was launched on 11 February 2021 through a press conference where political leaders of the country participated, including Gustavo Petro, Alexander López, Iván Cepeda, María José Pizarro, Roy Barreras, Clara López, Aída Avella, Armando Benedetti, Jorge Rojas Rodríguez, Iván Guarín, and Martha Peralta. In September 2021 Agmeth Escaf, Luis Fernando Velasco, and Piedad Córdoba were added to the coalition.^[12] The coalition's presidential nominee, Gustavo Petro, advanced to the second round and defeated Rodolfo Hernández Suárez.^[13][14]

Mission

• Obtain a majority in the Congress of the Republic by winning a total of 55 seats in the Senate and 86 seats in the Chamber of Representatives in the 2022 Colombian parliamentary election on 13 March.
• Present the country with an alternative power proposal that will be built by the social bases that accompany the Historic Pact.
• Win the presidency in the 2022 presidential election, with the first and second rounds being held on 29 May and 19 June respectively.

Member parties and presidential candidates

Party		Political position	Party leader
	Humane Colombia	Left-wing	Gustavo Petro
	Todos Somos Colombia	Centre-left to left-wing	Clara López
	Fuerza Ciudadana	Left-wing	Carlos Caicedo Omar
	Poder Ciudadano	Left-wing	Piedad Córdoba
	Alternative Democratic Pole	Left-wing	Alexander López Maya
	Patriotic Union	Left-wing	Aída Avella
	Colombian Communist Party	Left-wing to far-left	Jaime Caycedo Turriago
	Commons	Far-left	Rodrigo Londoño
	MODEP	Left-wing	None (Central Committee)
	Worker's Party	Left-wing	Yezid García Abello
	Congreso de los Pueblos	Left-wing	none
	Ciudadanías Libres	Centre-left	Jorge Rojas Rodríguez
	Unidad Democrática	Left-wing	Luis Carlos Avellaneda Tarazona
	Movimiento por la Constituyente Popular	Left-wing	Yafeth Ramos
	Movimiento por el Agua y la Vida	Centre-left to left-wing	Isabel Zuleta
	Movimiento de Integración Democrática	Centre-left	Rafael David Cuello
	AICO	Centre-left to left-wing	Laudelino Bernier
	Alternative, Indigenous and Social Movement	Centre-left to left-wing	Martha Peralta Epieyú
	Alianza Democrática Amplia	Big tent	Paulino Riascos

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election year	Candidate	Running mate	First round		Second round		Result	Source(s)
			Votes	%	Votes	%
2022	Gustavo Petro (CH)	Francia Márquez (PDA)	8,541,647	40.34	11,281,013	50.44	Elected  Y	^[15]^[16]

References

1. Chetwynd, Gareth (11 May 2022). "Petro closing in on historic victory as Colombian oil industry is asked to take a bow | Upstream Online". Upstream Online. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
2. "El opositor Pacto Histórico lanza su campaña electoral en Colombia". Efe (in Spanish). 20 January 2022.
3. "Leftists Are Ascendant in Latin America as Key Elections Loom". The New York Times. 4 January 2022.
4. "Colombia: Pacto Histórico contra el neoliberalismo". En Redacción. 11 March 2022.
5. "Petro arrasa y será el candidato presidencial del Pacto Histórico". Efe (in Spanish). 13 March 2022.
6. "Colombia's Left Finds Its Footing". Foreign Policy. 18 March 2022.
7. Prashad, Vijay (1 March 2022). "Could Colombia have a left-wing government?". Guardian (Sydney) (2000): 10.
8. "La estrategia del Pacto Histórico". El Espectador (in Spanish). 2 May 2022.
9. "Pacto Histórico por Colombia: quienes lo conforman y últimas incorporaciones". Colombia As (in Spanish). 24 September 2021.
10. "Petro arrasa y será el candidato presidencial del Pacto Histórico". Efe (in Spanish). 13 March 2022.
11. Prashad, Vijay (1 March 2022). "Could Colombia have a left-wing government?". Guardian (Sydney) (2000): 10.
12. "Pacto Histórico por Colombia: quiénes lo conforman y últimas incorporaciones". AS Colombia (in Spanish). 24 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
13. (in Spanish). National Registry of Colombia. 1 June 2022. Archived from the original on 7 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
14. "PRESIDENTE" (in Spanish). National Register of Colombia. Retrieved 22 June 2022.^{[dead link]}
15. . registraduria.gov.co (in Spanish). 1 June 2022. Archived from the original on 7 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
16. "Votos a Partidos". registraduria.gov.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2022.^{[dead link]}