Party of the Democratic Revolution
Mexican political party
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2024 | The PRD failed to reach the necessary percentage of votes to maintain its national political party registration, effectively becoming a state-level party. |
2024 | Party lost its national registration after failing to achieve 3% of the national vote in the general election for president, Senate, and Chamber of Deputies. |
2024 | The PRD-led electoral alliance competed in the Mexican general election against the Sigamos Haciendo Historia coalition, with Xóchitl Gálvez challenging Morena party's candidate Claudia Sheinbaum. |
2024 | The PRD failed to reach the necessary percentage of votes to maintain its registration as a national political party, effectively becoming a state-level party. |
August 28 2024 | Two PRD senators-elect, Araceli Saucedo Reyes from Michoacán and José Sabino Herrera from Tabasco, switched their party affiliations to the Morena caucus before the LXVI Legislature of the Mexican Congress. |
2023 | The Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) formed an electoral alliance called Fuerza y Corazón por México with the National Action Party and the Institutional Revolutionary Party, positioning Xóchitl Gálvez as their presidential candidate for the 2024 Mexican general election. |
2021 | PRD continued its electoral decline, obtaining 0.51% direct votes and 3.64% proportional representation votes during López Obrador's presidency, participating in the Va por México coalition. |
December 22 2020 | PRD formed a new political alliance called Va por México, joining forces with the National Action Party and the Institutional Revolutionary Party. |
2019 | PRD experienced a major internal split, with nine deputies leaving the party to join Morena and López Obrador's government coalition, which resulted in the coalition gaining a two-thirds majority capable of passing constitutional reforms. |
2018 | José Ramón Amieva becomes the Chief of Government of Mexico City, replacing Miguel Ángel Mancera. |
2018 | PRD significantly declined in electoral performance, receiving only 0.17% of direct votes and 5.27% proportional representation votes in both chambers during Andrés Manuel López Obrador's election, participating in the For Mexico to the Front coalition. |
2018 | Ricardo Anaya ran for president as part of the Por México al Frente coalition, receiving 12,607,779 votes (22.27%), but was defeated. |
December 2018 | Martha Erika Alonso became Governor of Puebla in a coalition between PRD and PAN, but tragically died in a helicopter crash just 10 days after assuming office. |
August 2018 | PRD abandoned the Por México al Frente coalition, marking a significant political shift for the party. |
2017 | Ricardo Anaya, then President of PAN, announced the proposal to create an 'Opposition Wide Front' to form a coalition government aimed at changing the political regime. |
December 17 2017 | The three parties (PAN, PRD, and MC) ratified their alliance by creating the electoral coalition 'Por México al Frente' to participate in the 2018 federal and multiple state elections. |
September 5 2017 | PAN formalized an alliance with PRD and MC, creating the 'Citizen Front for Mexico' coalition, which was registered with the National Electoral Institute for a 6-year duration. |
2016 | Miguel Ángel Yunes Linares won the governorship of Veracruz in a coalition with PAN and PRD parties, marking a significant electoral victory for the political landscape. |
2015 | Silvano Aureoles Conejo is elected governor of Michoacán, extending the Party of the Democratic Revolution's ongoing presence in state leadership. |
2014 | The PRD became the first political party to have internal elections organized by the Federal Electoral Institute, with 2 million party members (about 45% of those affiliated) voting for members of the National Congress and Council, as well as State and Municipal Councils. |
2012 | Graco Ramírez Garrido of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) was elected governor of Morelos state, beginning a six-year term from 2012 to 2018. |
2012 | Arturo Núñez Jiménez, a member of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), was elected Governor of Tabasco, serving a term from 2012 to 2018. |
2012 | Miguel Ángel Mancera takes office as the Chief of Government of Mexico City, continuing the Party of the Democratic Revolution's leadership. |
2012 | PRD secured 27% of votes in both legislative chambers during Enrique Peña Nieto's presidency, participating in the Broad Progressive Front coalition. |
2012 | Andrés Manuel López Obrador ran for president again as part of the Broad Progressive Front, receiving 15,848,827 votes (31.6%), but was defeated. |
2012 | PAN and PRD suffered defeat in the Mexico general elections, and Andrés Manuel López Obrador departed from the PRD, leading to initial political rapprochement between the parties. |
2010 | Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas became Governor of Puebla in a coalition between the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), National Action Party (PAN), and other parties. |
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