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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