Citizens' Movement (Mexico)

Citizens' Movement
Leader	Dante Delgado Rannauro
Founded	August 1, 1998 (1998-08-01) (Convergence) July 31, 2011 (2011-07-31) (Citizens' Movement)
Ideology	Cardenism, Democratic socialism, Magonism
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	Broad Progressive Front
Colours	Orange and Blue
Seats in the Chamber of Deputies	25 / 500
Seats in the Senate	0 / 128
Governorships	1 / 32
Website
http://www.movimientociudadano.org.mx/
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Citizens' Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Ciudadano) is a political party in Mexico. Andrés Manuel López Obrador was the first leader. It was initially known as Convergence for Democracy (Spanish: Convergencia por la Democracia), but the name was shortened to simply Convergence (Spanish: Convergencia) in August 2002. In July 2011, it was reformed as the Citizens' Movement.

Convergence was founded as a "national political grouping" in 1997. It attained registered party status in 1999 and participated in federal elections in the 2000 general election as a component in the "Alliance for Mexico" (Alianza por México), whose (unsuccessful) presidential candidate was Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas. In that election, as its part of the alliance's share, it was awarded one Senate seat and two in the Chamber of Deputies.

It fought the 2003 mid-term congressional election as an independent (unallied) party, and was rewarded with 2.3% of the popular vote and five seats in the Chamber of Deputies. As of 2004 it governed 28 municipalities in various parts of the country.

In the 2006 general election, Convergence allied itself with the Party of the Democratic Revolution and the Labour Party to form the Alliance for the Good of All coalition, whose presidential candidate was Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The party won 17 out of 500 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 5 out of 128 Senators.

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  PRI

  PAN

  PRD

  Convergence

  PVEM

State governments by party (2013)

Convergence describes itself as a democratic socialist party. Its electoral colours are blue and orange; the party logo is a blue circle, superimposed by an orange eagle and the word Convergencia. The party was renamed the Citizens' Movement and reformed on 31 July 2011.

Convergencia logo

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election year	Candidate	# votes	% vote	Result	Note
2000					support PRD Candidate; Coalition: Alliance for Mexico
2006					support PRD Candidate; Coalition: Coalition for the Good of All
2012					support PRD Candidate; Coalition: Broad Progressive Front

Congressional elections

Chamber of Deputies

Election year	Constituency		PR		# of seats	Position	Presidency		Note
	votes	%	votes	%
2000	see: Party of the Democratic Revolution				0 / 500	Minority	Vicente Fox		Coalition: Coalition for the Good of All
2003	603,392	2.3	605,156	2.3	5 / 500	Minority	Vicente Fox
2006	see: Party of the Democratic Revolution				18 / 500	Minority	Felipe Calderón		Coalition: Alliance for Mexico
2009	851,639	2.5	854,347	2.5	6 / 500	Minority	Felipe Calderón
2012	58,096		1,943,855	3.99	16 / 500	Minority	Enrique Peña Nieto		Coalition: Broad Progressive Front

Senate elections

Election year	Constituency		PR		# of seats	Position	Presidency		Note
	votes	%	votes	%
2000	see: Party of the Democratic Revolution				1 / 128	Minority	Vicente Fox		Coalition: Coalition for the Good of All
2006	see: Party of the Democratic Revolution				1 / 128	Minority	Felipe Calderón		Coalition: Alliance for Mexico
2012			2,025,045	4.3	1 / 128	Minority	Enrique Peña Nieto		Coalition: Broad Progressive Front

External links

• Official website
• Healthcare site sponsored by the party for Mexico City's inhabitants
• History of the party