The Popular Force Party or People's Force Party (Spanish: Partido Fuerza Popular) was a Mexican political party created in 1945 as the electoral arm of the National Synarchist Union.[1] It participated in the 1946 presidential election, in which it supported the independent Jesús A. Castro.
Popular Force Party Partido Fuerza Popular | |
|---|---|
| Leaders | Gildardo González Sánchez Jesús A. Castro |
| Founded | 1945 |
| Banned | 1948 |
| Merged into | Mexican Democratic Party |
| Headquarters | León, Guanajuato |
| Ideology | Mexican nationalism National syndicalism Social conservatism Clerical fascism Third Positionism |
| Political position | Far-right |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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The party was banned when on December 19, 1948, members of the party decided to put a black hood on the monument of former president Benito Juárez in Mexico City. It continued to enter electoral politics until the 1970s.[2] during the early 1970s, the organizations rearmaments formed and merged into the far-right Mexican Democratic Party.[3]
Electoral history
editPresidential elections
edit| Election year | Candidate | Votes | % | Outcome | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Jesus Agustín Castro | 29,338 | 1.3 #4 | Lost |
References
edit- ^ Larissa Adler de Lomnitz; Rodrigo Salazar Elena; Ilya Adler (2010). Symbolism and Ritual in a One-party Regime: Unveiling Mexico's Political Culture. University of Arizona Press. p. 346. ISBN 978-0-8165-2753-3.
- ^ Scott Mainwaring (2003). Christian Democracy in Latin America: Electoral Competition and Regime Conflicts. Stanford University Press. pp. 213–. ISBN 978-0-8047-4598-7.
- ^ Ciudadanía, democracia y propaganda electoral en México 1910-2018 (in Spanish). INE, Instituto Nacional Electoral. 2018.
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