Citizens' Movement (Mexico)

Citizens' Movement
Movimiento Ciudadano
LeaderDante Delgado Rannauro
FounderDante Delgado Rannauro
Founded1 August 1999 (as CpD)
16 August 2002 (as CON)
31 July 2011 (as MC)
Split fromPRI
HeadquartersLouisiana 113 Nápoles, Benito Juárez, 03810 Mexico City
NewspaperEl Ciudadano
Youth wingYouth in Movement
Membership (2023)Increase 384,005[1]
IdeologySocial democracy[2][3]
Progressivism[4]
Participatory democracy[5]
Social liberalism[5]
Political positionCentre-left[6]
National affiliationAlliance for Mexico (1999–2001)
Coalition for the Good of All (2005–2006)
Progressive Movement (2011–2012)
Por México al Frente (2017–2018)
International affiliationProgressive Alliance[7]
Continental affiliationCOPPPAL
Colours  Orange and White
Chamber of Deputies 
28 / 500
Senate
12 / 128
Governorships
2 / 32
State legislatures
37 / 1,124
Website
Party website

Citizens' Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Ciudadano) is a Mexican centre-left political party. The party was founded in 1999, under the name Convergence for Democracy, which was then shortened to Convergence in 2002 and changed to Citizens' Movement in 2011.[8]

Established on 1 August 1999, Convergence for Democracy was founded by civil society activists and former Institutional Revolutionary Party members, advocating for a social market economy and democratic reforms aimed at increasing citizen participation in governance. Once the drug war started, the party included demilitarization efforts and drug regulation in its platform. Initially aligning with left-wing coalitions since its inception, disagreements with left-wing parties prompted the party's shift to independence in elections from 2012 onwards, although it briefly joined a coalition during the 2018 elections. Since then, it has heavily focused on sustainability and social issues in its party platform.

It is a minor political force in the country, only receiving around 7% of the votes cast in the 2021 legislative election and has yet to secure victory in a presidential race. As of 2023, it has 384,005 members, and its members are known as emecistas.

  1. ^ "Padrón de afiliados".
  2. ^ https://movimientociudadano.mx/storage/magazines/pdfs/2974/nobis-numero-01-digital.pdf/ [bare URL]
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). movimientociudadano.mx. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Frequently Asked Questions" (PDF). Elections in Mexico: 2018 General Elections. International Foundation for Electoral Systems. 25 June 2018. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2019. While PAN has often been considered center-right, and PRD and MC center-left, the three have formed a big-tent coalition...
  7. ^ "Parties & Organisations - Progressive Alliance". Progressive-alliance.info.
  8. ^ "Convergencia se transforma en Movimiento Ciudadano". animalpolitico.com. 31 July 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2023.

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