2008, when the Electoral Service (Servicio Electoral) of Chile re-registered it as a legal political party. In 2012 formed a party with other political leftist movements called Citizen Left. On the eve of the 2013 presidential election, the Citizen Left joined the opposition pact Nueva Mayoría and supported the presidential candidacy of Michelle Bachelet, formalizing its existence to change the legal name of the Christian Left in the Electoral Service. In 2018, Citizen Left merged with MAS Region to become MAS Citizen Left. Presidential candidates The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by the Citizen Left. (Information gathered from the Archive of Chilean Elections). 1988 plebiscite: "No" (won) 1989: Patricio Aylwin, PDC-Concertación (won) 1993: Eugenio Pizarro, Ind.-ADI (lost) 1999: Ricardo Lagos, PPD-Concertación (won) 2005: Tomás Hirsch, PH-Juntos Podemos (lost) 2009: Jorge Arrate, PCCh-Juntos Podemos (lost) 2013: Michelle Bachelet, PS-Nueva Mayoría (won) 2017: Alejandro Guillier, Ind.-Nueva Mayoría (lost) See also Christian left Christian socialism References External links Home page (in Spanish) 1971 establishments in Chile 2018 disestablishments in Chile Catholicism and far-left politics Christian democratic parties in South America Christian political parties Christian socialist organizations Defunct political parties in Chile Foro de São Paulo Left-wing politics in Chile Political parties disestablished in 2018 Political parties established in 1971 Socialist parties in Chile