Popular Force Party

Popular Force Party
Partido Fuerza Popular
LeadersGildardo González Sánchez
Jesús A. Castro
Founded1945 (1945)
Banned1948 (1948)
Merged intoMexican Democratic Party
HeadquartersLeón, Guanajuato
IdeologyMexican nationalism
National syndicalism
Social conservatism
Clerical fascism
Third Positionism
Political positionFar-right
ReligionRoman Catholicism
Party flag

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.

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

Presidential elections

Election year Candidate Votes % Outcome Notes
1946 Jesus Agustín Castro 29,338 1.3 #4 Lost

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Scott Mainwaring (2003). Christian Democracy in Latin America: Electoral Competition and Regime Conflicts. Stanford University Press. pp. 213–. ISBN 978-0-8047-4598-7.
  3. ^ Ciudadanía, democracia y propaganda electoral en México 1910-2018 (in Spanish). INE, Instituto Nacional Electoral. 2018.
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