National Regeneration Movement

National Regeneration Movement
Leader Andrés Manuel López Obrador
President Martí Batres Guadarrama
Secretary Bertha Luján Uranga
Founded 2012 (as a non-profit organization)
2014 (as a political party)
Headquarters Mexico City, Mexico
Ideology Cardenism,[1]
Democratic socialism,
Magonism[2]
Political position Left-wing[2]
Colours Red & white
Seats in the Chamber of Deputies
36 / 500
Seats in the Senate of the Republic
0 / 128
Website
www.morena.org

The National Regeneration Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Regeneración Nacional, MORENA) is a left-wing political party in Mexico.[3] Formally registered as a political party in 2014, it is led by former two-time presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador.[4][5][6]

Background

MORENA was originally founded by López Obrador as a cross-party organization supporting his candidacy for the Presidency in the 2012 general election.[7] After the election López Obrador left his former party, the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), and MORENA transformed from an unofficial 'movement' into a political party (with López Obrador as its leader).[8]

Popular support and electoral results

Chamber of Deputies

Chamber of Deputies
Election year # of
district votes		 % of
district vote		 # of
proportional votes		 % of
proportional vote		 # of
overall seats won		 ±
2015 3,327,793 8.8 3,346,303 8.4
35 / 500

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Declaración de principios de MORENA" (PDF) (in Spanish). Morena.sí. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Movimiento de Regeneracion Nacional - Historia" (in Spanish). Morena.sí. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Morena, Partido Humanista y PES toman protesta en INE" (in Spanish). Terra Networks. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Mexico's Lopez Obrador leaves coalition to form new movement". BBC News. 9 September 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Mexico's Left May Be Divided Further by a New Political Party". The Wall Street Journal. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "Mexico's MORENA Party Obtains Legal Status--What Will Be the Impact?". newpol.org. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "What is MORENA? (in Spanish)". LaJornada. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  8. ↑ "After July, MORENA will be a political party (in Spanish)". LaJornada. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
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