Evópoli

Felipe Kast, Luciano Cruz-Coke, Harald Beyer and Juan Sebastián Montes founded the movement on 12 December 2012.

Evópoli agreed to participate in the primary parliamentary elections of National Renewal in 2013.{{cite web |url= http://www.adnradio.cl/noticias/politica/kast-y-cruzcoke-presentaron-a-los-candidatos-a-diputado-de-evopoli/20130323/nota/1864359.aspx |title=Kast y Cruz-Coke presentaron a los candidatos a diputado de Evópoli |work=ADN Radio |date=23 March 2013 |access-date=29 April 2013 |language=es}} Of the three candidates presented to the primaries, Eduardo Cuevas was the winner in the 19th district (Independencia and Recoleta).{{cite web |url=http://www.publimetro.cl/nota/cronica/cuevas-de-evopoli-se-impone-en-primaria-y-competira-por-rn-para-diputado-en-independencia-y-recoleta/CPImfD!dXAvrmZxAsvG2bq2aAZIkA/ |title=Cuevas de Evopoli se impone en primaria y competiría por RN para diputado en Independencia y Recoleta |work=Publimetro |date=30 June 2013 |access-date=3 July 2013 |language=es }}{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Evópoli participated in the parliamentary elections with five candidates for parliament, including Cuevas (district 19) and Felipe Kast (District 22). However, the senatorial candidacy of Luciano Cruz-Coke for the Antofagasta Region failed to materialize, as the Socialist Party challenged his candidacy on the Electoral Court (Tricel), considering that it was applicable the restriction on State ministers, which must resign at least a year before they could become parliamentary candidates.{{cite web |url=http://www.latercera.com/noticia/politica/2013/07/674-535339-9-luciano-cruzcoke-es-ratificado-como-candidato-a-senador-por-antofagasta.shtml |title=PS solicitará al Tricel que impugne candidatura senatorial de Luciano Cruz-Coke |work=EMOL |date=1 September 2013 |access-date=12 September 2013 |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730134642/http://www.latercera.com/noticia/politica/2013/07/674-535339-9-luciano-cruzcoke-es-ratificado-como-candidato-a-senador-por-antofagasta.shtml |archive-date=30 July 2013 }} On 12 September, the Tricel annulled the candidacy of Cruz-Coke.{{cite web|url=http://radio.uchile.cl/2013/09/12/tricel-deja-sin-efecto-candidatura-al-senado-de-luciano-cruz-coke |title= TRICEL deja "sin efecto" candidatura al Senado de Luciano Cruz-Coke |work=Diario Uchile |date=12 September 2013 |access-date=12 September 2013 |language=es}}

For the presidential election of that year, Evópoli supported the Alliance candidate, Evelyn Matthei. Kast joined her command in the second round.{{cite web|url=http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/2013/08/11/613964/evopoli-e-independientes-formalizaran-apoyo-a-matthei-evelyn-va-a-abrir-la-cancha-en-la-alianza.html |title=Evópoli y apoyo a Matthei: "Evelyn va a abrir la cancha en la Alianza" |work=EMOL |date=11 August 2013 |access-date=4 November 2013 |language=es}} In the parliamentary elections of 2013, Felipe Kast was elected deputy for the district 22 (Santiago).{{cn|date=December 2021}}

On 18 December of that year, 150 advisers joined its ranks, including ministers Pedro Pablo Errázuriz and Roberto Ampuero.{{cite web|url=http://www.df.cl/evolucion-politica-cumple-un-ano-desde-su-creacion-y-suma-150-nuevos-consejeros-a-sus-filas/prontus_df/2013-12-18/220032.htmll |title=Evolución Política cumple un año desde su creación y suma 150 nuevos consejeros a sus filas |work=Diario Financiero |date=19 December 2013 |access-date=19 December 2013 |language=es}}

The 12 April 2014 General Council of Evópoli announced the decision to become a political party. On the same occasion María Francisca Correa was elected as president; Luciano Cruz-Coke, Pedro Pablo Errázuriz, Francisco Irarrázaval, Cecilia María Vasallo and Andrés Molina were elected vice presidents, and Jorge Saint Jean was appointed as secretary general.{{cite web |url= http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/2014/04/12/655016/consejo-de-evopoli.html |title= Evópoli decide ser partido político y elige a María Francisca Correa como su presidenta |work=EMOL |date=12 April 2014 |access-date=12 April 2014 |language=es}} The founding charter of the party was signed on 21 March 2015, and the process of registration with the Electoral Service of Chile began.{{cite web |url= http://www.latercera.com/noticia/politica/2015/03/674-621954-9-evopoli-se-constituye-como-partido-politico-y-felipe-kast-asume-como-nuevo.shtml |title= Evópoli se constituye como partido político y Felipe Kast asume como nuevo presidente |work= La Tercera |date= 21 March 2015 |access-date= 21 March 2015 |language= es |archive-date= 22 March 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150322001249/http://www.latercera.com/noticia/politica/2015/03/674-621954-9-evopoli-se-constituye-como-partido-politico-y-felipe-kast-asume-como-nuevo.shtml |url-status= dead }}

Subsequently, on 24 July 2015, was published in the Official Gazette, the extract of the party constitution, which Evópoli fell into the category of "party in formation" and it should get the necessary notarized signatures required by law to be formally registered as a political party under Chilean law, for each region.

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On 6 May 2018, Hernán Larraín Matte was elected president of the party, replacing Francisco Undurraga.{{cite web|url=https://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/pais/politica/chile-vamos/hernan-larrain-matte-es-el-nuevo-presidente-de-evopoli/2018-05-05/232139.html|title=Hernán Larraín Matte es el nuevo presidente de Evópoli|website=Cooperativa.cl}} Larraín the son of current Minister of Justice Hernán Larraín and brother of filmmaker Pablo Larraín.

In face of the April 2021 "mega-election" consisting of the 2021 Chilean Constitutional Convention election, the 2021 Chilean regional elections and the 2021 Chilean municipal elections, Evópoli was the party that borrowed the most from banks to finance its campaigns. This led The Clinic to label the party "the favourite of the banks".{{Cite news|title=Créditos para campañas: Evópoli es el favorito de la banca, con préstamos por $1.138 millones|url=https://www.theclinic.cl/2021/03/25/creditos-para-campanas-evopoli-es-el-favorito-de-la-banca-con-prestamos-por-1-138-millones/|date=25 March 2021|access-date=28 March 2021|work=The Clinic}}

Gloria Hutt was elected president of the party in October 2022.{{Cite news |title=La victoria de Gloria Hutt sobre Cruz-Coke: el trasfondo de la primera derrota interna de Felipe Kast en Evópoli |url=https://www.ex-ante.cl/la-victoria-de-gloria-hutt-sobre-cruz-coke-el-trasfondo-de-la-primera-derrota-interna-de-felipe-kast-en-evopoli/ |date=2022-10-23 |access-date=2022-10-23 |work=Ex-Ante |language=Spanish}} The election of Hutt and the loss of her rival Luciano Cruz-Coke was considered by Ex-Ante a blow against the founding group of the party including Felipe Kast. In political terms the victory of Hutt was interpreted as the trumph of liberalism over the more traditional right-wing approach of Cruz-Coke. Another change with Hutt was that the party would have a full-time leader instead of one that is an elected official. Ignacio Briones, a supporter of Hutt, did also perform well being elected party councilor with a plurality of votes in Santiago Metropolitan Region. Of the party's 17,700 registered members that were eligible to vote 1402 voted.

Sociologists like Stéphanie Alenda have described to Evópoli as a postmaterial party, according the categories of the sociologist Seymour Martin Lipset.{{Sfn|Alenda|2020|p=162}}

Evópoli is a centre-right party that shows a variety of liberal tendencies, including classical liberalism,{{cite web|url=https://www.evopoli.cl/un-manifiesto-liberal/|title=Un manifiesto liberal|date=24 September 2018}} social liberalism,{{cite web|url=https://ellibero.cl/actualidad/liberalismo-social-la-apuesta-de-evopoli-para-levantar-la-candidatura-de-briones-a-la-moneda/|title=Liberalismo social, la apuesta de Evópoli para levantar la candidatura de Briones a la Moneda|date=20 January 2021}} and conservative liberalism.{{cite web|url=https://www.evopoli.cl/conoce-evopoli/historia/|title=Nuestra historia|website=Evopoli}}

Evópoli is in favor of same-sex marriage, in contrast from other parties within the Chile Vamos coalition.{{cite web|url=http://www.movilh.cl/felipe-kast-reafirma-compromiso-con-el-matrimonio-igualitario-en-cita-con-el-movilh/|title=Felipe Kast reafirma compromiso con el matrimonio igualitario en cita con el Movilh – Movilh Chile}}{{better source needed|date=October 2022}}

The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by Political Evolution. (Information gathered from the [http://eleccion.atspace.com/ Archive of Chilean Elections]).

• 2017 primaries: Felipe Kast (lost)
• 2017: Sebastián Piñera Echenique (won)
• 2021 primaries: Ignacio Briones (lost)
• 2021: Sebastián Sichel (lost)

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• {{cite book |last1=Alenda |first1=Stéphanie |author-link=Stéphanie Alenda |title=Anatomía de la derecha chilena: Estado, mercado y valores en tiempos de cambio |trans-title=Anatomy of the Chilean right-wing: State, market and values in times of changes |date=2020 |publisher=Fondo de Cultura Económica |isbn=978-956-289-215-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zWYLEAAAQBAJ |language=es}}

• [http://www.evopoli.cl Political Evolution] {{in lang|es}}

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