Solidarity Civic Unity

Solidarity Civic Unity

Unidad Cívica Solidaridad
Solidarity Civic Unity Unidad Cívica Solidaridad
Leader	Jhonny Fernández
Founded	15 August 1989
Headquarters	Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Ideology	Conservatism; Populism
Political position	Centre-right to right-wing
National affiliation	Creemos
Chamber of Deputies	0 / 130
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Solidarity Civic Unity (Spanish: Unidad Cívica Solidaridad, UCS) is a political party in Bolivia. The party was founded on 15 August 1989 by Max Fernández, and is currently led by his son, Jhonny Fernández.^[1]

UCS was part of the "Megacoalition" that supported the presidency of Hugo Banzer from 1997 to 2001. The coalition also included Banzer's Nationalist Democratic Action (ADN), the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR), and Conscience of Fatherland (CONDEPA).^[6]

At the 2002 Bolivian general election, the party won 5.3% of the popular vote and five out of 130 seats in the Chamber of Deputies but no Senate seats.

Election results

Presidential elections

Election	Presidential nominee	Votes	%	Votes	Result
Election	Presidential nominee	First round		Second round	Result
1993	Max Fernández	226,816	13.77%		Lost N
1997	Ivo Kuljis	350,728	16.11%		Lost N
2002	Jhonny Fernández	153,210	5.51%		Lost N
2005	Did not contest
2009	Did not contest
2014	Did not contest
2019	Víctor Hugo Cárdenas	25,283	0.41%		Annulled N
2020	Luis Fernando Camacho (Creemos)	862,186	14.00%		Lost N
2025	Jhonny Fernández	89,253	1.67%		Lost N

Chamber of Deputies and Senate elections

Election	Party leader	Votes	%	Chamber seats	+/-	Position	Senate seats	+/-	Position	Status
1993	Max Fernández	226,816	13.77%	20 / 130	New	4th	1 / 27	New	3rd	Coalition
1997	Jhonny Fernández	350,728	16.11%	21 / 130	1	5th	2 / 27	1	5th	Coalition
2002	Jhonny Fernández	In coalition with FSB		5 / 130	16	6th	0 / 27	2	6th	Opposition
2005	Did not contest			0 / 130	5	—	0 / 27	0	—	Extra-parliamentary
2009	Did not contest			0 / 130	0	—	0 / 36	0	—	Extra-parliamentary
2014	Did not contest			0 / 130	0	—	0 / 36	0	—	Extra-parliamentary
2019	Jhonny Fernández	24,011	0.40%	0 / 130	0	5th	0 / 36	0	4th	Annulled
2020		As part of Creemos		16 / 130	16	3rd	4 / 36	4	2rd	Opposition
2025		As part of Force of the People		0 / 130	16	7th	0 / 36	4	5th	Extra-parliamentary

References

^ ^a ^b Órgano Electoral Plurinacional. "Partido Político: Unidad Cívica Solidaridad". Partidos Políticos con Personalidad Jurídica. Archived from the original on 2012-08-06. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
^ Claves para interpretar la política exterior española y las relaciones internacionales en 2002. Anuario Internacional CIDOB. Barcelona: Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB). 2002.
^ Lazar, Sian (2008), El Alto, Rebel City: Self and Citizenship in Andean Bolivia, Duke University Press, p. 249, ISBN 978-0822341543
^ Iqbal, Shamma (2003), "Bolivia", Americas Review 2003/04, World of Information, p. 19, ISBN 9780749440640
^ "Correspondencia de la Guerra Social" (PDF). Etcétera (40). Barcelona: sinDominio.net. May 2006. el ministro de minería, el dirigente cooperativista Wálter Villarroel, hasta hace poco militante del partido derechista UCS, había sido, según el sindicato minero, uno de los promotores de la privatización del sector bajo los gobiernos anteriores; [The mining minister, cooperative leader Wálter Villarroel, until recently a member of the right-wing UCS party, had been, according to the miners' union, one of the promoters of the privatization of the sector under previous governments;]
^ Elections held in 1997 IPU