Popular Force Party

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Popular Force Party
Partido Fuerza Popular
Leaders
Founded1945 (1945)
Banned1948 (1948)
HeadquartersLeón, Guanajuato
IdeologyMexican nationalism
National syndicalism
Social conservatism
Clerical fascism
Third Positionism
Political positionRight-wing
ReligionRoman Catholicism

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 .

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]

Electoral history[]

Presidential elections[]

Election year Candidate Votes % Outcome Notes
1946 29,337 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.


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