Partidos Politicos

Unión Cívica Radical

The Radical Civic Union is a centrist social-liberal political party in Argentina. The party has been ideologically heterogeneous, ranging from Social liberalism to social democracy. The UCR is a member of the Socialist International.

Partido Justicialista

The Justicialist Party, or PJ, is a Peronist political party in Argentina, and the largest component of the Peronist movement. It is currently the main opposition party. Former presidents Carlos Menem, Eduardo Duhalde, Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner have been elected from this party. Justicialists have been the largest party in the Congress covering nearly the entire period since 1987. The Justicialist Party is the largest party in the Congress; however, this does not reflect the divisions within the party over the role of Kirchnerism, the left-wing populist faction of the party, which is opposed by the dissident Peronists, the right-wing conservative faction of the party.

Cambiemos

Initially, the pre-candidates Mauricio Macri, Daniel Scioli, and Sergio Massa had a triple tie in the polls for the 2015 presidential election. Scioli was the candidate of the Front for Victory, the ruling party at the time, and Macri and Massa opposed it. The other parties created a political coalition, the Broad Front UNEN. Elisa Carrió, leader of the Civic Coalition, left UNEN and joined a coalition with Macri’s Republican Proposal instead. Both of them would run in the primary elections. The Radical Civic Union was divided: Ernesto Sanz proposed to join Macri as well, and Jul…  Lee masio Cobos proposed to stay in UNEN. The party held a convention to decide what to do, and Sanz’s proposal prevailed. Thus, the UCR left UNEN and joined the PRO-CC. The new coalition was named "Cambiemos", suggesting a change from the 12-year long rule of center-left Kirchnerists. Macri, Sanz, and Carrió ran to be the nominee in the primary elections with Macri winning by a wide margin. He won the presidential election against the Kirchnerite candidate Daniel Scioli in a ballotage. In lower-level posts, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta was elected as Macri’s replacement, keeping the City of Buenos Aires under coalition control. Alfredo Cornejo and Gerardo Morales became governors of Mendoza and Jujuy Provinces, respectively. María Eugenia Vidal defeated Aníbal Fernández and became the governor of the populous Buenos Aires Province, ending 28 years of Peronist control.

Frente para la Victoria

Due to internal disagreements over leadership, the Justicialist Party did not participate as such in the 2003 presidential elections, so the Front for Victory was established on behalf of the presidential candidacy of Néstor Kirchner, in opposition to two other Peronist tickets (Carlos Menem’s Front for Loyalty and Adolfo Rodríguez Saá’s Front of the Popular Movement). At the 2005 legislative elections the FPV, again running against other Peronist lists, won 50 of the 127 elected deputies (out of 257) and 14 of the 24 elected senators (out of 72), thus obtaini…  Lee masng the majority in both Houses of Congress. At the 2007 presidential election, FPV rallied through the Plural Consensus alliance, including non-PJ candidates. Its presidential candidate Cristina Fernández de Kirchner won the Presidency on the first round, obtaining 45.29% of the total votes, some 22% ahead of her nearest challenger (Elisa Carrió for the Civic Coalition alliance), this being the widest margin any candidate had got on any modern election held in Argentina at that time. At the 2009 mid-term legislative election, the FPV lost its congressional majorities in both chambers, gaining just 30.80% of the national votes, thus narrowly becoming the first minority party at the Argentine National Congress, while the Civic and Social Agreement (ACyS) alliance arrived a close second. At the October 2011 elections, however, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner secured her re-election with 54.11% of the votes in the first round (a percentage only surpassed in Argentina by Juan Perón and Hipólito Yrigoyen), and a 38% lead over her nearest challenger (Hermes Binner for the Broad Progressive Front alliance), much widening its former performance of 2007. With 11,864,456 votes, Cristina Fernández also became the most voted person in the history of Argentine democracy, and the FPV achieved a first-time third consecutive mandate for a Peronist alliance. At the 2013 legislative election, the FPV and its allies marginally won the elections, maintaining its dominance over both chambers of the Congress.

La Libertad Avanza

The Argentinian Liberty Advances (Avanza Libertad) political party is a political entity in Argentina that champions the principles of libertarianism. This party advocates for minimal government intervention in the lives of individuals and the economy, emphasizing the importance of personal freedom, free markets, and individual responsibility. The core values of Argentinian Liberty Advances revolve around the belief that a smaller government creates more opportunities for personal liberty and economic growth. They argue that excessive regulation, taxation, and state control stifle innovation,…  Lee mas economic freedom, and personal liberties.

Partido Socialista

The Socialist Party is a social-democratic political party in Argentina. Founded in 1896, it is one of the oldest still-active parties in Argentina, alongside the Radical Civic Union. Currently, the party lacks representation in the National Congress.

Progresistas

It was founded by Lisandro de la Torre (among others) at the Savoy Hotel in Buenos Aires on December 14, 1914. One of its founders was the academic Dr. Carlos Ibarguren. As of 2007, it was a member of the national Recrear electoral alliance led by Ricardo López Murphy and the Republican Proposal (PRO) alliance which backed López Murphy for the presidency in 2007. Regarding the Santa Fe province, it is part of an electoral alliance, called the Progressive, Civic and Social Front, as an opposition to the Peronist Front for Victory.

Propuesta Republicana

Republican Proposal is a center-right political party in Argentina. It is usually referred to by its abbreviation, PRO. PRO was formed as an electoral alliance in 2005, but was transformed into a unitary party on 3 June 2010.

Nuevo encuentro

The New Encounter is a political party in Argentina that emerged from a coalition of social and political groups seeking to represent a broad spectrum of progressive ideologies. Founded in the early 21st century, it has positioned itself as a left-wing party, focusing on social justice, human rights, and equality. The party's values are deeply rooted in the belief that a fair society is one where economic and social rights are guaranteed for all citizens, without discrimination.

New Encounter places a strong emphasis on the importance of public education, healthcare, and housing as fundam…  Lee masental rights. It advocates for policies that aim to reduce poverty and inequality, seeing these issues as central to building a more inclusive and fair society. The party also champions the protection of the environment, promoting sustainable development practices that respect natural resources and seek to combat climate change.

Partido Demócrata Cristiano

In 1947 the Christian Democrat Organization of America was founded to advocate the principles of Christian Democracy in their respective countries. Each of the member parties is different, sometimes having differing views of Christian Democracy itself. Some of the member parties are in government in their country, others are in coalition government, and others are not in government. When President Perón was reelected in 1952, the government’s relationship with the Catholic Church also worsened. As Perón increasingly distanced itself from the Church, the government, which…  Lee mas had first respected the Church’s privileges, now took them away in a distinctly confrontational fashion. By 1954, the Peronist was openly anti-Church. Meanwhile, a Christian Democratic Party was founded in 1954 after several other organisations had been active promoting Christian democracy in Argentina. The Party was founded in 1954 after several other organisations had been active promoting Christian democracy in Argentina. Leading activists in its early years included Manuel Vicente Ordonez, Lucas Ayarragaray h., José Allende and Horacio Sueldo. In 1973 the Party split, with Allende’s Popular Christian Party being part of the Peronist Frejuli front which brought Héctor José Cámpora to power, opposed by Sueldo’s Revolutionary Christian Party which worked with the Intransigent Party and joined the left-wing Popular Revolutionary Alliance. After the return of democracy in 1983, the Christian Democratic Party was reunited. In 1989, the Party formed an alliance with the Justicialist Party to support the presidential bid of Carlos Menem. Shortly after Menem won the election, the PDC left the coalition, but not before the strategy had provoked a split in its ranks. The PDC’s leader, Carlos Auyero, and his followers in the ’Humanism and Liberation’ grouping left the Party to help form what would become the Broad Front with Carlos Álvarez and other dissident Peronists. The party was part of the centre-left FrePaSo coalition formed by the Broad Front in the 1990s and entered government in 1999 as part of the Alianza between FrePaSo and the Radical Civic Union that brought Fernando de la Rúa to the presidency. The Alianza collapsed in 2001 and FrePaSo effectively disappeared. After 2003, the Party backed the Presidency of Néstor Kirchner and joined the Plural Consensus in support of his Front for Victory. In 2007 The Party backed the election of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner as President. In 2011, however, the Party changed affiliation and supported opposition candidate Eduardo Duhalde.

Partido Socialista Obrero Español

The Workers’ Left Front is an alliance of three Trotskyist parties in Argentina formed to fight a number of elections in 2011, announced at a press conference in April that year. They are the Workers’ Party, the Socialist Workers’ Party, and Socialist Left. These parties had stood separately at the Argentine elections of 2007 and 2009, the PO on its own, and the PTS and IS in an alliance with the Movement for Socialism. At these two elections the PO did better than the PTS-IS-MAS alliance, and in 2009 both groupings seriously increased their vote in proportion to their vote in 2007. In 2019, the Workers’ Socialist Movement joined the alliance.