List of political parties in Argentina
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This article lists political parties in Argentina.
Argentina has a multi-party system
with two or three strong political parties
or alliances, and many smaller parties that enjoy representation at the National Congress
. Since the 1990s, there is a strong decentralizing tendency within the national parties, along with the growing national relevance of province-level
parties and alliances.
Since 1946, the strongest party has been the Justicialist Party
(when not banned, it lost only two presidential elections, in 1983
and 1999). The second most important party was traditionally the Radical Civic Union
, until the 2001 collapse.
In the 2003 Argentine general election
the first and the second places were earned by Justicialist presidential candidates. In the 2007 presidential election
, the Civic Coalition
earned a second place, but this party dropped to 1% of the popular vote in the 2011 general election.
In the last decade, as traditional parties fragmented, new parties and alliances occupied a relevant place. However, as of 2010 both the Justicialist Party and the Radical Civic Union reorganized in some way or another, leaving most of the newly formed parties as junior partners or as district-level relevant political forces.
In the 2011 presidential election
, left-wing Justicialist president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
renewed her mandate for another 4 years.
or Provincial Governorships
Other national parties
Note: Most of them are mostly subsumed in larger coalitions
Other provincial parties and alliances
Minor parties (not going to elections or less than 2% in a district as of 2009)
Mid 20th Century
Late 20th Century and early 21st Century
Argentina has a multi-party system
Multi-party system
A multi-party system is a system in which multiple political parties have the capacity to gain control of government separately or in coalition, e.g.The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition in the United Kingdom formed in 2010. The effective number of parties in a multi-party system is normally...
with two or three strong political parties
Political Parties
Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy is a book by sociologist Robert Michels, published in 1911 , and first introducing the concept of iron law of oligarchy...
or alliances, and many smaller parties that enjoy representation at the National Congress
Argentine National Congress
The Congress of the Argentine Nation is the legislative branch of the government of Argentina. Its composition is bicameral, constituted by a 72-seat Senate and a 257-seat Chamber of Deputies....
. Since the 1990s, there is a strong decentralizing tendency within the national parties, along with the growing national relevance of province-level
Provinces of Argentina
Argentina is subdivided into twenty-three provinces and one autonomous city...
parties and alliances.
Since 1946, the strongest party has been the Justicialist Party
Justicialist Party
The Justicialist Party , or PJ, is a Peronist political party in Argentina, and the largest component of the Peronist movement.The party was led by Néstor Kirchner, President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, until his death on October 27, 2010. The current Argentine president, Cristina Fernández de...
(when not banned, it lost only two presidential elections, in 1983
Argentine general election, 1983
The Argentine general election of 1983 was held on 30 October and marked the return of Democracy after the 1976's dictatorship self-known as National Reorganization Process...
and 1999). The second most important party was traditionally the Radical Civic Union
Radical Civic Union
The Radical Civic Union is a political party in Argentina. The party's positions on issues range from liberal to social democratic. The UCR is a member of the Socialist International. Founded in 1891 by radical liberals, it is the oldest political party active in Argentina...
, until the 2001 collapse.
In the 2003 Argentine general election
Argentine general election, 2003
Argentina held presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday, April 27, 2003. Turnout was 78.2% and the results were as follows:-Argentine Congress:-Background:...
the first and the second places were earned by Justicialist presidential candidates. In the 2007 presidential election
Argentine general election, 2007
Argentina held national presidential and legislative elections on October 28, 2007, and elections for provincial governors took place on staggered dates throughout the year. For the national elections, each of the 23 provinces and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires are considered electoral districts...
, the Civic Coalition
Civic Coalition
The Civic Coalition is a political coalition in Argentina. It was founded by Elisa Carrió, as an association supported by the ARI party , as well as a number of other political groups and individual political leaders, notably Union for All of Patricia Bullrich and GEN - Generation for a National...
earned a second place, but this party dropped to 1% of the popular vote in the 2011 general election.
In the last decade, as traditional parties fragmented, new parties and alliances occupied a relevant place. However, as of 2010 both the Justicialist Party and the Radical Civic Union reorganized in some way or another, leaving most of the newly formed parties as junior partners or as district-level relevant political forces.
In the 2011 presidential election
Argentine general election, 2011
Argentina held national presidential and legislative elections on 23 October 2011. Incumbent president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner secured a second term in office after the Front for Victory won just over half of the seats in the National Congress....
, left-wing Justicialist president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner , commonly known as Cristina Fernández or Cristina Kirchner is the 55th and current President of Argentina and the widow of former President Néstor Kirchner. She is Argentina's first elected female president, and the second female president ever to serve...
renewed her mandate for another 4 years.
Major parties (as of 2011)
- Justicialist PartyJusticialist PartyThe Justicialist Party , or PJ, is a Peronist political party in Argentina, and the largest component of the Peronist movement.The party was led by Néstor Kirchner, President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, until his death on October 27, 2010. The current Argentine president, Cristina Fernández de...
, (Partido Justicialista, PJ), the Peronist Party that holds two opposing factions:- Front for VictoryFront for VictoryThe Front for Victory is a Peronist political party and electoral alliance in Argentina, although it is formally a faction of the Justicialist Party. Both the former President Néstor Kirchner and the current President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner belong to this party, located on the left-wing...
, (Frente para la Victoria, FPV), centre-left faction of the PJ, see KirchnerismKirchnerismKirchnerism is a term used to refer to the political philosophy and supporters of Néstor Kirchner, president of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, and of his wife Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, President from 2007...
, - Federal PeronismFederal PeronismFederal Peronism , or Dissident Peronism , are the informal names given to a changing alliance of Justicialist Party figures, currently identified mostly by its opposition to ruling Kirchnerism, the center-left faction that heads the national Government of Argentina and leads the Peronist...
, (Peronismo Federal), centre-right faction of the PJ.
- Front for Victory
- Radical Civic UnionRadical Civic UnionThe Radical Civic Union is a political party in Argentina. The party's positions on issues range from liberal to social democratic. The UCR is a member of the Socialist International. Founded in 1891 by radical liberals, it is the oldest political party active in Argentina...
, (Unión Cívica Radical, UCR) - Socialist PartySocialist Party (Argentina)The Socialist Party is a social-democratic political party in Argentina. The history of socialism in Argentina began in the 1890s, when a group of people, notably Juan B. Justo, expressed the need for a greater social focus....
, (Partido Socialista, PS) - Republican ProposalRepublican ProposalRepublican Proposal is a right-wing political party in Argentina. It is usually referred to as PRO. PRO was formed as an electoral alliance in 2005, but was transformed into a unitary party on 3 June 2010....
, (Propuesta Republicana, PRO) - Civic CoalitionCivic CoalitionThe Civic Coalition is a political coalition in Argentina. It was founded by Elisa Carrió, as an association supported by the ARI party , as well as a number of other political groups and individual political leaders, notably Union for All of Patricia Bullrich and GEN - Generation for a National...
, (Coalición Cívica, CC)- Civic Coalition ARI, (Coalición Cívica ARI, CC-ARI)
Other parties
Other parties and alliances enjoying national legislative representationArgentine National Congress
The Congress of the Argentine Nation is the legislative branch of the government of Argentina. Its composition is bicameral, constituted by a 72-seat Senate and a 257-seat Chamber of Deputies....
or Provincial Governorships
- Alliance Front of Production and LabourAlliance Front of Production and LabourThe Alliance Front of Production and Labour is a political party of Peronist roots in San Juan Province, Argentina.At the legislative elections of 23 October 2005 the party won one of the 24 elected senators up for election , Roberto Basualdo in San Juan Province.-References:...
(Frente de la Producción y el Trabajo, San Juan ProvinceSan Juan Province (Argentina)San Juan is a province of Argentina, located in the western part of the country. Neighbouring provinces are, moving clockwise from the north, La Rioja, San Luis and Mendoza. It borders with Chile at the west....
) - Chaco Deserves More (Chaco Merece Más, Chaco ProvinceChaco ProvinceChaco is an Argentine province located in the north of the country, near the border with Paraguay. Its capital is Resistencia on the Paraná River opposite the city of Corrientes...
) - Civic and Social Front of CatamarcaCivic and Social Front of CatamarcaThe Civic and Social Front of Catamarca is a provincial political party in Argentina.The front was formed in 1991 by the Catamarcan branch of the Radical Civic Union and minor local parties...
(Frente Cívico y Social, Catamarca ProvinceCatamarca ProvinceCatamarca is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. The province has a population of 334,568 as per the , and covers an area of 102,602 km². Its literacy rate is 95.5%. Neighbouring provinces are : Salta, Tucumán, Santiago del Estero, Córdoba, and La Rioja...
) - Civic Front for SantiagoCivic Front for SantiagoThe Civic Front for Santiago is a provincial political electoral front in Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina. It operates as a bloc in Congress....
(Frente Cívico por Santiago, Santiago del Estero ProvinceSantiago del Estero ProvinceSantiago del Estero is a province of Argentina, located in the north of the country. Neighbouring provinces are from the north clockwise Salta, Chaco, Santa Fe, Córdoba, Catamarca and Tucumán.-History:...
) - Dialogue for Buenos Aires (Diálogo por Buenos Aires, Buenos AiresBuenos AiresBuenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
city) - Democratic Party (Mendoza)Democratic Party (Mendoza)The Democratic Party of Mendoza is a provincial conservative party in Mendoza Province, Argentina. It was founded around 1930.Since the return of the democracy in 1983, the party has been the third political force in Mendoza, except in 1999 when it won the second position in the elections.It is a...
(Partido Demócrata, Mendoza ProvinceMendoza ProvinceThe Province of Mendoza is a province of Argentina, located in the western central part of the country in the Cuyo region. It borders to the north with San Juan, the south with La Pampa and Neuquén, the east with San Luis, and to the west with the republic of Chile; the international limit is...
) - Democratic Progressive PartyDemocratic Progressive Party (Argentina)The Democratic Progressive Party is a provincial political party in Santa Fe, Argentina. It was founded by Lisandro de la Torre at the Savoy Hotel in Buenos Aires on December 14, 1914. One of its founders was the academic Dr...
(Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP, Santa Fe ProvinceSanta Fe ProvinceThe Invincible Province of Santa Fe, in Spanish Provincia Invencible de Santa Fe , is a province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Chaco , Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, and Santiago del Estero...
) - Free of the South MovementFree of the South MovementThe Free of the South Movement is a leftist nationalist political alliance created in 2006 in Argentina, made up of the Movimiento Barrios de Pie, the Agrupación Martín Fierro, the Frente Barrial 19 de Diciembre and the Corriente Patria Libre.In the Argentine general election, 2007, the movement...
(Libres del Sur) - Front for EveryoneFront for EveryoneThe Front for Everyone is a provincial political party alliance based in Chaco and Corrientes Provinces, Argentina.The front is made up of members of the Radical Civic Union and most supporters of the Justicialist Party...
(Frente para Todos, Chaco ProvinceChaco ProvinceChaco is an Argentine province located in the north of the country, near the border with Paraguay. Its capital is Resistencia on the Paraná River opposite the city of Corrientes...
, Corrientes ProvinceCorrientes ProvinceCorrientes is a province in northeast Argentina, in the Mesopotamia region. It is surrounded by : Paraguay, the province of Misiones, Brazil, Uruguay, and the provinces of Entre Rios, Santa Fe and Chaco.-History:...
) - Front for the Renewal of Concord (Frente por la Renovación de la Concordia, Misiones ProvinceMisiones ProvinceMisiones is one of the 23 provinces of Argentina, located in the northeastern corner of the country in the Mesopotamiсa region. It is surrounded by Paraguay to the northwest, Brazil to the north, east and south, and Corrientes Province of Argentina to the southwest.- History :The province was...
) - Generation for a National Encounter (Generación por un Encuentro Nacional, GEN)
- Liberal Party of CorrientesLiberal Party of CorrientesThe Liberal Party of Corrientes is a liberal conservative provincial political party in Corrientes Province, Argentina. Founded in 1856, it is the oldest political party in Argentina and in Latin America, the second oldest in the Americas....
(Partido Liberal, Corrientes ProvinceCorrientes ProvinceCorrientes is a province in northeast Argentina, in the Mesopotamia region. It is surrounded by : Paraguay, the province of Misiones, Brazil, Uruguay, and the provinces of Entre Rios, Santa Fe and Chaco.-History:...
) - Neuquén People's Movement (Movimiento Popular Neuquino, MPN, Neuquén ProvinceNeuquén ProvinceNeuquén is a province of Argentina, located in the west of the country, at the northern end of Patagonia. It borders Mendoza Province to the north, Rio Negro Province to the southeast, and Chile to the west...
) - New Encounter (Nuevo Encuentro, Buenos Aires ProvinceBuenos Aires ProvinceThe Province of Buenos Aires is the largest and most populous province of Argentina. It takes the name from the city of Buenos Aires, which used to be the provincial capital until it was federalized in 1880...
) - New PartyNew Party (Argentina)The New Party is a provincial conservative party in Argentina.The Party is the principal member of the Alliance New Front along with the Unión Vecinal and others, mainly active in Córdoba Province. The Alliance has several members of the Argentine Congress....
(Partido Nuevo, Córdoba ProvinceCórdoba Province (Argentina)Córdoba is a province of Argentina, located in the center of the country. Neighboring provinces are : Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, Buenos Aires, La Pampa, San Luis, La Rioja and Catamarca...
) - New Corrientes Party (Partido Nuevo Corrientes, PANU, Corrientes ProvinceCorrientes ProvinceCorrientes is a province in northeast Argentina, in the Mesopotamia region. It is surrounded by : Paraguay, the province of Misiones, Brazil, Uruguay, and the provinces of Entre Rios, Santa Fe and Chaco.-History:...
) - Progressive, Civic and Social FrontProgressive, Civic and Social FrontThe Progressive, Civic and Social Front is a provincial centre-left coalition in Argentina, based in Santa Fe Province. It is made up of the Socialist Party, the Support for an Egalitarian Republic , a faction of the Radical Civic Union, the Democratic Progressive Party , local factions of the...
(Frente Progresista Cívico y Social, FPCyS, Santa Fe ProvinceSanta Fe ProvinceThe Invincible Province of Santa Fe, in Spanish Provincia Invencible de Santa Fe , is a province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Chaco , Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, and Santiago del Estero...
) - Proyecto SurProyecto SurProyecto Sur is a political party established in 2007 in Argentina. It was founded and would be led by film maker Fernando "Pino" Solanas, who ran on the Proyecto Sur ticket for President in 2007 and for Mayor of the City of Buenos Aires in 2011....
(SUR) - Salta Renewal PartySalta Renewal PartyThe Salta Renewal Party is a provincial political party in Salta Province, Argentina.The party is a federalist party, believing in strong and renewed provinces with power decentralised from Buenos Aires. It is a member of the national Recrear electoral alliance led by Ricardo López Murphy.The...
(Partido Renovador, Salta ProvinceSalta ProvinceSalta is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the east clockwise Formosa, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán and Catamarca. It also surrounds Jujuy...
) - Solidarity and EqualitySolidarity and EqualitySolidarity and Equality is a centre-left Argentine political party, founded in 2008 as a splinter from ARI....
(Solidaridad e Igualdad, SI)
Other national parties
Note: Most of them are mostly subsumed in larger coalitions
- Action for the RepublicAction for the RepublicAction for the Republic is a conservative political party in Argentina.Founded in 1998 by Domingo Cavallo as a defender of neo-liberal ideologies, it became the third party in the 1999 elections...
, (Acción por la República, AR) - Authentic Socialist Party, (Partido Socialista Auténtico, PSA)
- Broad Front, (Frente Grande, FG)
- Christian Democratic PartyChristian Democratic Party (Argentina)The Christian Democratic Party is a Christian Democrat political party 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 José Allende and Horacio Sueldo...
, (Partido Demócrata Cristiano, DC) - Communist Party of ArgentinaCommunist Party of ArgentinaThe Communist Party of Argentina is a communist party from Argentina. It was founded in 1918.At the 2005 legislative elections, the Party joined the Encuentro Amplio with other left-wing parties in Buenos Aires and Buenos Aires Province...
, (Partido Comunista de Argentina, PCA) - Communist Party of Argentina (Extraordinary Congress), (Partido Comunista de Argentina (Congreso Extraordinario), PCCE)
- Humanist PartyHumanist Party (Argentina)The Humanist Party is a progressive political party in Argentina and is a member of the Humanist International. Its "five basic points" are :# The human being as a value and central focus# Nonviolence as method of action...
, (Partido Humanista, PH) - Integration and Development MovementIntegration and Development MovementThe Integration and Development Movement or MID is a political party in Argentina.-Historical overview:Flying to Caracas, Venezuela in 1956, Argentine wholesaler and publisher Rogelio Frigerio secretly negotiated an agreement between his friend, the centrist UCR's 1951 vice-presidential nominee...
, (Movimiento de Integración y Desarrollo, MID) - Intransigent PartyIntransigent PartyThe Intransigent Party is a political party in Argentina, founded in 1963 by Oscar Alende. Its membership came from the Intransigent Radical Civic Union , one of the two factions into which the Radical Civic Union had divided in 1956.The party has nationalist, populist, and center-left ideas...
, (Partido Intransigente, PI) - Movement for Dignity and Independence, (Movimiento por la Dignidad y la Independencia, MODIN)
- New Dirigency, (Nueva Dirigencia, ND)
- Open Politics for Social IntegrityPaisPais is a red wine grape that has played a prominent role in the Chilean wine industry. Up until the turn of the 21st century, it was Chile's most planted variety until it was overtaken by Cabernet Sauvignon. Today it is most commonly used in the creation of jug wine in the Bío-Bío, Maule and Itata...
, (Política Abierta para la Integración Social, PAIS) - Popular Conservative Party, (Partido Conservador Popular, PCP)
- Recreate for GrowthRecreate for GrowthRecreate for Growth was a conservative liberal political party in Argentina, that existed from 2002 to 2009.The party was formed in March 2002, mostly by market-oriented members of the Radical Civic Union, headed by Ricardo López Murphy....
, (Recrear para el Crecimiento, RECREAR) - Union of the Democratic CentreUnion of the Democratic Centre (Argentina)The Union of the Democratic Centre is a conservative political party in Argentina. It was founded in 1982 by Álvaro Alsogaray who stood for the Party in the 1983 and 1989 presidential elections....
, (Unión de Centro Democrático, UCD) - Worker's PartyWorkers' Party (Argentina)The Workers' Party is an Argentine Trotskyist political party. It is the largest national section of the Co-ordinating Committee for the Refoundation of the Fourth International....
, (Partido Obrero, PO)
Other provincial parties and alliances
- Autonomist Party of CorrientesAutonomist Party of CorrientesThe Autonomist Party of Corrientes is a provincial political party in Argentina, Corrientes Province....
(Partido Autonomista de Corrientes, Corrientes Province) - Catamarca Popular MovementCatamarca Popular MovementThe Catamarca Popular Movement is a provincial political party from the Argentine Province of Catamarca, founded in 1983 by the Ob/Gyn physician Ignacio Joaquín Avalos...
(Movimento Popular Catamarqueño, Catamarca Province) - Commitment to ChangeCommitment to ChangeCommitment to Change is a centre-right political party in Argentina, principally active in the city of Buenos Aires.The party is led by Mauricio Macri, businessman and chairman of Boca Juniors football club. It has been active since he stood to be Mayor of Buenos Aires in 2003. He won the first...
(Compromiso para el Cambio, Buenos Aires city) - Democratic Liberal Party of CórdobaDemocratic Liberal Party of CórdobaThe Democratic Liberal Party of Córdoba is a provincial liberal party in Córdoba Province, Argentina.It is a member of the national Recrear electoral alliance led by Ricardo López Murphy....
(Partido Demócrata Liberal, Córdoba Province) - Democratic Party of the City of Buenos AiresDemocratic Party of the City of Buenos AiresThe Democratic Party of the City of Buenos Aires is a provincial political party in Buenos Aires City, Argentina.It is a member of the national Recreate for Growth electoral alliance led by Ricardo López Murphy....
(Partido Demócrata de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires city) - Federal North of JujuyFederal North of JujuyThe Federal North of Jujuy is a provincial political party in Jujuy Province, Argentina. It is a member of the national Recrear electoral alliance led by Ricardo López Murphy....
(Norte Federal, Jujuy ProvinceJujuy ProvinceJujuy is a province of Argentina, located in the extreme northwest of the country, at the borders with Chile and Bolivia. The only neighboring Argentine province is Salta to the east and south.-History:...
) - Federal PartyFederal Party (Argentina)The Federal Party is a provincial political party in Argentina.It is a member of the national Recrear electoral alliance led by Ricardo López Murphy....
(Partido Federal, Buenos Aires city) - Federalist Unity PartyFederalist Unity PartyThe Federalist Union Party is a right-wing political party active in various provinces of Argentina. Its most visible leader is the former police chief, Luis Patti, former Mayor of Escobar, who is accused of torturing people during the last dictatorship....
(Partido de la Unidad Federalista, PAUFE, Buenos Aires Province) - Front of the New PartyFront of the New PartyThe Front of the New Party is a conservative political party in Argentina from Corrientes Province.-External links:*...
(Frente del Partido Nuevo) - Fueguino People's MovementFueguino People's MovementThe Fueguino People's Movement is a provincial political party in Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina. The word "fueguino" refers to the word fuego in the province's name....
(Movimiento Popular Fueguino, MPF, Tierra del Fuego ProvinceTierra del Fuego Province (Argentina)Tierra del Fuego is an Argentine province entirely separated from mainland Argentina by the Strait of Magellan. It includes:* The eastern part of the Isla Grande of Tierra del Fuego archipelago and the Staten Island.* Argentina's claims to the Falkland Islands and to...
) - Independent Citizens of TucumánIndependent Citizens of TucumánThe Independent Citizens of Tucumán is a provincial political party in Tucumán Province, Argentina.It is a member of the national Recrear electoral alliance led by Ricardo López Murphy....
(Ciudadanos Independientes de Tucumán, Tucumán ProvinceTucumán ProvinceTucumán is the most densely populated, and the smallest by land area, of the provinces of Argentina. Located in the northwest of the country, the capital is San Miguel de Tucumán, often shortened to Tucumán. Neighboring provinces are, clockwise from the north: Salta, Santiago del Estero and...
) - Movement for a New Country (Movimiento por un Nuevo País, Misiones ProvinceMisiones ProvinceMisiones is one of the 23 provinces of Argentina, located in the northeastern corner of the country in the Mesopotamiсa region. It is surrounded by Paraguay to the northwest, Brazil to the north, east and south, and Corrientes Province of Argentina to the southwest.- History :The province was...
- New Space (Nuevo Espacio, Entre Ríos ProvinceEntre Ríos ProvinceEntre Ríos is a northeastern province of Argentina, located in the Mesopotamia region. It borders the provinces of Buenos Aires , Corrientes and Santa Fe , and Uruguay in the east....
) - Pampa Sur Movement (Movimiento Pampa Sur, Santa Fe ProvinceSanta Fe ProvinceThe Invincible Province of Santa Fe, in Spanish Provincia Invencible de Santa Fe , is a province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Chaco , Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, and Santiago del Estero...
) - Party of Buenos Aires UnityParty of Buenos Aires UnityThe Party of Buenos Aires Unity is a provincial political party in Argentina....
(Partido de la Unidad, Buenos Aires Province) - Party of the Hope of the Province of Buenos AiresParty of the Hope of the Province of Buenos AiresThe Party of the Hope of the Province of Buenos Aires is a provincial political party in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is a member of the national Recrear electoral alliance led by Ricardo López Murphy....
(Partido de la Esperanza de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province) - Front for Change/Social Pole (Polo Social, Buenos Aires Province)
- Provincial Union of Entre RíosProvincial Union of Entre RíosThe Provincial Union of Entre Ríos is a provincial political party in Entre Ríos Province, Argentina. It is a member of the national Recrear electoral alliance led by Ricardo López Murphy....
(Unión Provincial de Entre Ríos, Entre Ríos Province) - Radical Civic Union (Bloquista) (Unión Cívica Radical Bloquista, San Juan Province)
- Renewal CrusadeRenewal CrusadeThe Renewal Crusade is a center-left political party in San Juan Province, Argentina.The party was founded by Alfredo Avelín who would represent the party as Mayor of San Juan City and as national deputy and senator until 1999. In that year, Avelín was elected as Governor of San Juan heading an...
(Cruzada Renovadora, San Juan Province) - Republican Force TucumánRepublican Force TucumánThe Republican Force Tucumán is a provincial conservative political party in Tucumán Province, Argentina.The party was set up by Antonio Domingo Bussi, who was Tucumán's Governor during the eary years of the 1976-83 dictatorship, and was found guilty of murder, kidnapping, and corruption...
(Fuerza Republicana, Tucumán Province) - Salta Proposal (Propuesta salteña, Salta Province)
- Solidarity Party (Partido Solidario, PSOL, Buenos Aires city)
- Union and Liberty PartyUnion and Liberty PartyThe Union and Liberty Party is a political party in San Luis Province, Argentina. Independent of the Justicialist Party, it nevertheless defines itself as Peronist and supports the administration of dissident Peronist governor Alberto Rodríguez Saá with several leading PUL figures serving in the...
(Partido Unión y Libertad, PUL, San Luis ProvinceSan Luis ProvinceSan Luis is a province of Argentina located near the geographical center of the country . Neighboring provinces are, from the north clockwise, La Rioja, Córdoba, La Pampa, Mendoza and San Juan.-History:...
) - Union for Everyone (Argentina) (Unión para Todos, UPT, Buenos Aires city)
Minor parties (not going to elections or less than 2% in a district as of 2009)
- Liberal Libertarian PartyLiberal Libertarian PartyThe Liberal Libertarian Party is a political party from Argentina founded on 22 June 2009. It defines itself both as a liberal and libertarian party. Its goals are to limit the power of the State reducing its influence on the individual, regarding the economical and social aspects...
(Partido Liberal Libertario, PL) - Argentine Libertarian Federation (Federación Libertaria Argentina, FLA)
- Constitutional Nationalist Party (Partido Nacionalista Constitucional, UNIR)
- Independent Movement of the Unemployed and the Retired (Movimiento Independiente de los Jubilados y Desocupados, MIJD)
- Movement towards SocialismMovement for Socialism (Argentina)The Movement for Socialism is a Trotskyist political party in Argentina. It was founded in 1982 and led by Nahuel Moreno until his death, in 1987. From 1988 on, within the next 4 years, the MAS would split into more than 20 groups...
(Movimiento al Socialismo, MAS) - Peoples Reconstruction PartyPeoples Reconstruction PartyThe Popular Reconstruction Party is a political party of Argentina with a nationalist ideology. It was founded in 1996 by Gustavo Breide Obeid, Francisco Miguel Bosch and Enrique Graci Susini...
(Partido Popular de la Reconstrucción, PPR) - Revolutionary Communist Party of ArgentinaRevolutionary Communist Party of ArgentinaThe Revolutionary Communist Party of Argentina is a Maoist communist party from Argentina. It was founded in 1969 from a 1967/1968 split in the Communist Party of Argentina caused in part by the Sino-Soviet split. Its flag colors are the red and the yellow. It publishes Hoy.- External links :...
(Partido Comunista Revolucionario, PCR) - Self-determination and FreedomSelf-determination and FreedomThe Self-determination and Freedom is a leftist political party in Argentina, with Luis Zamora as its most prominent member....
(Autodeterminación y Libertad, AyL) - Socialist LeftSocialist Left (Argentina)Socialist Left is a Trotskyist political group in Argentina.It is the Argentine section of International Workers' Unity .It is one of three groups participating in the Workers Left Front....
(Izquierda Socialista, IS) - Socialist Workers' Party (Partido de los Trabajadores Socialistas, PTS)
- Workers' Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores, PRT)
- Workers' Socialist MovementWorkers' Socialist Movement (Argentina)The Workers' Socialist Movement is a Trotskyist political party in Argentina. The MST was founded in 1992 as a split from another Trotskyist group, the Movement Towards Socialism . The MST is active on a number of college campuses, including the University of Buenos Aires...
(Movimiento Socialista de los Trabajadores, MST)
Electoral Alliances
Recent or prominent electoral alliances (as of 2009)- Plural ConsensusPlural ConsensusPlural Consensus is an Kirchnerist electoral alliance in Argentina acting as a political bloc in the Argentine Senate and elsewhere.The coalition is largely made up of members of the Radical Civic Union, a group of smaller parties and dissident Socialist Party members who support the governing...
(Concertación Plural) - Civic and Social AgreementCivic and Social AgreementThe Social and Civic Agreement is an active congressional alliance in Argentina, integrated by the Radical Civic Union and the Socialist Party , which acted as an umbrella national electoral alliance at the last 2009 Argentine legislative elections...
(Acuerdo Cívico y Social, ACyS) - Union PRO (Buenos Aires Province)
- Justicialist FrontJusticialist FrontThe Justicialist Front is a Peronist political party in Argentina as a vehicle for former Presidents Eduardo Duhalde and Adolfo Rodríguez Saá. Its exact relation with the Justicialist Party is unclear....
(Frente Justicialista) - Federal Santa Fe (Santa Fe Federal, Santa Fe Province)
- Federal Civic Front (Frente Cívico Federal, Mendoza Province)
- Federal Consensus (Consenso Federal, ConFe)
- Front of the Popular MovementFront of the Popular MovementThe Front of the Popular Movement is peronist party in Argentina....
(Frente del Movimiento Popular, UP) - Alliance Union of CordobaAlliance Union of CordobaThe Alliance Union of Cordoba is a provincial political party in Córdoba Province, Argentina.At the legislative elections of 23 October 2005 the party won four of the 127 elected deputies ....
(Alianza Unión de Córdoba, Córdoba Province) - Alliance New FrontAlliance New FrontThe Alliance New Front is a political electoral front in Argentina.The principal partners in the front are the New Party and the 'Neighbourly Union' and is mainly active in Córdoba Province...
(Alianza Frente Nuevo, Córdoba Province) - Justicialist Front of Entre Ríos (Frente justicialista de Entre Ríos, Entre Ríos Province)
- Front for Integration (Chubut) (Frente para la Integración, Chubut ProvinceChubut ProvinceChubut a province in the southern part of Argentina situated between the 42nd parallel south and the 46th parallel south , the Andes range separating Argentina from Chile, and the Atlantic ocean...
- Front of JujuyFront of JujuyThe Front of Jujuy is a provincial political front in Jujuy Province, Argentina, principally made up of members of the Radical Civic Union, the Intransigent Party and smaller provincial parties....
(Frente Jujeño, Jujuy Province) - Concertation for Development (Río Negro) (Concertación para el Desarrollo, Río Negro Province)
- Change for Growth (Santa Cruz) (Cambio para el Crecimiento, Santa Cruz Province)
- Salta Federal Front (Frente Salta Federal, Salta Province)
- We are all Salta (Todos Somos Salta, Salta Province)
- Front It Is Possible (Frente Es Posible)
- Democratic Party PRO (Mendoza) (Partido Demócrata PRO, Mendoza Province)
- Pueblo Nuevo (La Pampa) (Pueblo Nuevo, La Pampa Province)
- Anticapitalist and Socialist Front of the Left and the People (Frente Anticapitalista y Socialista de la Izquierda y el Pueblo)
- Party of Labour and of the PeopleParty of Labour and of the PeopleThe Party of Labour and of the People is the electoral front of the Revolutionary Communist Party of Argentina....
(Partido del Trabajo y del Pueblo)
Defunct parties and alliances
19th Century and early 20th Century- Unitarian PartyUnitarian PartyUnitarianists or Unitarians were the proponents of the concept of a Unitary state in Buenos Aires during the civil wars which shortly followed the Declaration of Independence of Argentina in 1816. They were opposed to the Argentine Federalists, who wanted a federation of independent provinces...
(Partido Unitario) - Federal PartyFederales (Argentina)Federales was the name under which the supporters of federalism in Argentina were known, opposing the Unitarios that claimed a centralised government of Buenos Aires Province, with no participation of the other provinces of the custom taxes benefits of the Buenos Aires port...
(Partido Federal) - National Autonomist PartyNational Autonomist PartyThe National Autonomist Party was an Argentine political party during the 1874-1916 period. Created on March 15, 1874 by the union of the Autonomist Party of Adolfo Alsina and the National Party of Nicolás Avellaneda...
(Partido Autonomista Nacional, PAN) - Civic Union of the Youth (Unión Cívica de la Juventud, UCJ)
- Civic UnionCivic Union (Argentina)The Civic Union was a short-lived political party in Argentina, founded on April 13, 1890 out of the Civic Union of the Youth. That same year it led the Revolution of the Park that forced President Miguel Juárez Celman resignation, but shortly after dissolved itself in two branches, the Radical...
(Unión Cívica) - National Civic UnionNational Civic Union (Argentina)The National Civic Union was an Argentine political party formed in 1891 as the result of a split in the Civic Union, and dissolved in 1916...
(Unión Cívica Nacional, UCN) - National Autonomist Party (Modernist) (Partido Autonomista Nacional, línea modernista)
- Lencinism (Mendoza) (Lencinismo)
- Antipersonalist Radical Civic Union (Unión Cívica Radical Antipersonalista, UCR-A)
- Rightist Confederation (Confederación Derechista)
- Independent Socialist Party (Partido Socialista Independiente, PSI)
- National Democratic PartyNational Democratic Party (Argentina)The National Democratic Party, or Partido Demócrata Nacional was an Argentine conservative party created in 1931 which disappeared after 1955. It was generally known simply as the Conservative Party, or Partido Conservador...
(Partido Democrático Nacional, PDN) - ConcordanciaConcordancia (Argentina)The Concordancia was a political alliance in Argentina. Three Presidents belonging to the Concordance were in power from 1931 to 1943, a period known in Argentina as the "Infamous Decade."...
Mid 20th Century
- Democratic Union (Unión Democrática, UD)
- Radical Civic Union (Junta Renovadora) (Unión Cívica Radical, Junta Renovadora)
- Labour PartyLabour Party (Argentina)The Labour Party was a political party in Argentina. The party was founded by Peronist trade union leaders at the end of October 1945. The party organization was built up around the Peronist unions, and most of its representatives in different elected offices had been recruited from the ranks of...
(Partido Laborista, PL) - Peronist Party (Partido Peronista, PP)
- Female Peronist PartyFemale Peronist PartyThe Female Peronist Party, also known as the Feminist Peronist Party and the Peronist Feminist Party, was the women's wing of the Peronist Justicialist Party of Argentina. It was founded by Eva Peron in the late 1940s. After the Peronist Feminist Party was founded, twice the amount of women were...
(Partido Peronista Femenino) - Intransigent Radical Civic UnionIntransigent Radical Civic UnionThe Intransigent Radical Civic Union or UCRI is a defunct political party of Argentina.The UCRI developed from the centrist Radical Civic Union in 1956, following a split at the party's convention in Tucumán...
(Unión Cívica Radical Intransigente, UCRI) - Radical Civic Union of the People (Unión Cívica Radical del Pueblo, UCRP)
- Democratic Socialist PartyDemocratic Socialist Party (Argentina)The Democratic Socialist Party was a political party in Argentina formed in 1959 as a division of the Socialist Party.The most important figure of the PSD was Alfredo Bravo, a teacher and civil rights activist, which was a deputy and the presidential candidate of the Socialist Party in the 2003...
(Partido Democrático Socialista, PSD) - Socialist Party of Argentina (Partido Socialista de Argentina, PSA)
- Revolutionary and Popular Indoamericano FrontRevolutionary and Popular Indoamericano FrontThe Revolutionary and Popular Indoamericano Front was a political movement in Argentina, founded by Francisco René Santucho in 1958 at Santiago del Estero, Argentina. It was a nationalist, indigenist and revolutionary movement, inspired in part by the ideas of the Peruvian Víctor Raúl Haya de la...
(Frente Revolucionario Indoamericano Popular, FRIP' - Union of the Argentine People (Unión del Pueblo Argentino, UDELPA)
- Argentine Socialist Vanguard PartyArgentine Socialist Vanguard PartyArgentine Socialist Vanguard Party was a political party in Argentina. PSAV was founded around 1960 as a leftist split from the Argentine Socialist Party . The founder of PSAV was Alexis Latendorff...
(Partido Socialista Argentino de Vanguardia, PSAV) - Socialist Party of the National Left (Partido Socialista de la Izquierda Nacional, PSIN)
- Popular Socialist PartyPopular Socialist Party (Argentina)The Popular Socialist Party was a political party in Argentina formed in 1972 with the merger of the Argentine Socialist Party, the Movimiento de Acción Popular Argentino and other minor groups....
(Partido Socialista Popular, PSP) - Worker's Socialist Party (Partido Socialista de los Trabajadores, PST)
- Federalist Popular Alliance (Alianza Popular Federalista, APF)
- Revolutionary Popular Alliance (Alianza Popular Revolucionaria, APR)
- Justicialist Front for National Liberation (Frente Justicialista de Liberación Nacional, FREJULI)
Late 20th Century and early 21st Century
- Federalist Popular Force (Fuerza Federalista Popular, FuFePo)
- Autonomist-Liberal Pact (Pacto Autonomista-Liberal, Corrientes Province)
- Alliance for Work, Justice and EducationAlliance for Work, Justice and EducationThe Alliance for Work, Justice and Education was a party coalition in Argentina around the turn of the third millennium...
(Alianza por el Trabajo, la Justicia y la Educación, ALIANZA) - Front for a Country in SolidarityFront for a Country in SolidarityThe Front for a Country in Solidarity was a political party in Argentina. It was formed in 1994 out of the Great Front , which had been founded mainly by progressive members of the Peronist Justicialist Party who denounced the policies and the alleged corruption of the Carlos Menem administration;...
(Frente para un País Solidario, Frepaso) - Argentines for a Republic of Equals (Argentinos por una República de Iguales, ARI)
- United LeftUnited Left (Argentina)The United Left was a political party in Argentina. It was an alliance of several groups, chiefly the Communist Party of Argentina and the Socialist Workers' Movement....
(Izquierda Unida, IU) - Front for ChangeFront for ChangeThe Front for Change/Social Pole is a progressive political party in Argentina.At the 2005 legislative elections, sections of the party joined the Encuentro Amplio with other left-wing parties in Buenos Aires and Buenos Aires Province. The coalition did badly and lost its existing national...
(Frente para el Cambio) - Encuentro AmplioEncuentro AmplioThe Broad Encounter was a left-wing electoral front in Argentina formed ahead of the 2005 legislative elections.Based on the Frente Amplio of Uruguay, the alliance was formed of the Intransigent Party, the Socialist Party and the Communist Party of Argentina with sections of the Broad Front and...
- An Advanced Nation (UNA) (una Nación Avanzada, UNA)
See also
- Politics of ArgentinaPolitics of ArgentinaThe politics of Argentina take place in the framework of what the Constitution defines as a federal presidential representative democratic Republic, where the President of Argentina is both Head of State and Head of Government. Legislative power is vested in both the President and the two chambers...
- List of political parties by country
- Liberalism and radicalism in Argentina
General
Minor parties not listed above
- UCR Barranqueras Chaco web site (Current Free Country)
- UCR Chaco, Juventud Radical Barranqueras web site (Current Free Country)
- Federación Libertaria Argentina web site (Argentinian Libertarian Federation)
- Grupo Trotskista Internacionalista web site (Internationalist Trotskyist Group)
- Liga Comunista (Argentina) web site (Communist League (Argentina)
- Liga Obrero Internacionalista (Cuarta Internacional) web site (Internationalist Workers' League (Fourth International)
- Liga Socialista Revolucionaria web site (Revolutionary Socialist League)
- Movimiento al Socialismo web site (Movement Towards Socialism)
- Movimiento de integración y desarrollo web site (Movement for Integration and Development)
- Movimiento por la Dignidad y la Independencia web site (Movement for Dignity and Independence)
- Workers' Socialist MovementWorkers' Socialist Movement (Argentina)The Workers' Socialist Movement is a Trotskyist political party in Argentina. The MST was founded in 1992 as a split from another Trotskyist group, the Movement Towards Socialism . The MST is active on a number of college campuses, including the University of Buenos Aires...
(web site) - Partido Comunista de Argentina web site (Communist Party of Argentina)
- Revolutionary Communist Party of ArgentinaRevolutionary Communist Party of ArgentinaThe Revolutionary Communist Party of Argentina is a Maoist communist party from Argentina. It was founded in 1969 from a 1967/1968 split in the Communist Party of Argentina caused in part by the Sino-Soviet split. Its flag colors are the red and the yellow. It publishes Hoy.- External links :...
(web site) - Partido Confederación Laborista web site (Labour Conferderation Party)
- Partido Cooperativista Argentino web site (Argentine Co-operativist Party)
- Partido de la Generación Intermedia web site (Intermedia Generation Party)
- Partido de la Izquierda Nacional de la Argentina web site (Party of the National Left of Argentina)
- Partido de la Ley Natural web site (Natural Law Party)
- Partido de la Liberación de Argentina web site (Liberation Party of Argentina)
- Partido Humanista web site (Humanist Party)
- Partido Liberal Democrático Revolucionario web site (Revolutionary Liberal Democratic Party)
- Partido Obrero Revolucionario web site (Revolutionary Workers' Party)
- Workers' Revolutionary Party (web site)
- Authentic Socialist Party (web site)
- Refundación Comunista web site (Communist Refoundation)
- Unión de Militantes por el Socialismo web site (Union of Militants for Socialism)
- Unión Liberal Popular web site (Liberal People's Union)
- Unión Socialista de los Trabajadores web site (Socialist Workers' Union)