The FORJA Concertation Party (Spanish: Partido de la Concertación FORJA) is a political party in Argentina. It was founded in 2008 as a split from the Radical Civic Union. The party now forms part of the Unión por la Patria, the former ruling coalition which supported then- President Alberto Fernández, formed in 2023 to support Sergio Massa's presidential candidacy.[4] At the time of its foundation and until the alliance's dissolution, the party was a member of the Front for Victory.[5]
FORJA Concertation Party Partido de la Concertación FORJA | |
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| President | Gustavo López[1] |
| Founded | 1 September 2008 |
| Split from | Radical Civic Union |
| Preceded by | Plural Consensus |
| Headquarters | Av. Estado de Israel 4622, Buenos Aires[2] |
| Ideology | K Radicalism[3] Social democracy Progressivism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| National affiliation | Unión por la Patria[4] |
| Colours | Red |
| Seats in the Chamber of Deputies | 1 / 257
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| Seats in the Senate | 0 / 72
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| Province Governors | 1 / 24
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| Website | |
| https://forja.org/ | |
The party has minor representation in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies: Mabel Caparrós, national deputy from Tierra del Fuego, was elected in 2019.[6] In 2019, FORJA also gained its first-ever provincial governor: Gustavo Melella, also of Tierra del Fuego.[3]
History
editThe party takes its name from the historical organization FORJA (Spanish: Fuerza de Orientación Radical de la Joven Argentina; lit. "Young Argentina Radical Orientation Force"), which existed from 1935 to 1945. Like the historical Forja, the Concertation Party is of Radical origins but is ideologically and politically closer to Peronism.[7]
Electoral performance
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edit| Election year | Candidate | Coalition | 1st round | 2nd round | Result | |||
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| # of overall votes | % of overall vote | # of overall votes | % of overall vote | |||||
| 2011 | Cristina Kirchner | Front for Victory | 11,865,055 | 54.11 (1st) | — |  Elected
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| 2015 | Daniel Scioli | Front for Victory | 9,338,449 | 37.08 (1st) | 12,198,441 | 48.60 (2nd) |  2-R Defeated
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| 2019 | Alberto Fernández | Frente de Todos | 12,473,709 | 48.10 (1st) | — | Elected
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Gustavo López: "Melella significó para el fueguino una esperanza"". Crítica Sur (in Spanish). 18 June 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ "Sede porteña del Forja". Página/12 (in Spanish). 4 December 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ a b Arias, Mariela (17 June 2019). "Tierra del Fuego: Melella se impuso a Bertone en primera vuelta". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Unión por la Patria: ¿cuál es el origen de la coalición y quién la compone?". Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ^ "Romano dejó la UCR para sumarse a la Concertación Forja". Télam (in Spanish). 7 July 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ "Caparrós será la única diputada de FORJA del país". Radio Universidad (in Spanish). 5 December 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ Mardones, Claudio. "Forja, el primer movimiento que unió a radicales y peronistas". Caras y Caretas (in Spanish).
External links
edit- Official website (in Spanish)