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List of political parties in Argentina

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 strong political parties or alliances, and various 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. In the last decade, most of the newly formed parties remained as junior partners of the main alliances or as district-level relevant political forces.

Historic background

From the "national organisation" process (1862–80) up to 1916, the oligarchic National Autonomist Party directed Argentine politics, before being replaced, through the first secret ballot elections, by the Radical Civic Union. The "Infamous Decade" (1930–43), initiated by the first modern coup d'état in Argentina, represented a return of the conservatives, who implemented a so-called "patriotic fraud" electoral practice. Since 1946, the strongest party has been the Justicialist Party, emerging around the leadership of Juan Perón (when not banned, justicialists lost only four presidential elections, in 1983, 1999, 2015, and 2023). From 1946 to 2001, the second most important party was the Radical Civic Union, until the 2001 financial crisis. From then on, left-wing Justicialists Néstor Kirchner and his wife Cristina Fernández de Kirchner won the 2003, 2007 and 2011 general elections. After that, in the 2015 general election, Kirchnerism was defeated by a Centre-right coalition, Cambiemos, composed of the Radical Civic Union and Republican Proposal, a new liberal conservative party. However, in the elections of 2019, the Justicialist Party joined the Frente de Todos (a Centre-left coalition) which won the presidential elections. The PJ returned to power, with Alberto Fernández as President of the Nation.

Since 10 December 2023, the current-ruing party in Argentina is the Libertarian Party, with Javier Milei as President of the Nation.

Electoral alliances

National alliances

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Provincial alliances

Provincial electoral alliances and coalitions active as of the 2019 general election.[1]

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Notes
  1. Only the provincial chapter of this party formed part of this provincial coalition; at the national level, the party formed part of a different national coalition (see above).

Political parties

National parties

Parties recognized in at least 5 provinces, as of 31 July 2021.[9]

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  1. Legally registered as the Left for a Socialist Option (Spanish: Izquierda por una Opción Socialista)
  2. Legally registered as the Workers' Party for Socialism (Spanish: Partido Socialista de los Trabajadores; PTS)
  3. Legally registered as Electoral Instrument for Popular Unity (Spanish: Instrumento Electoral por la Unidad Popular).
  4. Legally registered as Encounter for Democracy and Equity (Spanish: Encuentro por la Democracia y la Equidad; EDE).
  5. Legally registered as the Party of Labour and the People (Spanish: Partido del Trabajo y del Pueblo; PTP).

Provincial parties

Parties recognized in at least one province, as of 31 October 2020.[9][11][12]

City of Buenos Aires

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Buenos Aires Province

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Catamarca

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Chaco

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Chubut

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Córdoba

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Corrientes

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Entre Ríos

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Formosa

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Jujuy

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La Pampa

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La Rioja

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Mendoza

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Misiones

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Neuquén

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Río Negro

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Salta

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San Juan

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San Luis

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Santa Cruz

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Santa Fe

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Santiago del Estero

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Tierra del Fuego

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Tucumán

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Defunct parties and alliances

19th Century and early 20th Century
Mid 20th Century
Late 20th Century and early 21st Century

See also


References

  1. "Alianzas y partidos políticos". argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). October 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  2. Only parties at national level are taken into account
  3. Público (2023-10-16). "Marcha multitudinaria en Argentina por la diversidad y en contra de la ultraderecha". Público (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  4. "Partidos vigentes". Cámara Nacional Electoral (in Spanish). 31 July 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  5. "Alianzas PASO 2019" (PDF). Cámara Nacional Electoral (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  6. "Partidos Reconocidos" (PDF). Cámara Nacional Electoral.

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