FORJA Concertation Party
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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Governors | 1 / 24
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| Website | |
| https://forja.org/ | |
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]
The party counts with 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
The party takes its name from the historical organization FORJA (Spanish: Fuerza de Orientación Radical de la Joven Argentina), 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
President
| 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
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12,473,709 | 48.10 (1st) | — | Elected
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See also
References
- ^ "Gustavo López: "Melella significó para el fueguino una esperanza"". Crítica Sur (in Spanish). 18 June 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- 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
- Official website (in Spanish)