Popular Unity (Argentina)

Not to be confused with the Popular Union, also an Argentine political party.

Popular Unity (Spanish: Unidad Popular; UP), officially registered as the Electoral Instrument for Popular Unity (Spanish: Instrumento Electoral por la Unidad Popular) is a left-wing nationalist political party in Argentina, founded by trade union leader and former CTA secretary-general Víctor De Gennaro in 2010. It was part of the Frente de Todos, the coalition formed in 2019 to support the presidential candidacy of Alberto Fernández.^[10] It is now part of the Union for the Homeland which was formed to support Sergio Massa's 2023 presidential campaign. From 2011 to 2013 it was part of the Broad Progressive Front (FAP).^[11]

Popular Unity Unidad Popular
Leader	Víctor De Gennaro[1]
President	Leticia Quagliaro[2]
Founded	19 June 2010; 14 years ago (2010-06-19)[3]
Headquarters	Av. Entre Ríos 902, Buenos Aires[4]
Membership (2017)	19,456[5][6]
Ideology	Socialism of the 21st century Progressivism Left-wing nationalism[7] Latin American integration
Political position	Left-wing[8]
National affiliation	Unión por la Patria[9]
Colors	Blue
Seats in the Chamber of Deputies	0 / 257
Seats in the Senate	0 / 72
Website
Official website
Politics of Argentina Political parties Elections

The party presently has no representation at the federal level; UP's De Gennaro and Claudio Lozano both sat in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies until 2015.^[12] De Gennaro ran an unsuccessful presidential campaign at the 2015 general election.^[13]

History

In 2010, the Electoral Instrument for Popular Unity (UP) party was established,^[14] in the Province of Buenos Aires, with which De Gennaro was a member of the Broad Progressive Front that led to Hermes Binner as presidential candidate in 2011.

The national elections of that year gave the FAP the second place in the country, and Víctor De Gennaro the entry as national deputy for Buenos Aires. After his inauguration in the Congress of the Argentine Nation, De Gennaro along with Claudio Lozano, Graciela Iturraspe, Liliana Parada and Antonio Riestra make up the Popular Unity Bloc, which in turn was part of the Frente Amplio Progresista interblock. This agreement lasted until 2013, when some FAP parties promoted the entry of the UCR to the front, a situation that Unidad Popular did not accept and declared the Frente Amplio Progresista dissolved and the Frente Amplio UNEN was formed subsequently.

After this rupture, the party chaired by De Gennaro forms the Front, in alliance with the Labor and People Party (PTP) and the Socialist Workers Movement (MST), a front that in Buenos Aires nominated teacher Marta Maffei for national deputy.

Already in 2014, with his allies from the PTP, and with new parties such as Emancipación Sur and Camino de los Libres, Víctor de Gennaro formalized his candidacy for President of the Nation for the 2015 general elections, in the so-called Popular Front,^[15][16] but de Gennaro failed to pass the electoral threshold and was subsequently excluded from the first round.

Electoral performance

President

Election year	Candidate	Coalition		PASO		1st round		Result
				# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall votes	% of overall vote
2011	Hermes Binner		FAP	2,180,110	9.72 (4th)	3,684,970	16.81% (2nd)	N Defeated
2015	Víctor De Gennaro		FP	106,324	0.47 (7th)	—		N Failed to pass threshold
2019	Alberto Fernández		FDT	12,205,938	47.79 (1st)	12,473,709	48.10 (1st)	Y Elected
2023	Juan Grabois		UP

Chamber of Deputies

Election year	Votes	%	seats won	total seats	position	presidency	notes
2011	2,780,984	13.52 (#2nd)	3	3 / 257	Minority	Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (PJ—FPV)	within the FAP
2013	330.260	1,39	0	3 / 257	Minority	Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (PJ—FPV)	within provincial alliances
2015	106,324	0,47	0	0 / 257	Minority	Mauricio Macri (PRO—Cambiemos)	within the Popular Front
2017	28,858	0.12 (#26th)	0	0 / 257	Minority	Mauricio Macri (PRO—Cambiemos)
2019	11,950,926	46.61 (#1st)	0	0 / 257	Minority	Alberto Fernández (PJ—FDT)	within FDT

References

1. "De Gennaro, representantes de la CTA y CGT apoyan a Lula en Porto Alegre". Télam (in Spanish). 22 January 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
2. "Fuerte pronunciamiento en contra de la maniobra política-mediática-judicial contra periodistas". Chaco Día por Día (in Spanish). 16 October 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
3. "De Gennaro creó Unidad Popular con vistas a 2011". La Nación (in Spanish). 15 June 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
4. "Movimientos sociales lanzan un frente para las elecciones de 2019". Diario Jornada (in Spanish). 13 May 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
5. "AFILIACIONES A LOS PARTIDOS POLITICOS". electoral.gob.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 May 2020.
6. "Estadística de Afiliados" (PDF). electoral.gob.ar (in Spanish). 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
7. Montes, Rodolfo (25 August 2019). ""Las deudas se pagan, en eso estamos todos de acuerdo, pero las estafas no"". La Capital (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 December 2020.
8. "LA IZQUIERDA POR LA IZQUIERDA: CLAUDIO LOZANO – UNIDAD POPULAR". Revista La Barraca (in Spanish). 19 May 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
9. "Unión por la Patria: ¿cuál es el origen de la coalición y quién la compone?". Retrieved 21 October 2023.
10. Mugica Díaz, Joaquín (12 June 2019). "Estos son los frentes electorales que competirán en las elecciones presidenciales". Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 May 2020.
11. "La UP se fue del bloque FAP". Página/12 (in Spanish). 8 November 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
12. "El Gobierno designará a Claudio Lozano como director del Banco Nación". Infobae (in Spanish). 7 January 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
13. Llorente, Analía (11 August 2015). "Los candidatos a presidente, los resultados de las PASO y los que quedaron en el camino". El Cronista (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 December 2020.
14. Redacción LA NACION (15 June 2010). "De Gennaro creó Unidad Popular con vistas a 2011". La Nación (in Spanish). ISSN 0325-0946. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
15. Clarín.com (28 December 2014). "Con un acto en La Matanza, De Gennaro se lanzó para 2015". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 November 2021.
16. TÉLAM. "De Gennaro dijo que el Frente Unidad Popular aspira a ser 'la cuarta fuerza electoral'". www.telam.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 November 2021.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)