Third Position Party

The Third Position Party (Spanish: Partido Tercera Posición; P3P) is a minor Peronist political party in Argentina. It was founded in 2015 by congresswoman Graciela Camaño and union leader Luis Barrionuevo [es] as a split from the Justicialist Party.^[8][9] It supported Sergio Massa's unsuccessful presidential bid in 2015,^[10] and it is currently part of the Federal Consensus coalition.^[11] As Camaño is a sitting member of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies, the party has representation at the federal level.

Third Position Party Partido Tercera Posición
Leader	Graciela Camaño[1]
Founded	2013; 11 years ago (2013)[2]
Split from	Justicialist Party
Membership (2017)	20,231[3][4]
Ideology	Federal Peronism[5]
Political position	Center-right[6] to right-wing[7]
National affiliation	Federal Consensus
Colors	Purple
Seats in the Chamber of Deputies	1 / 257
Seats in the Senate	0 / 72
Politics of Argentina Political parties Elections

The party's electoral debut was in 2013, when Barrionuevo ran for Congress in his native Catamarca in coalition with the Renewal Front; Barrionuevo was not elected.^[12] Since then, only Camaño has achieved electoral wins at the federal level, securing a seat in Buenos Aires Province in 2015 and 2019.

Electoral performance

President

Election year	Candidate		Coalition	1st round
				# of overall votes	% of overall vote
2015	Sergio Massa		UNA	5,386,965 (3rd)	21.39 (lost)
2019	Roberto Lavagna		Federal Consensus	1,649,315 (3rd)	6.14 (lost)

Chamber of Deputies

Election year	Votes	%	seats won	total seats	position	presidency	notes
2013	4,074,732	18.00 (3rd)	0	0 / 257	Extra-parliamentary	Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (PJ—FPV)	within the FR
2015	4,115,414	17.65 (#3rd)	1	1 / 257	Minority	Mauricio Macri (PRO—Cambiemos)	within UNA
2017	1,467,558	5.71 (#4th)	0	1 / 257	Minority	Mauricio Macri (PRO—Cambiemos)	within 1País
2019	1,477,802	5.85 (#3rd)	1	1 / 257	Minority	Alberto Fernández (PJ—FDT)	within CF

References

1. "Comenzó el armado del partido "Tercera Posición"". El Marplatense (in Spanish). 22 August 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
2. "La Justicia habilitó a Barrionuevo a utilizar el nombre "Tercera Posición" para su partido político". Infobae (in Spanish). 15 September 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
3. "AFILIACIONES A LOS PARTIDOS POLITICOS". electoral.gob.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 May 2020.
4. "Estadística de Afiliados" (PDF). electoral.gob.ar (in Spanish). 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
5. "Lanzan la sede local del partido massista "Tercera Posición"". El Marplatense (in Spanish). 17 September 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
6. "La Tercera solía ser la vencida". www.notaderedaccion.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 July 2023.
7. "GRACIELA CAAMAÑO DEJA LA CÁMARA DE DIPUTADOS DESPUÉS DE 29 AÑOS!!!!!". LA17 - CONECTANDO A LA PATAGONIA (in Spanish). 12 June 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
8. ""Tercera Posición", el nuevo partido político que se lanza en Mendoza". Memo (in Spanish). 30 October 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
9. "Barrionuevo con Tercera Posición ya está en carrera por las PASO". El Ancasti (in Spanish). 13 June 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
10. "El Partido Tercera Posición brindó su apoyo a la candidatura de Sergio Massa". Sur54 (in Spanish). 19 October 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
11. "Lavagna inscribió Consenso Federal y sumó al partido de Graciela Camaño". La Tecla Info (in Spanish). 12 June 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
12. Rodríguez Niell, Paz (10 October 2013). "Luis Barrionuevo: la revancha de un eterno sobreviviente". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 November 2020.

External links

• @partido3p on Twitter