FORJA Concertation Party
Partido de la Concertación FORJA
PresidentGustavo López[1]
Founded1 September 2008; 15 years ago (2008-09-01)
Split fromRadical Civic Union
Preceded byPlural Consensus
HeadquartersAv. Estado de Israel 4622, Buenos Aires[2]
IdeologyK Radicalism[3]
Social democracy
Progressivism
Political positionCentre-left
National affiliationUnión por la Patria[4]
ColoursRed
Seats in the Chamber of Deputies
1 / 257
Seats in the Senate
0 / 72
Province Governors
1 / 24
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
# of overall votes % of overall vote # of overall votes % of overall vote
2011 Cristina Kirchner   Front for Victory 11,865,055 54.11 (1st) — Green tickY Elected
2015 Daniel Scioli   Front for Victory 9,338,449 37.08 (1st) 12,198,441 48.60 (2nd) Red XN 2-R Defeated
2019 Alberto Fernández   Frente de Todos 12,473,709 48.10 (1st) — Green tickY Elected

See also

References

  1. ^ "Gustavo López: "Melella significó para el fueguino una esperanza"". Crítica Sur (in Spanish). 18 June 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Sede porteña del Forja". Página/12 (in Spanish). 4 December 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b "Unión por la Patria: ¿cuál es el origen de la coalición y quién la compone?". Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Romano dejó la UCR para sumarse a la Concertación Forja". Télam (in Spanish). 7 July 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Caparrós será la única diputada de FORJA del país". Radio Universidad (in Spanish). 5 December 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  7. ^ Mardones, Claudio. "Forja, el primer movimiento que unió a radicales y peronistas". Caras y Caretas (in Spanish).

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