Argentina Legislative Election 2017

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Chaco
(4 Deputies)

Frente Chaco Merece Más, the governing kirchnerista coalition. PJ, and allies
Cambiemos

Unidad Ciudadana
Un Nuevo Pais, Frente Renovador, Partido Socialista, GEN, Libres del Sur and Partido para el Desarrollo y la Igualdad
Partido Obrero
Partido Demócrata
Ciudadanos a Gobernar
Proyecto Sur
Partido Nacionalista Constitucional UNIR, I don't know much about them, but Metapedia likes them

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Salta
(3 Deputies)

Frente Unidad y Renovación, representing Conservative Peronist governor Urtubey (formerly aligned with the FPV and now somewhat close to Macri). Formed by the PJ, Partido Renovador de Salta (Conservatives), Frente Salteño and several small parties


Cambiemos por Salta, an alliance between Pro and former governor Juan Carlos Romero, a right wing Peronist. Salta nos une (Romero), Pro, Propuesta Salteño, Partido Conservador Popular, Partido CET, Identidad Salteña, Primero Salta and FE

Frente Ciudadano para la Victoria, Partido de la Victoria, Frente Grande, Movimiento Popular Unido (MPU)

Alianza “Frente Popular para la Liberación” , one of the few alliances between kirchnerista and non-kirchnerista center leftists,  formed,  by De Gennaro's Unidad Popular Patria Grande, el Movimiento Nacional y Popular, el Partido del Trabajo (PCR) y el Pueblo kirchnerista party Kolina. Their first candidate will be Edmundo Falú
Frente de Izquierda y de los Trabajadores (FIT)  PO-PTS

Unión Cívica Radical , running outside of Cambiemos
Salta Somos Todos of Alfredo Olmedo, who is too right-wing even for the very conservatives Salta, he's almost a parody of law-and-order politicians
Movimiento Socialista de los Trabajadores
Compromiso Federal

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Misiones
(3 senators, 3 Deputies)
Frente Renovador de la Concordia, kirchneristas, the party of the current governor
Avancemos 1Provincia, Frente UNA (Massa's Frente Renovador)
Cambiemos, Pro, UCR and FE

Unidad Ciudadana, kirchneristas
Partido Obrero running without PTS as a coalition partner
Unión Popular, a right wing Peronist party
Frente Popular, De Gennaro's party
Nuevo Octubre, some mayor's party
Partido Agrario y Social, a small kirchnerista party
Compromiso Federal

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Corrientes
(3 Deputies)

Encuentro por Corrientes (ECO) + Cambiemos, an alliance between the governor's party and Cambiemos
PRO, UCR , Unión Celeste y Blanco, CC-ARI, Proyecto Corrientes, Partido Socialista, ELI-Encuentro en Libertad, Acción por Corrientes, Unión Popular, Conservador Popular, Partido Demócrata Progresista, Partido Federal, Acción por la República, FE, Unión para el Desarrollo and Encuentro Correligionario.
Juntos Podemos Más, peronistas.PJ, partido de la Victoria, Demócrata Cristiano, Kolina, Proyecto Popu-lar, Crecer con Todos, Forja, UCeDe

Frente Renovador 1País
          -Frente Renovador+GEN
          -Libres del Sur

Somos Corrientes, Partido Liberal and Partido Autonomista, Will be competing with each other in the primaries
Frente Ciudadano para la Victoria, Kolina and Encuentro por la Democracia y la Equidad
Nueva Izquierda, MST
IE Unidad Popular
Compromiso Federal

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Santiago del Estero
(3 Deputies)
Frente Cívico por Santiago. Led by senator and former governor Gerardo Zamora (his wife is the current governor). Partido Justicialista, Partido Federal, Kolina, Movimiento Justicia y Libertad; Partido Justicialista, Una Nueva Alternativa, Acción Vecinal, Partido de la Victoria and Partido Social del Centro.
CambiemosUCR, PRO and Coalición Cívica.
Frente Renovador 1Pais, Frente Renovador and Libres del Sur
Cruzada Santiagueña, Cruzada Santiagueña, a local peronista party Union por la Libertad and Partido Popular.
Frente de Izquierda, Izquierda Socialista

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San Juan
(3 Senators and 3 Deputies)

Frente Todos. Partido Justicialista, Partido Bloquista Partidos Conservador Popular, Unidad y Progreso, Compromiso Social, Kolina, Frente Grande Movimiento Nacional Alfonsinista, (a recent kircherista spin-off of the UCR) Nuevo Encuentro and Partido CET
Cambiemos San Juan UCR, PRO, Actuar, Cruzada Renovadora, , Producción y Trabajo, Dignidad Ciudadana, Partido Fe, and independent Bloquistas  
Alianza 1 Pais-Somos San Juan  Convicción Federal, Movimiento de integración y Desarrollo (MID) and GEN

Frente de Izquierda
Alianza por una Democracia Nueva, a recent schism from the provincial Pro
Movicom , kircheristas
Frente Progresista Popular, Partido Socialista and Partido del Trabajo y del Pueblo (PCR)
Nueva Dirigencia

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Jujuy
(3 senators and 3 Deputies)

Frente Jujeño Cambiemos UCR, PRO Cambio jujeño, Lider, Partido Socialista and Cruzada Renovadora.

Frente Justicialista, (the intervened) PJ, Proyecto Sur, Kolina, Partido Solidario, Arriba Jujuy and Nuevo Encuentro. They're running 6 lists for the primaries

Frente Renovador 1 País. The part of the  PJ alligned with deputy governor Haquim, Partido Blanco de los  de los Trabajadores, Gana Jujuy, Renovador Federal, Movimiento Popular Jujeño, Movimiento Norte Grande, Demócrata Cristiano, Concertación Forja, I.E. Unidad Popular, Encuentro Jujeño and Primero Jujuy. 3 lists

Frente de Izquierda de los Trabajadores (FIT)PTS and  PO

Vamos por una Izquierda al Frente, MST

Frente MILES por la Unidad Ciudadana MILES

Compromiso Federal , I don't know if it's the same party as the Rodriguez Saa brothers' CF

Partido Nacionalista Constitucional UNIR, I don't know much about them, but Metapedia likes them

[Kingpoleon]

Alex, which Argentine political party do you identify with?

Which do I probably fit best with?

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Partido Socialista

Likely Pro or UCR

[sb95]

It's remarkable that the "Frente Para la Victoria" (FPV) label has been ruled out. Now the Justicialist and/or Kirchnerist alliances have different names in every district: "Unidad Ciudadana", "Unidad Porteña", "Justicialist Front", etcetera. Is that a symptom of disintegration?

Hi, i'm new in the forum. I think that makes more visible the differences that existed in the kichnerista coalition, especially since the reelection of Cristina where the "left-wing populist" faction gained spaces and protagonism in government. Since they lost in 2015, the more traditional justicialist party, represented mainly by governors, wants to regain power in the party. What i'm trying to say is that power now has moved from what Cristina or the progressive-populist faction wanted to local leaders in the respective provinces. Normally, deputies & senators responds to governors and their demands. However even if the FPV label fades away, the majority of kirchnerists are still in coalition with PJ in the majority of the provinces, they just won't get the top places on the lists that easily anymore. The PJ is divided now with no clear leader, but Cristina retains a strong political capital, she will probably stand in this election and win. In that scenario, she could negotiate a new coalition with PJ for the 2019 elections, although it's going to be quite complicated.

[Velasco]

Hi, i'm new in the forum

Hi! Welcome and thanks for the reply. It makes sense. Are you from Argentina?

[sb95]

Hi, i'm new in the forum

Hi! Welcome and thanks for the reply. It makes sense. Are you from Argentina?

Yes

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Parties have until midnight to anounce all their candidates for the national elections

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Neuquén
(3 deputies)
Cambiemos PRO, la UCR and Nuevo Compromiso Neuquino
                       -Pro and NCN
                       -Cambiemos por Vos: UCR and CC-ARI, Beatriz Kreitman and Alejandro Vidal as candidates for deputies
Movimiento Popular Neuquino, a right-wing peronist party which has governed the province since 1963. Alma Sapag (a member of one of the two political dynasties within MPN) and Adrián Lamel, a hospital director
Frente Neuquino Unión de los Neuquinos, Frente y la Participación Neuquina, Partido Socialista, PTP and Nuevo Encuentro. Ramón Rioseco (FPN), FpV candidate for governor in 2015


Frente Unidad Ciudadana PJ, Frente Grande, Partido Solidario and Kolina
Un Frente Renovador Neuquén  Unión y Unidad Popular.
Frente de Izquierda de los Trabajadores PO,  PTS and Izquierda Socialista
Nueva Izquierda MST-MAS
Libres, Libres del Sur, a center-left party with populist leanings, based in Buenos Aires

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San Luis
(3 senators and 3 Deputies)
Frente Unidad Justicialista San Luis, uniting the two wings of the province's Peronistas, those of the Rodriguez Saa brothers (who's faction has governed the province since 1983) and the kirchneristas. PJ, Compromiso Federal (Rodríguez Saa), FpV and several minor parties
Avanzar y Cambiemos por San Luis UCR, Pro, Avanzar San Luis (Claudio Poggi, governor 2011-15, deputy, formed his own party in 2016), Libres del Sur and Partido Demócrata Independiente. Claudio Poggi and deputy José Riccardo will lead their Senate and Deputies list, there's also a second list made up by UCR members dissatisfied with Riccardo
Izquierda al Frente por el Socialismo MST-MAS
GEN

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Catamarca
(3 deputies)
Frente Justicialista para la Victoria, PJ and small kirchnerista parties
Frente Cívico y Social-Cambiemos UCR, PRO, FE, Coalición Cívica-ARI, Partido Socialista, Movilización and Nuevo Espacio de Opinión.
        -Frente Cívico y Social
        -Juntos por el Cambio. UCR, Pro, CC-ARI, Partido Socialista

Juntos Somos Catamarca led by labor union leader Luis Barrionuevo. Tercera Posición, Unión Populista, Unidad Popular. En , Unión Federal, Participación Plural and  Renovación Peronista

Partido Obrero
Frente Unidad Ciudadana, closer to Cristina, and led by deputy Veronica Mercado. Unión Celeste y Blanca and Dignidad Popular.
Movimiento Auténtico y Popular
Partido Renacer Político y Social
Partido Nacionalista Constitucional UNIR

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La Pampa
(3 Deputies)
The only province where all the alliances might have primaries
Partido Justicialista  PJ, Pueblo Nuevo-UNA and Frente Renovador
                 -Peronistas de La Pampa, alligned with the current deputy and with the governor, and with the support of Pueblo Nuevo and FR
                -Agrupación 4 de Junio
                 -Frente Barrial
                -Ciudadanos en Acción
                -PSPN
Cambiemos La Pampa, UCR, Pro and  Movimiento Federalista Pampeano (Mofepa), Movimiento de Integración y Desarrollo (MID) and FE. Internal elections with four lists, two by UCR and two of Pro


Frente Progresista Pampeano GEN and Partido Socialista, each party will have a sub-list of their own in the primaries
Partido de los Trabajadores Socialistas
Izquierda al Frente por el Socialismo MST-MAS
Partido Humanista, which had been a reliable (if not very well known) ally of kirchnerista since the very start

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Santa Cruz
(3 senators and 3 Deputies)
Frente para la Victoria
Unión para Vivir Mejor (UPVM) -Cambiemos, UCR, Encuentro Ciudadano, PRO, Coalición Cívica-Ari and Partido Socialista
 
Frente Renovador Auténtico
Frente de Izquierda y de los Trabajadores, PO and Nueva Izquierda
Frente Izquierda al Frente por el Socialismo, MST-MAS
Proyecto Sur

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Rio Negro
(2 senators)
Frente para la Victoria, PJ, Kolina, Frente Grande, Nuevo Encuentro, Movimiento de Apertura Democrática, el Movimiento Nacional Alfonsinista (FORJA), Partido Comunista and partido Solidario.
Juntos Somos Río Negro, the governor's coalition,  Movimiento Popular Patagónico (MPP) and FE
Cambiemos, UCR and Pro.

Izquierda al Frente por el Socialismo MST-MAS
Partido Socialista
Coalición Cívica-ARI

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Formosa
(3 senators and 2 Deputies)
Frente de la Victoria
Frente Amplio Formoseño Cambiemos UCR, Pro, Compromiso Federal

Partido Obrero
Partido Socialista
Partido Autonomista
Partido Principios y Convicción
Unión Popular

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Chubut
(2 Deputies)
Chubut Para Todos, the coalition behind dissident Peronist governor Mario Das Neves. Chubut somos Todos (Das Neves),Polo Social, Partido CET and Acción Chubutense
Frente para la Victoria Partido Justicialista and Partido Independiente Chubutense.
Cambiemos, UCR and Pro

Partido del Obrero
Partido Socialista Auténtico
Partido del Trabajo y del Pueblo + Frente Popular
MST en Frente Unidad Sur, MST, Proyecto Sur

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La Rioja
(3 senators and 2 Deputies)
Frente Justicialista Riojano, PJ,Frente del Pueblo, Compromiso Federal, Lealtad y Unidad and Movimiento de Acción Vecinal. 86 year-old Former President Carlos Menem will run as senator as a way to get a literal "get out of jail free" card (he's been recently convicted for arms trafficking)
Cambiemos,  Fuerza Cívica Riojana(UCR and ARI ) and PRO.

Una Rioja, Partido Nacionalista Constitucional and Tercera Posición.
Norte Grande
Frente de Izquierda y de los trabajadores: Partido Obrero
Alternativa Popular Riojana, kirchnerista left. Partido Comunista and Kolina
Izquierda al Frente por el Socialismo MAS And Nueva Izquierda

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Tierra del Fuego
(2 Deputies)
Tierra de Unión. PJ, Hacer por el Progreso Social,Partido Intransigente and Encuentro Popular
Frente Ciudadano y Social. Partido Social Patagónico, Partido de la Victoria, el Partido Humanista, el Partido Encuentro por la Democracia y la Equidad (ex Nuevo Encuentro) y Concertación Forja.
Cambiemos TDF. UCR and Pro

UnirTDF.Movimiento Popular Fueguino, Frente Renovador and GEN
Partido Obrero

Proyecto Sur
Federal Fueguino
IE Unidad Popular
Partido Popular
Partido CET

[EnglishPete]

A question I would be interested to ask of the Argentine and other Hispanic posters here is to what extent if any questions of identity influence people's voting behaviour. Looking at this map of the first round of the 2015 election



it can be seen that Macri's strongest areas were Buenos Aires City, Buenos Aires Province outside the BA suburbs, the Región Centro (and Argentine Antarctica). Meanwhile the strongest areas for Scioli were the the BA suburbs, the South and most especially the North of the country. Now my understanding is that those areas where Macri were strongest are areas where the bulk of people's ancestry (like that of Macri himself) comes from European immigrants of the last century and a half whilst the strongest Scioli areas are where the population is much more descended from the population of the Viceroyalty of Rio de La Plate (which of course included Paraguay and Bolivia).

Its also notable that in other South American countries where there wasn't mass European immigration, specifically as Peru and Bolivia, divisions between left and right often run along language lines, those that speak an indigenous language as a first language tend to vote left, those whose first language is Spanish tend to vote right.

Now maybe I'm reading too much into this and these lines only come up because they coincide with class divisions. However I do note left and right have sometimes explicitly stressed the different sides of the identity of the former Spanish Indies. For example Che Guevara repeatedly spoke of Latin American countries having a common 'mestizo' identity and, for example, toasting 'our mestizo race' (something that many Argentines of the time would not have said). A few years later the "Declaración de Principios" of the Chilean military government under Pinochet said

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http://www.archivochile.com/Dictadura_militar/doc_jm_gob_pino8/DMdocjm0005.pdf

So I suppose my question is are these purely things that coincide with class or am I right in suspecting that questions of cultural identity may play an important role in voting behaviour in Argentina and elsewhere in Hispanic America or am I just reading too much into the above map?

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-Some of the strongest kirchnerista districts (Chaco, Formosa and Santiago del Estero outside of the city of Santiago del Estero) and the Patagonia (where the population is even more European than in the central region) weren't a part of the Virreinato, but under native control
-Nestor Kirchner was from the south, and had built a strong alliance in most of Patagonia
-Peronism has always been strong in Gran Buenos Aires (outside of zona norte)
-No, being descendants of European immigrants is not really that big of a factor