Popular Unity (Argentina)

{{distinguish|text=the Popular Union, also an Argentine political party}}

{{Infobox political party

| name = Popular Unity

| native_name = Unidad Popular

| logo = File:Logo del partido Instrumento Electoral por la Unidad Popular (Argentina).jpg

| logo_size = 200px

| colorcode = #00478F

| president = {{Ill|Claudio Lozano|es}}

| founded = {{start date and age|2010|06|19|df=yes}}{{cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/de-gennaro-creo-unidad-popular-con-vistas-a-2011-nid1275116/|work=La Nación|title=De Gennaro creó Unidad Popular con vistas a 2011|date=15 June 2010|access-date=10 December 2020|language=es}}

| headquarters = Av. Entre Ríos 902, Buenos Aires{{cite web|url=https://www.diariojornada.com.ar/212017/paismundo/movimientos_sociales_lanzan_un_frente_para_las_elecciones_de_2019/|work=Diario Jornada|title=Movimientos sociales lanzan un frente para las elecciones de 2019|date=13 May 2018|access-date=10 December 2020|language=es}}

| membership_year = 2017

| membership = {{increase}} 19,456{{cite web|url=https://www.electoral.gob.ar/nuevo/paginas/datos/afiliacionesdatos.php|title=AFILIACIONES A LOS PARTIDOS POLITICOS|website=electoral.gob.ar|language=es|access-date=14 May 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.electoral.gov.ar/pdf/afiliados_1er_semestre_2016.pdf|website=electoral.gob.ar|language=es|title=Estadística de Afiliados|date=2016|access-date=14 May 2020}}

| ideology = {{Nowrap|Socialism of the 21st century
Progressivism
Left-wing nationalism{{cite web|url=https://www.lacapital.com.ar/politica/las-deudas-se-pagan-eso-estamos-todos-acuerdo-pero-las-estafas-no-n2522810.html|work=La Capital|title="Las deudas se pagan, en eso estamos todos de acuerdo, pero las estafas no"|last=Montes|first=Rodolfo|date=25 August 2019|access-date=10 December 2020|language=es}}
Latin American integration}}

| position = Left-wing{{cite web|url=https://www.revistalabarraca.com.ar/la-izquierda-por-la-izquierda-claudio-lozano-unidad-popular/|work=Revista La Barraca|title=LA IZQUIERDA POR LA IZQUIERDA: CLAUDIO LOZANO – UNIDAD POPULAR|date=19 May 2014|access-date=10 December 2020|language=es}}

| national = Unión por la Patria{{Cite web|url=https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2023/08/02/union-por-la-patria-origen-quien-la-compone/|title = Unión por la Patria: ¿cuál es el origen de la coalición y quién la compone?|access-date=21 October 2023}}

| colors = {{Color box|#00478F|border=darkgray}} Blue

| seats1_title = Seats in the Chamber of Deputies

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|257|hex=#00478F}}

| seats2_title = Seats in the Senate

| seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|72|hex=#00478F}}

| website = {{Official website|https://unidadpopular.org.ar/}}

| country = Argentina

}}

Popular Unity ({{langx|es|Unidad Popular}}; UP), officially registered as the Electoral Instrument for Popular Unity ({{langx|es|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.{{cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/politica/2019/06/12/estos-son-los-siete-frentes-electorales-que-competiran-en-las-elecciones-presidenciales/|work=Infobae|title=Estos son los frentes electorales que competirán en las elecciones presidenciales|date=12 June 2019|access-date=14 May 2020|language=es|last=Mugica Díaz|first=Joaquín}} 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).{{cite web|url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/elpais/1-233149-2013-11-08.html|work=Página/12|title=La UP se fue del bloque FAP|date=8 November 2013|access-date=10 December 2020|language=es}}

The party presently has no representation at the federal level; UP's De Gennaro and {{Ill|Claudio Lozano|es}} both sat in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies until 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/economia/2020/01/07/el-gobierno-designara-a-claudio-lozano-como-director-del-banco-nacion/|work=Infobae|title=El Gobierno designará a Claudio Lozano como director del Banco Nación|date=7 January 2020|access-date=10 December 2020|language=es}} De Gennaro ran an unsuccessful presidential campaign at the 2015 general election.{{cite web|url=https://www.cronista.com/elecciones2015/Los-candidatos-a-presidente-los-resultados-de-las-PASO-y-los-que-quedaron-en-el-camino-20150811-0099.html|work=El Cronista|title=Los candidatos a presidente, los resultados de las PASO y los que quedaron en el camino|last=Llorente|first=Analía|date=11 August 2015|access-date=10 December 2020|language=es}} It is, as of 2025, led by Lozano.{{Cite web |title=Claudio Lozano: “Veto tras veto el gobierno va construyendo su propia derrota” |url=https://www.lacapital.com.ar/suscriptores/claudio-lozano-veto-veto-el-gobierno-va-construyendo-su-propia-derrota-n10159515.html |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=La Capital}}{{Cite web |last=Rodriguez |first=Manuel |date=2025-02-18 |title=Siguen las denuncias contra Milei por la criptoestafa |url=https://canalabierto.com.ar/2025/02/17/siguen-las-denuncias-contra-milei-por-la-criptoestafa/ |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=Canal Abierto |language=es}}

History

In 2010, the Electoral Instrument for Popular Unity (UP) party was established,{{Cite news|last=Redacción LA NACION|date=2010-06-15|title=De Gennaro creó Unidad Popular con vistas a 2011|language=es-AR|work=La Nación|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/de-gennaro-creo-unidad-popular-con-vistas-a-2011-nid1275116/|access-date=2021-11-07|issn=0325-0946}} 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,{{Cite web|last=Clarín.com|date=2014-12-28|title=Con un acto en La Matanza, De Gennaro se lanzó para 2015|url=https://www.clarin.com/politica/elecciones-presidente-2015_0_rJSZkVv5wQe.html|access-date=2021-11-07|website=Clarín|language=es}}{{Cite web|last=TÉLAM|title=De Gennaro dijo que el Frente Unidad Popular aspira a ser 'la cuarta fuerza electoral'|url=https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201508/114916-frente-unidad-popular-victor-de-gennaro-elecciones-2015.html|access-date=2021-11-07|website=www.telam.com.ar|language=es}} but de Gennaro failed to pass the electoral threshold and was subsequently excluded from the first round.

Electoral performance

=President=

class=wikitable
rowspan=2\|Election year ! rowspan=2\|Candidate ! rowspan=2 colspan=2\|Coalition ! colspan=2\|PASO ! colspan=2\|1st round ! rowspan=2\|Result
# of overall votes ! % of overall vote ! # of overall votes ! % of overall vote
2011 \| Hermes Binner \| bgcolor={{party color\|Socialist Party (Argentina)}} \| \| FAP \| 2,180,110 \| 9.72 (4th) \| 3,684,970 \| 16.81% (2nd) \| {{N}} Defeated
2015 \| Víctor De Gennaro \| bgcolor=#00478F \| \| FP \| 106,324 \| 0.47 (7th) \| colspan="2" {{N/A}} \| {{N}} Failed to pass threshold
2019 \| Alberto Fernández \| bgcolor={{party color\|Justicialist Party}} \| \| FDT \| 12,205,938 \| 47.79 (1st) \| 12,473,709 \| 48.10 (1st) \| {{Y}} Elected
2023 \| Juan Grabois \| bgcolor={{party color\|Union for the Homeland}}\| \| UP \|1,441,504 \|5.85 (7th) \| colspan="2" {{N/A}} \|{{N}} Failed to pass threshold

class=wikitable

rowspan=2|Election year

! rowspan=2|Candidate

! rowspan=2 colspan=2|Coalition

! colspan=2|PASO

! colspan=2|1st round

! rowspan=2|Result

# of overall votes

! % of overall vote

! # of overall votes

! % of overall vote

2011

| Hermes Binner

| bgcolor={{party color|Socialist Party (Argentina)}} |

| FAP

| 2,180,110

| 9.72 (4th)

| 3,684,970

| 16.81% (2nd)

| {{N}} Defeated

2015

| Víctor De Gennaro

| bgcolor=#00478F |

| FP

| 106,324

| 0.47 (7th)

| colspan="2" {{N/A}}

| {{N}} Failed to pass threshold

2019

| Alberto Fernández

| bgcolor={{party color|Justicialist Party}} |

| FDT

| 12,205,938

| 47.79 (1st)

| 12,473,709

| 48.10 (1st)

| {{Y}} Elected

2023

| Juan Grabois

| bgcolor={{party color|Union for the Homeland}}|

| UP

|1,441,504

|5.85 (7th)

| colspan="2" {{N/A}}

|{{N}} Failed to pass threshold

=Chamber of Deputies=

class="wikitable" ! Election year ! Votes ! % ! seats won ! total seats ! position ! presidency ! notes
2011 \| 2,780,984 \| 13.52 (2nd) \| 3 \| {{Composition bar\|3\|257\|hex=#00478F}} \| Minority \| Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (PJ—FPV) \| within the FAP
2013 \| 330,260 \| 1.39 \| 0 \| {{Composition bar\|3\|257\|hex=#00478F}} \| Minority \| Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (PJ—FPV) \| within provincial alliances
2015 \| 106,324 \| 0.47 \| 0 \| {{Composition bar\|0\|257\|hex=#00478F}} \| Minority \| Mauricio Macri (PRO—Cambiemos) \| within the Popular Front
2017 \| 28,858 \| 0.12 (26th) \| 0 \| {{Composition bar\|0\|257\|hex=#00478F}} \| Minority \| Mauricio Macri (PRO—Cambiemos) \|
2019 \| 11,950,926 \| 46.61 (1st) \| 0 \| {{Composition bar\|0\|257\|hex=#00478F}} \| Minority \| Alberto Fernández (PJ—FDT) \| within FDT
2023 \|9,298,491 \|37.88% \|0 \|{{Composition bar\|0\|257\|hex=#00478F}} \|Minority \|Javier Milei (PL—LLA) \|within UP

class="wikitable"

! Election year

! Votes

! %

! seats won

! total seats

! position

! presidency

! notes

2011

| 2,780,984

| 13.52 (2nd)