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Socialist Party (Argentina)

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Not to be confused withArgentine Socialist Party (1958).
Socialist Party
Partido Socialista
AbbreviationPS
LeaderMónica Fein[1]
Deputy Secretary GeneralEnrique Estévez Boero
FounderJuan B. Justo
FoundedCurrent:
28 June 2002
Original:
28 June 1896
Merger ofPSD
PSP
HeadquartersAv/ Entre Ríos,
1018,Buenos Aires
NewspaperLa Vanguardia
Student wingNational Reformist Movement
Youth wingSocialist Youth of Argentina
Membership(2022)Decrease106,880[2]
Ideology
Political positionCentre-left[15][16][17][18][19]
Initially until 1959:
Left-wing
National affiliationHacemos por Nuestro País[20]
Formally:
Federal Consensus[21]
Regional affiliation
International affiliationProgressive Alliance[23]
ColorsRed(official)
Orange(customary)
Seats in theChamber of Deputies
2 / 257
Seats in theSenate
0 / 72
Seats in theBuenos Aires City Legislature
2 / 60
ProvinceGovernors
0 / 24
Party flag
Website
www.partidosocialista.org.ar

TheSocialist Party(Spanish:Partido Socialista,PS) is aCentre-left[24]political partyinArgentina.Founded in 1896, it is one of the oldest still-active parties in Argentina, alongside theRadical Civic Union.[25]

The party has been an opponent ofKirchnerismandMauricio Macri.[26][27]

History[edit]

Early history[edit]

The history ofsocialismin Argentina began in the 1890s, when a group of people, notablyJuan B. Justo,expressed the need for a greater social focus. The PS itself was founded in 1896, led by Justo andNicolás Repetto,thus becoming the firstmass partyin the country. The party affiliated itself with theSecond International.[28]Between 1924 and 1940 it was a member of theLabour and Socialist International.[29]

Through its life, the party suffered from various splits: the International Socialist Party (which became theCommunist Party of Argentina) and theIndependent Socialist Partywere the most notable. The most important of those was in the 1960s, when the party divided itself in half, giving birth to the more radicalArgentine Socialist Party(Partido Socialista Argentino,PSA), and the more moderateDemocratic Socialist Party(Partido Socialista Democrático,PSD). In 1966, two factions departed the PSA:Vanguardia ComunistaandPartido Socialista de Vanguardia.In 1972, the remaining of the PSA together with other leftist groups formed thePopular Socialist Party(Partido Socialista Popular,PSP). The PSP and PSD were rejoined in 2002, forming the Socialist Party.

Badge of the original Socialist Party, still used today.

Among the socialist leaders of Argentina, the most remarkable areAlfredo Palacios,who was the first socialist parliamentarian in theAmericas(1904) and aSenatorin the 1960s;Juan B. Justo,doctor, philosopher, writer and leader of the party until his death in 1928;Alicia Moreau de Justo(1895–1986), Justo's wife, who was for years the editor of the Socialist newspaperLa Vanguardia;Guillermo Estévez Boero,founder of the Popular Socialist Party; andAlfredo Bravo,a teacher,unionist,human rightsmilitant and respected legislator in the last two decades of the 20th century (died 2003).

The Socialist Party of Argentina maintains an electoral stronghold in the province ofSanta Fe,and particularly inRosario,where mayors have been socialists since 1989. Former two-term mayorHermes Binnerslowly became acknowledged as a reference character for the party. In the2005 parliamentary electionsa Socialist-Radical alliance led by Binner won 5 seats in the nationalLower House,and in the elections of 2007, Binner, leading a broad, centre-leftist political coalition (theProgressive, Civic and Social Front), became the first Socialist to be elected governor of an Argentine province.[30]

Present day[edit]

In the2011 general election,Binner was the Socialist candidate and achieved 2nd place with 16.8% of votes.[31]Despite this number being well below the 54.1% achieved by Peronist leaderCristina Fernández de Kirchner,the Socialist Party considered the results of the election as significant and a sign of renewed interest by a sector of the population.[32]In May 2012, Binner became the Socialist Party's president.[33]

For the2015 general election,the PS entered in coalition with other centre-left and left-wing parties to form theProgresistas(Progressives) front, which endorsedMargarita Stolbizerfor the presidency. Stolbizer landed 5th in the election with just over 2.5% of the vote, failing to pass the threshold for the run-off. During the same elections, SocialistMiguel Lifschitzwas electedGovernor of Santa Fe,succeedingAntonio Bonfatti(also of the PS).

In April 2016, Bonfatti was chosen to succeed Binner as national president of the party.[34]Following the2017 legislative election,the party was left with a single national deputy, Luis Contigiani, and no representatives in theSenate.In 2018, Contigiani left the Socialist Party's bloc in the Chamber of Deputies after being criticized by his party for refusing to vote in favor of a bill that would legalizeabortionin the country.[35][36]

In the2019 general election,PS didn't elect any deputies; however, Socialist politicianEnrique Estévezwas elected to the Chamber of Deputies on the list of theProgressive, Civic and Social Front,and thus the Socialist Party regained its representation in the Congress.[37][38]

In 2021, formerintendente(mayor) ofRosario,Mónica Fein,was elected president of the Socialist Party.[1]

Electoral performance[edit]

President[edit]

Election year Candidate Coalition 1st round
# of overall votes % of overall vote
1916 Juan B. Justo — 52.215 (4th) 7.25 (lost)
1922 Nicolás Repetto 54.813 (4th) 6.61 (lost)
1928 Mario Bravo 65.660 (3rd) 4.83 (lost)
1931 Lisandro de la Torre Civil Alliance 436.125 (2nd) 31.04 (lost)
1937 Nicolás Repetto — 50.917 (3rd) 2.59 (lost)
1946 José Tamborini Democratic Union 1.207.080 (2nd) 42.87 (lost)
1951 Alfredo Palacios — 54,920 (5th) 0.7 (lost)
1958 Alfredo Palacios — 264,721 (4th) 3.22 (lost)
1963 Alfredo Palacios(PSA) — 278,856 (6th) 3.64 (lost)
Alfredo Orgaz(PSD) — 258,787 (7th) 3.38 (lost)
March 1973 Américo Ghioldi(PSD) — 109,068 (7th) 0.92 (lost)
1983 Rafael Martínez Raymonda Democrat-Socialist Alliance (PDP-PSD) 50.184 (9th) 0,34 (lost)
Guillermo Estévez Boero(PSP) — 21.177 (13th) 0.14 (lost)
1989 Guillermo Estévez Boero(PSP) Socialist Unity (PSP-PSD) 240,132 (7th) 1.43 (lost)
1995 José Octavio Bordón FREPASO 5,096,104 (2nd) 29.30 (lost)
1999 Fernando de la Rúa Alliance 9,167,220 (1st) 48.37 (win)
2003 Alfredo Bravo — 217,385 (8th) 1.12 (lost)
2007 Elisa Carrió Civic Coalition 4,401,981 (2nd) 23.04 (lost)
2011 Hermes Binner FAP 3,684,970 (2nd) 16.81 (lost)
2015 Margarita Stolbizer Progresistas 632,551 (5th) 2.51 (lost)
2019 Roberto Lavagna Federal Consensus 1,649,315 (3rd) 6.14 (lost)
2023 Juan Schiaretti Hacemos por Nuestro País 1,802,068 (4th) 6.73 (lost)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. ^"Cuántos afiliados a un partido político hay en el país y qué agrupaciones crecieron más en el último año".2 April 2023.
  3. ^"Mónica Fein:" Nosotros creemos en el mercado "".El Litoral.July 2, 2023.RetrievedMarch 5,2024.
  4. ^"Mónica Fein junto al presidente de España:" Las ideas socialdemócratas están creciendo en el mundo "".El Ciudadano Web.October 19, 2021.RetrievedMarch 5,2024.
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  13. ^"Enrique Estévez:" No hay una mirada de una salud pública integral sin contemplar el aborto legal "".Data Clave.December 6, 2022.RetrievedMarch 5,2024.
  14. ^"Mónica Fein:" Queremos un socialismo que sea la llave de igualdad y libertad "".January 30, 2021.RetrievedMarch 5,2024.
  15. ^"Joaquín Blanco:" El socialismo es la centroizquierda dentro de Unidos para Cambiar Santa Fe "".Letra P.January 15, 2024.RetrievedMarch 5,2024.
  16. ^"El Frente Amplio por la Soberanía salió a escena con un proyecto progresista y de centroizquierda".Suma Política.April 17, 2023.RetrievedMarch 5,2024.
  17. ^"Hermes Binner. El líder socialista que puso fin a la hegemonía del PJ en Santa Fe".La Nación.June 20, 2020.RetrievedMarch 5,2024.
  18. ^"El socialismo salió a impulsar la candidatura de Binner a presidente".Página/12.January 2, 2014.RetrievedMarch 5,2024.
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  20. ^"Tras postergarse su incorporación a Juntos por el Cambio, Schiaretti inscribió una alianza para competir en las PASO".infobae(in European Spanish). 13 June 2023.Retrieved2023-06-15.
  21. ^"Roberto Lavagna y Juan Manuel Urtubey competirán juntos en una fórmula presidencial".12 June 2019.
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  25. ^"Historia".
  26. ^Socialista, Partido (2015-05-30).""Para romper con el pasado es necesario un proyecto político de cambio y transformación en Argentina"".Partido Socialista(in Spanish).Retrieved2021-08-23.
  27. ^Socialista, Partido (2019-06-10)."Mesa Nacional PS: el socialismo formalizó su apoyo a la candidatura presidencial de Roberto Lavagna".Partido Socialista(in Spanish).Retrieved2021-08-23.
  28. ^Rubio, José Luis.Las internacionales obreras en América.Madrid:1971. p. 49
  29. ^Kowalski, Werner.Geschichte der sozialistischen arbeiter-internationale: 1923 – 19.Berlin: Dt. Verl. d. Wissenschaften, 1985. p. 286
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  31. ^2011 Argentine general election
  32. ^"Hermes Binner".Archived fromthe originalon 2012-02-10.Retrieved2012-02-06.
  33. ^Binner asumió la presidencia del Partido Socialista,Página/12, 2012-05-09
  34. ^"Antonio Bonfatti será el nuevo presidente del Partido Socialista a nivel nacional".télam(in Spanish). 20 April 2016.
  35. ^"El socialismo le pidió a Contigiani que apoye el aborto".Página/12(in Spanish). 6 June 2018.Retrieved11 June2018.
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Further reading[edit]

  • Jeremy Adelman, "Socialism and Democracy in Argentina in the Age of the Second International,"Hispanic American Historical Review,vol. 72, no. 2 (May 1992), pp. 211–238.In JSTOR.
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