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South America List of Political Parties Manifesto Project Dataset: South America List of Political Parties [email protected] Website: https://manifesto-project.wzb.eu/ Version 2020b from December 23, 2020 Manifesto Project Dataset: South America - List of Political Parties Version 2020b 1 Coverage of the Dataset including Party Splits and Merges The Manifesto Data Collection: South America covers parliamentary and presidential elections in South America. The following list documents all the parties, candidates and elections contained in the dataset. The list includes the name of the party or (candidate) alliance in the original language and in English, the party/alliance abbreviation, the name of the presidential candidate (if this applies) as well as the corresponding party identification number. In the case of an alliance, it also documents the member parties it comprises. Within the list of alliance members, parties are represented only by their id and abbreviation if they are also part of the general party list. If the composition of an alliance has changed between elections this change is reported as well. If parliamentary and presidential elections occur at roughly the same time (not necessarily on the same date but within a time frame of one or two months) parties and candidates usually run on the same manifesto. In these cases we report the party/alliance that backed a candidate and the candidate’s name. The same information is provided for presidential elections. If a parliamentary election occurred independently from a presidential election we only report parties and alliances but no candidates. Furthermore, the list records renames of parties and alliances. It shows whether a party has split from another party or a number of parties has merged and indicates the name (and the party id if it exists) of this split or merger parties. 2 Argentina ID Covering Abbrev Parties Candidate No. Elec- tions 1 Manifesto Project Dataset: South America - List of Political Parties Version 2020b 150021 2015 UNA Alliance: Unidos por una Nueva Alternativa (United for a Sergio Tomás Massa 1 New Alternative); members: MID Movimiento de Integración y Desarrollo (Integration and Development Movement), PDC Partido Demócrata Christiano (Christian Democratic Party), UP Union Popular (Popular Union), UNIR Movimiento Nacionalista Constitucional, Partido Unión Celeste y Blanco, P3P Partido Tercera Posicion, Partido Renovador Federal, Compromiso y Esfuerzo para el Triunfo (Formosa), Partido Blanco de los Trabajadores (Jujuy), Pueblo Nuevo (La Pampa), Partido Identidad Salteña (Salta), Producción y Trabajo (San Juan), Encuentro Ciudadano (Santa Cruz), Unión por la Libertad (Santiago del Estero), Frente Renovador Auténtico (Tierra del Fuego), Partido Frente Renovador Auténtico (Tucumán) 150022 2003 FPL + Alliance: Frente por la Lealtad y Unión del Centro Carlos S. Menem 1 UCeDé Democrático (Front for Loyalty and Union of the Democratic Centre); members: FPL Frente por la Lealtad (Front for Loyalty), UCeDé Unión del Centro Democrático (Union of the Democratic Centre) 150023 2007 CC Alliance: Coalición Cívica (Civic Coalition); members: Elisa Carrió 1 ARI (150210), PAIS Política Abierta para la Integridad Social, GEN Generación para un Encuentro Nacional (Generation for a National Encounter), UPT Unión por Todos (Union for All) 150024 2009 ACyS Acuerdo Cívico y Social (Social and Civic Agreement) 1 no candidate in 2009 150025 2003-2019 FpV Alliance: Frente para la Victoria (Front for Victory); Néstor C. Kirchner 7 members: no information change of candidate Cristina Fernández de in 2007: Kirchner 2 Manifesto Project Dataset: South America - List of Political Parties Version 2020b no candidate in 2009 candidate in 2011: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner no candidate in 2013 change of candidate Daniel Osvaldo Scioli in 2015: renamed and change Name: Frente de Todos (Everyone’s Front); members: PJ Alberto Fernández of composition and (150201), FR Frente Renovador (Renewal Front), PCEyT candidate in 2019: Partido por la Cultura, la Educación y el Trabajo, Compromiso Federal (Federal Commitment), KOLINA Corriente para la Liberación Nacional, Partido de la Victoria (Party for Victory), Nuevo Encuentro (New Space), Somos (We are), Proyecto Sur (Project South), Partido Frente Grande (Broad Front Party), PSOL Partido Solidario, UP Unidad Popular (Popular Unity), Movimiento Nacional Alfonsinista, Partido de la Concertacion FORJA, PCA Partido Comunista, PCCE Partido Comunista (Congreso Extraordinario) (Communist Party of Argentina (Extraordinary Congress)), PCR Partido del Trabajo y del Pueblo (Revolutionary Communist Party), PI Partido Intransigente (Intrasigent Party), Frente Patria Grande, Partido Humanista (Humanist Party) 150026 2011-2013 FAP Alliance: Frente Amplio Progressista (Broad Progressive Hermes J. Binner 2 Front); members: PS Partido Socialista (Socialist Party), GEN Generación para un Encuentro Nacional (Generation for a National Encounter), Partido Nuevo (New Party), Movimiento Libres del Sur (Free of the South Movement) no candidate in 2013 3 Manifesto Project Dataset: South America - List of Political Parties Version 2020b 150027 2007, 2011 FREJULI Alliance: Frente Jusitcia, Unión y Libertad (Justice, Alberto J. Rodriguez Saa 2 Union and Liberty Front); members: UCeDé Unión del Centro Democrático (Union of the Democratic Centre), Partido Unión y Libertad renamed and change Name: Compromiso Federal (Federal Commitment); Alberto J. Rodriguez Saa of composition in 2011: members: 150222, Movimiento Independiente de Justicia y Dignidad, UNIR Partido Nacionalista Constitucional, Partido Demócrata, P.A.I.S. Partido Política Abierta para la Integridad Social, Partido Verde, UCeDé Unión del Centro Democrático (Union of the Democratic Centre), Partido Unión y Libertad 150028 1999 Alliance: Concertación Justicialista para el Cambio Eduardo Duhalde 1 (Justicialist Coalition for Change); members: PJ (150201), UCeDé Unión del Centro Democrático (Union of the Democratic Centre) 150029 1989 FREJUPO Alliance: Frente Justicialista de Unidad Popular Carlos S. Menem 1 (Justicialist Party of Popular Unity); members: PJ (150201), Partido del Trabajo y del Pueblo, PDC Partido Demócrata Cristiano (Christian Democratic Party), PI Partido Intransigente (Intransigent Party), Movimiento Línea Popular, Movimiento Nacionalista Constitucional 150031 2007 UNA Alliance: Una Nación Avanzada (An Advanced Union); Roberto Lavagna 1 members: UCR (150301), plus other smaller parties 150032 1999 ALIANZA Alliance: Alianza pol el Trabajo, la Justiciay la Educación Fernando de la Rúa 1 (Aliance for Work, Justice, and Education); members: UCR (150301), FREPASO (150202) 4 Manifesto Project Dataset: South America - List of Political Parties Version 2020b 150033 2019 Alliance: Consenso Federal (Federal Consensus); Roberto Lavagna 1 members: GEN Generación para un Encuentro Nacional, Movimiento Libres del Sur (Free of the South Movement), PDC Partido Demócrata Christiano (Christian Democratic Party), PF Partido Federal (Federal Party), PS Partido Socialista (Socialist Party), P3P Partido Tercera Posicion, Unión Celeste y Blanco 150040 1989 Allianza de Centro (Center Alliance) Álvaro Alsogaray 1 150061 2009 Alliance: Alianza Unión-PRO (Alliance Union-PRO); 1 members: PRO Propuesta Republicana (Republican Proposal), UCeDé Unión del Centro Democrático (Union of the Democratic Centre), RECREAR (150401), PF Partido Federal (Federal Party), Unión Celeste y Blanco, Partido Popular Cristiano Bonarense, Partido Nuevo Buenos Aires 150062 2015-2019 Alliance: Cambiemos (We change); members: PRO Mauricio Macri 2 Propuesta Republicana (Republican Proposal), UCR (150301), CC-ARI Coalicion Civica - Afirmacion para una Republica Igualitaria (Civic Coalition - Support for an Egalitarian Republic), PDP Partido Demócrata Progresista (Democratic Progressive Party), Partido Fe, Partido Conservador Popular, Partido del Diálogo renamed and change Name: Juntos por el Cambio (Together for Change); Mauricio Macri of composition in 2019: members: PRO Propuesta Republicana (Republican Proposal), UCR (150301), CC-ARI Coalicion Civica - Afirmacion para una Republica Igualitaria (Civic Coalition - Support for an Egalitarian Republic), UP Union Popular (Popular Union), MID Movimiento de Integracion y Desarrollo (Integration and Development Movement), PDP Partido Demócrata Progresista (Democratic Progressive Party), Partido Fe, Partido del Diálogo, UNIR Partido Nacionalista Constitucional 5 Manifesto Project Dataset: South America - List of Political Parties Version 2020b 150201 1995 PJ Partido Justicialista (Justicialist Party) Carlos S. Menem 1 150202 1995 FREPASO Frente para un País Solidario (Front for a Country in José O. Bordón 1 Solidarity) 150205 2003 MP Frente del Movimiento Popular (Front of the popular Adolfo Rodriguez Saá 1 movement) 150210 2003 ARI Alternativa para una República de Iguales (Alternative for Elisa M. A. Carrió 1 a Republic of Equals) 150220 2009 Nuevo Encuentro (New Encounter) 1 no candidate in 2009 150221 2009 MPN Moviemiento Popular Neuquino (Neuquén People’s 1 Movement) no candidate in 2009 150222 2009 Es posible (It is possible) 1 no candidate in 2009 150230 2011 Frente Popular (Popular Front) Eduardo Duhalde 1 150301 1989-1995, UCR Unión Cívica Radical (Civic Radical Union) Eduardo Angeloz 4 2011-2013 change of candidate Horacio Massacessi in 1995: change of candidate Ricardo L. Alfonsín in 2011: no candidate in 2013 150401 2003 RECREAR Recrear para el Crecimiento (Recreate for Growth) Ricardo López Murphy 1 150601
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