FORJA Concertation Party

The FORJA Concertation Party (Spanish: Partido de la Concertación FORJA) is a centre-left political party in Argentina. The party is a member of the political coalition Unión por la Patria. Previously, the party was a member of the Front for Victory.^[5]

FORJA Concertation Party Partido de la Concertación FORJA
President	Gustavo López[1]
Founded	1 September 2008; 17 years ago (2008-09-01)
Split from	Radical Civic Union
Preceded by	Plural Consensus
Headquarters	Av. Estado de Israel 4622, Buenos Aires[2]
Ideology	K Radicalism[3] Social democracy Progressivism
Political position	Centre-left
National affiliation	Unión por la Patria[4]
Colours	Red
Seats in the Chamber of Deputies	1 / 257
Seats in the Senate	0 / 72
Province Governors	1 / 24
Website
https://forja.org/
Politics of Argentina Political parties Elections

The party has 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; lit. "Young Argentina Radical Orientation Force"), 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)	—		Y Elected
2015	Daniel Scioli		Front for Victory	9,338,449	37.08 (1st)	12,198,441	48.60 (2nd)	N 2-R Defeated
2019	Alberto Fernández		Frente de Todos	12,473,709	48.10 (1st)	—		Y Elected

See also

• Radicales K
• Front for Victory
• Plural Consensus