The Salta Identity Party (Spanish: Partido Identidad Salteña; PAIS) is a provincial political party in the Salta Province of Argentina. It was founded by Gustavo Sáenz ahead of the 2015 general election; Sáenz has been governor of Salta since 2019.[11]
Salta Identity Party Partido Identidad Salteña | |
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Leader | Gustavo Sáenz[1] |
President | Benjamín Cruz[2] |
Founded | 2015[3] |
Membership (2017) | 4,068[4][5] |
Ideology | Peronism[6] Regionalism[7] |
Political position | Center-right[8][9] |
Colors | Maroon[10] |
Argentine Chamber of Deputies (Salta seats) | 0 / 7
|
Argentine Senate (Salta seats) | 0 / 3
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Seats in the Salta Senate | 12 / 23
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Seats in the Salta Chamber of Deputies | 16 / 37
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Election symbol | |
The party was a member of the United for a New Alternative alliance until 2017, when it aligned itself with Cambiemos.[11] It supported Roberto Lavagna and former Salta governor Juan Manuel Urtubey's 2019 unsuccessful presidential run; since then it has distanced itself from any national alliances.[12][13] The party has representation – but no majorities – in both houses of the Salta provincial legislature. It has no representation at the federal level.
Its logo, adopted ahead of the 2019 gubernatorial elections, is a stylized poncho salteño. The party's use of the traditional poncho led to a legal dispute with an ally party, Salta Unites Us (SNU), that also used a stylized poncho as part of its image.[10] The dispute was settled by the province's Electoral Tribunal, which sentenced in favor of PAIS and ruled both parties could freely use the poncho as their logo.[14]
Electoral results
editChamber of Deputies
editElection year | Votes | % | seats won | total seats | position | presidency | notes |
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2015 | 184,185 | 28.09 (#2nd) | 0 | 0 / 7
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Extra-parliamentary | Mauricio Macri (PRO—Cambiemos) | within UNA |
2017 | 211,377 | 30.25 (#1st) | 0 | 0 / 7
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Extra-parliamentary | Mauricio Macri (PRO—Cambiemos) | within Cambiemos |
2019 | 83,633 | 11.87 (#3rd) | 0 | 0 / 7
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Extra-parliamentary | Alberto Fernández (PJ—FDT) | within Union for Salta |
Senate
editElection year | Votes | % | seats won | total seats | position | presidency | notes |
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2019 | 85,601 | 12.06 (#3rd) | 0 | 0 / 3
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Extra-parliamentary | Alberto Fernández (PJ—FDT) | within Union for Salta |
Salta governorship
editElection year | Candidate | Coalition | # of overall votes | % of overall vote | Result | |
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2015 | Juan Carlos Romero | Romero + Olmedo Front | 203,417 | 30,63 (2nd) | Defeated | |
2019 | Gustavo Sáenz | Sáenz Gobernador Front | 377,389 | 53.65 (1st) | Elected |
References
edit- ^ "El saencismo conformó un interbloque en el Concejo Deliberante". Aries Online (in Spanish). 20 May 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ "Oficializan autoridades del Partido Identidad Salteña". Opinorte (in Spanish). 3 September 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "Internas de Identidad Salteña, en duda". El Tribuno (in Spanish). 28 April 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "AFILIACIONES A LOS PARTIDOS POLITICOS". electoral.gob.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ^ "Estadística de Afiliados" (PDF). electoral.gob.ar (in Spanish). 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ^ Huaity González, Eduardo (22 June 2017). "Como entender la política salteña y no acalambrarse en el intento". Opinorte (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ Pepe, Gabriela (8 October 2019). "La receta Sáenz: salteñismo sin límites, urtubeyismo suelto y albertismo post 10D". Letra P (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "El saencismo tiene una presencia importante en Juntos por el Cambio". OPINORTE.com.ar (in Spanish). 21 June 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - Political Party - Salta Identity Party (PAIS)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ a b Toledo, Nahuel (3 September 2019). "La imagen de un poncho divide a los candidatos de Sáenz en la Capital". La Gaceta (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ a b "Quién es Gustavo Sáenz, el 'polifuncional' que se perfila como sucesor de Urtubey en Salta". El Cronista (in Spanish). 7 October 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "En Salta, el partido de Gustavo Sáenz acompañará la fórmula Lavagna – Urtubey". La Gaceta (in Spanish). 13 June 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ D'Andrea, Francisco (25 October 2020). "Ni peronistas ni macristas, ¡salteños pue!". Página/12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "Resolución Nº 109" (PDF). Tribunal Electoral de la Provincia de Salta (in Spanish). 18 September 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2020.