Light Blue and White Union

Argentine political party

(2017)Increase 20,062[1][2]IdeologyFederal Peronism[3]Political positionCentre-right[4] to right-wing[5] Colors    Light blue, white, red[6]Seats in the Chamber of Deputies
0 / 257
Seats in the Senate
0 / 72

The Light Blue and White Union (Spanish: Unión Celeste y Blanco; UCyB) is a minor centre-right political party in Argentina. It was founded in 2007 by Argentine-Colombian businessman and former national deputy Francisco de Narváez.[7] The party stands for economic liberalism and Federal Peronism.[8] The party's name is a reference to the Argentine national colours.

The party now forms part of Federal Consensus and counts with no representation at the federal level.[9][10]

History

The Light Blue and White Union was formed in 2007 by Francisco de Narváez, then a national deputy for the Justicialist Party.[7] Upon its formation it became part of the PRO Union, which was then an electoral coalition (it would later become a political party in its own right).[11] By 2011, de Narváez and UCyB had broken the alliance with the PRO Union and instead formed UDESO with the Radical Civic Union and the Federal Party to back de Narváez's unsuccessful candidacy for the governorship of Buenos Aires Province.[6][12]

Ahead of the 2013 legislative election, the party formed an alliance with the Federal Party, the Integration and Development Movement and the Party of Culture, Education and Labour named "United for Liberty and Labour" (Spanish: Unidos por la Libertad y el Trabajo), which only managed to elect 2 deputies to the Chamber of Deputies in Buenos Aires Province.[13] By 2015, the party had become part of United for a New Alternative.

The party did not field any candidates in the 2017 legislative election and only participated in a few minor provincial alliances in Catamarca (where it was part of Citizen's Unity), Córdoba (Union for Córdoba) and Corrientes (Encounter for Corrientes).[14][15][16]

In 2019 the Light Blue and White Union joined other centrist and Federal Peronist parties and formed Federal Consensus to back the presidential candidacy of former economy minister Roberto Lavagna.[17]

Electoral performance

President

Election year Candidate Coalition 1st round
# of overall votes % of overall vote
2011 Ricardo Alfonsín   UDESO 2,443,016 (3rd) 11.14 (lost)
2015 Sergio Massa   UNA 5,386,965 (3rd) 21.39 (lost)
2019 Roberto Lavagna   Federal Consensus 1,649,315 (3rd) 6.14 (lost)

Chamber of Deputies

Election year Votes % seats won total seats position presidency notes
2007 1,023,695 5.67 (#4th) 3
4 / 257
 Minority Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (PJ—FPV) within PRO Union
2009 3,675,747 19.03 (#3rd) 1
4 / 257
 Minority Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (PJ—FPV) within PRO Union
2011 4,074,732 18.00 (3rd) 0
1 / 257
 Minority Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (PJ—FPV) within UDESO
2013 486,753 2.15 (6th) 1
1 / 257
 Minority Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (PJ—FPV) within ULyT
2015 4,115,414 17.65 (#3rd) 0
0 / 257
 Extra-parliamentary Mauricio Macri (PRO—Cambiemos) within UNA
2017 — 0
0 / 257
 Extra-parliamentary Mauricio Macri (PRO—Cambiemos)
2019 1,477,802 5.85 (#3rd) 0
0 / 257
 Extra-parliamentary Alberto Fernández (PJ—FDT) within CF

References

  1. ^ "AFILIACIONES A LOS PARTIDOS POLITICOS". electoral.gob.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Estadística de Afiliados" (PDF). electoral.gob.ar (in Spanish). 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  3. ^ "De Narváez pide un frente de unidad nacional". Diario La Capital. 27 October 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  4. ^ "La centroderecha no logra sellar un acuerdo político". La Capital (in Spanish). 7 May 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Socialista Binner rompió su alianza con Alfonsín". LARED21 (in Spanish). 28 May 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  6. ^ a b Pertot, Werner (4 April 2010). "Adiós al amarillo PRO". Página/12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Presentación del partido Unión Celeste y Blanco". Diario Democracia (in Spanish). 24 April 2008. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Ayer socios, hoy como perro y gato". Página/12 (in Spanish). 10 July 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Comienza hoy oficialmente la campaña electoral para las presidenciales de octubre". Infobae (in Spanish). 7 September 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Composición de la H. Cámara de Diputados de la Nación, según bloque y género" (PDF). Honorable Cámara de Diputados de la Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  11. ^ Pertot, Werner (19 January 2012). "Los colorados que quieren resucitar Unión-PRO". Página/12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  12. ^ "Enrique Cattáneo, la gestación del 4 veces Intendente". Veradia (in Spanish). 4 July 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  13. ^ "De Narvaéz presenta su lista para la segunda sección electoral en Pergamino". Télam (in Spanish). 12 July 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  14. ^ "Qué alianzas se inscribieron en cada una de las provincias". Télam (in Spanish). 15 June 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  15. ^ "Seis alianzas se inscribieron en Córdoba para participar de las PASO". Télam (in Spanish). 15 June 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  16. ^ "ECO+Cambiemos con 23 partidos y Corrientes Podemos Más con 19". Diario Época (in Spanish). 9 August 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  17. ^ "Una por una, las seis alianzas inscriptas en territorio bonaerense". Letra P (in Spanish). 13 June 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
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