Generation for a National Encounter
Generation for a National Encounter (Spanish: Generación para un Encuentro Nacional), sometimes known as the GEN Party (Spanish: Partido GEN) or simply as GEN, is a progressive political party in Argentina. It was founded in 2007 by Margarita Stolbizer as a split from the Radical Civic Union (UCR), in opposition to the UCR's endorsement of Roberto Lavagna's presidential candidacy.
Generation for a National Encounter Generación para un Encuentro Nacional | |
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| Leader | Margarita Stolbizer |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Split from | Radical Civic Union |
| Youth wing | Juventud GEN |
| Membership (2017) |  35,799[1][2] |
| Ideology | Progressivism[3] |
| Political position | Centre-left[4] |
| National affiliation | Federal Consensus |
| International affiliation | Progressive Alliance[5] |
| Colors | Red, grey and black |
| Seats in the Chamber of Deputies | 0 / 257
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| Seats in the Senate | 0 / 72
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| Website | |
| Official website | |
It is currently a member party of Federal Consensus, the alliance that supported Lavagna's unsuccessful 2019 presidential run. It presently counts with no representation at the federal level.
History
The GEN Party was founded in 2007 by Margarita Stolbizer as a split from the Radical Civic Union (UCR), in opposition to the UCR's endorsement of Roberto Lavagna's presidential candidacy.[6][7] Since its establishment is has been a junior coalition party in a number of electoral alliances: first, in 2007, it supported the Civic Coalition and its 2007 presidential candidate, Elisa Carrió, alongside other non-peronist progressive parties like the Socialist Party and the ARI.[8] In 2011, GEN joined the Broad Progressive Front (FAP) in support of the Socialist Party's Hermes Binner's presidential run.[9] The FAP would later give way to the Broad Front UNEN, of which the GEN was also a part.[10]
In the 2015 general election Stolbizer herself was nominated to the presidency by the Broad Front UNEN's successor, Progresistas.[11][12] The bid was unsuccessful and Stolbizer landed fifth with only 2.51% of the popular vote. For the 2017 legislative election, the GEN joined forces with the peronist Renewal Front (FR) to form 1País.[13] Stolbizer and the FR leader Sergio Massa's bid to the Senate was unsuccessful in their home province of Buenos Aires, placing third behind the Cambiemos and Citizen's Unity lists.[14] Following the expiration of Stolbizer's term in the Chamber of Deputies and Jaime Linares's term in the Senate in 2017, the party lost all its representation at the federal level.
In 2019 the GEN Party broke its alliance with the Renewal Front, which joined the Frente de Todos, and instead formed the Federal Consensus coalition alongside other small parties to support the presidential candidacy of Roberto Lavagna.[15] Lavagna placed third in the contest with a little over 6% of the vote.
Electoral performance
President
| Election year | Candidate | Coalition | 1st round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # of overall votes | % of overall vote | ||||
| 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) | |
Chamber of Deputies
| Election year | Votes | % | seats won | total seats | position | presidency | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3,391,742 | 18.80 (#2nd) | 2 | 2 / 257 |
Minority | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (PJ—FPV) | within the CC |
| 2009 | 5,705,105 | 29.53 (#1st) | 1 | 3 / 257 |
Minority | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (PJ—FPV) | within the ACyS |
| 2011 | 2,780,984 | 13.52 (#2nd) | 2 | 3 / 257 |
Minority | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (PJ—FPV) | within the FAP |
| 2013 | 5,510,949 | 24.37 (#2nd) | 1 | 3 / 257 |
Minority | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (PJ—FPV) | within the FPCyS |
| 2015 | 803,610 | 3.45 (#5th) | 0 | 1 / 257 |
Minority | Mauricio Macri (PRO—Cambiemos) | within Progresistas |
| 2017 | 1,467,558 | 5.71 (#4th) | 0 | 0 / 257 |
Minority | Mauricio Macri (PRO—Cambiemos) | within 1País |
| 2019 | 1,477,802 | 5.85 (#3rd) | 0 | 0 / 257 |
Minority | Alberto Fernández (PJ—FDT) | within CF |
Senate
| Election year | Votes | % | seats won | total seats | position | presidency | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 697,071 | 14,91 (#2nd) | 0 | 0 / 72 |
Extra-parliamentary | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (PJ—FPV) | within the CC |
| 2009 | 1,866,500 | 29,61 (#1st) | 0 | 0 / 72 |
Extra-parliamentary | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (PJ—FPV) | within the ACyS |
| 2011 | 1,103,922 | 9.94 (#3rd) | 1 | 1 / 72 |
Minority | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (PJ—FPV) | within the FAP |
| 2013 | 209,030 | 1.07 (#2nd) | 0 | 1 / 72 |
Minority | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (PJ—FPV) | within the FPCyS |
| 2015 | 316,285 | 5.41 (#5th) | 0 | 1 / 72 |
Extra-parliamentary | Mauricio Macri (PRO—Cambiemos) | within Progresistas |
| 2017 | 1,154,657 | 9.73 (#3rd) | 0 | 0 / 72 |
Extra-parliamentary | Mauricio Macri (PRO—Cambiemos) | within 1País |
| 2019 | 327,962 | 5.82 (#3rd) | 0 | 0 / 72 |
Extra-parliamentary | Alberto Fernández (PJ—FDT) | within CF |
References
- "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.
- "Stolbizer está "convencida" que el país "está mejor" y no una postulación de cara a las elecciones de 2017". El Litoral (in Spanish). 25 September 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- Rosemberg, Jaime (2 November 2020). "Horacio Rodríguez Larreta profundiza su "agenda progresista" en busca de ampliar sus chances electorales". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- "Political Parties and Associated Partners of the Progressive Alliance". Progressive Alliance. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- "Stolbizer sale a buscar radicales". El Patagónico (in Spanish). 8 February 2008. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- "Stolbizer : "Cobos no puede liderar ningún espacio opositor"". Diario 26 (in Spanish). 29 October 2008. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- "Carrió y Stolbizer, dos mujeres de carácter". El Patagónico (in Spanish). 2 September 2007. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- "Binner, De Gennaro y Stolbizer excluyeron a Pino del Frente Progresista". La Política Online (in Spanish). 15 June 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- Abrevaya, Sebastián (13 August 2014). "El Frente Amplio Unen en alerta amarilla". Página/12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- Rebossio, Alejandro (10 April 2015). "Una progresista argentina quiere ser alternativa al peronismo y la derecha". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- Bullrich, Lucrecia (10 April 2015). "Stolbizer lanzó su candidatura y apeló al votante progresista". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- "Massa y Stolbizer presentan "1País", el Frente Electoral que armaron el Frente Renovador y el GEN". Télam (in Spanish). 25 May 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- Moscoso, Matías; Cottet, Facundo (24 October 2017). "Todo lo que Massa perdió en la provincia". Letra P (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- Bullorini, Jazmín (16 August 2019). "Margarita Stolbizer: "Seguimos apoyando la candidatura de Roberto Lavagna pero se cometieron muchos errores"". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 November 2020.
External links
- Official website (in Spanish)
