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National Liberation Current Corriente de Liberación Nacional | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | Kolina |
| Leader | Alicia Kirchner |
| President | Carlos Castagneto |
| Vice President | Victoria Montenegro |
| Secretary | Claudio Morresi |
| Founded | 20 July 2010[1] |
| Split from | Justicialist Party |
| Membership (2017) | |
| Ideology | Kirchnerism[4][5][6][7] Peronism[8][9] |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| National affiliation | Unión por la Patria[10] |
| Colors | Green[11] |
| Seats in the Chamber of Deputies | 1 / 257
|
| Seats in the Senate | 1 / 72
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| Province Governors | 0 / 24
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| Website | |
| www | |
Kolina (an acronym of Corriente de Liberación Nacional, lit. 'National Liberation Current') is a Kirchnerist political party in Argentina founded in 2010 by Alicia Kirchner, sister of former president of Argentina, Néstor Kirchner.[4] The party now forms part of Unión por la Patria,[10] the former ruling coalition supporting then-President Alberto Fernández.[12] At the time of its foundation and until the alliance's dissolution, the party was a member of the Front for Victory.[1]
Following the 2019 general election, the party has representation in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies (the National Deputies Lisandro Bormioli, María Rosa Martínez and Paola Vessvessian belong to Kolina).[13][14][15][16] In addition, Alicia Kirchner was governor of Santa Cruz Province from 2015 to 2023.
Kolina was created on July 20, 2010, as a current rather than as a party, in order to express a "political space of the national movement" that goes beyond the idea of a party, admitting that it acts as a party. people not affiliated with the party.[17]

| 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) | — | |||
| 2015 | Daniel Scioli | Front for Victory | 9,338,449 | 37.08 (1st) | 12,198,441 | 48.60 (2nd) | ||
| 2019 | Alberto Fernández | Frente de Todos | 12,473,709 | 48.10 (1st) | — | |||
| Election year | Votes | % | seats won | total seats | position | presidency | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10,762,217 | 47.98 (#1st) | 0 | 0 / 257
|
Minority | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (PJ—FPV) | within Front for Victory |
| 2013 | 7,775,204 | 34.41 (#1st) | 0 | 0 / 257
|
Minority | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (PJ—FPV) | within Front for Victory |
| 2015 | 8,797,279 | 37.41 (#1st) | 2 | 2 / 257
|
Minority | Mauricio Macri (PRO—Cambiemos) | within Front for Victory |
| 2017 | 5,265,069 | 21.03 (#2nd) | 0 | 2 / 257
|
Minority | Mauricio Macri (PRO—Cambiemos) | within Citizen's Unity |
| 2019 | 11,359,508 | 45.50 (#1st) | 3 | 3 / 257
|
Minority | Alberto Fernández (PJ—FDT) | within Frente de Todos |
| 2019 | 7,962,347 | 33.64 (#2nd) | 0 | 3 / 257
|
Minority | Alberto Fernández (PJ—FDT) | within Frente de Todos |