Democratic Union (Argentina)

Political party in Argentina

Democratic Union

Unión Democrática

Founded| 14 November 1945 (1945-11-14)
Ideology| Liberalism
Radicalism
Republicanism
Anti-Peronism
Anti-Nazism
Socialism
Communism[1]
Political position| Big tent
Colours| Red

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The Democratic Union (Spanish: Unión Democrática; UD) was an electoral alliance formed in 1945 in Argentina between the Radical Civic Union, the Socialist Party, the Communist Party and the Democratic Progressive Party, to oppose the presidential ticket of Juan Domingo Perón and Hortensio Quijano at the 1946 general election.[2]

The Radical Civic Union (UCR), at the time under control of the Alvearista faction, held the final say in the coalition. The coalition's candidates for president and vice president, respectively José Tamborini and Enrique Mosca, were UCR members.[3] This left out the yrigoyenista section of the UCR, which was divided between supporters of Perón (Unión Cívica Radical Junta Renovadora) and the internal opposition within the Union, the "Movimiento de Intransigencia y Renovación" led by Ricardo Balbín and Arturo Frondizi.[4]

The UCR also excluded from the alliance their old adversaries, the conservatives, which had been grouped under the banner of the National Democratic Party. This exclusion signified a coup de grace for the PDN, which soon disappeared, thus giving no conservative party a chance in elections for many decades.[4]

The defeat of the UD alliance at the 24 February election caused the dissolution of it and compelled the participating parties to modify their strategies.[2]

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1. ^ Panella, Claudio (2004). "Las elecciones presidenciales de 1946 y el peronismo naciente vistos por el periódico La Vanguardia". Amnis (in Spanish). 4 (4). doi:10.4000/amnis.772.
2. ^ a b Azzolini, Nicolás (June 2015). "Democracia, libertad y justicia social: revisando la campaña electoral de la Unión Democrática en las elecciones presidenciales de 1946". Postdata (in Spanish). 20 (1). ISSN 1851-9601.
3. ^ Bisso, Andrés (2001). "La campaña electoral de la Unión Democrática frente a un nuevo orden mundial de gestación: visiones de desarrollo e industrialización en un supuesto "mundo antifascista"". Sistema Nacional de Repositorios Digitales (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 August 2022.
4. ^ a b Rosa, José María (1979). Historia Argentina (Tomo 13) (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Oriente. p. 216.

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Radical Civic Union

Related parties or alliances|

* Civic Union
* Intransigent Radical Civic Union
* Franja Morada
* Alliance for Work, Justice and Education
* Broad Front UNEN
* Cambiemos
* Juntos por el Cambio

Radical presidents of Argentina|

* Hipólito Yrigoyen (1916-1922)
* Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear (1922-1928)
* Hipólito Yrigoyen (1928-1934)
* Arturo Frondizi (1958-1963)
* Arturo Umberto Illia (1963-1969)
* Raúl Alfonsín (1983-1989)
* Fernando de la Rúa (1999-2003)

Other Radicals|

* Leandro N. Alem
* Arturo Jauretche
* Ernesto Sanz
* Ricardo Balbín
* Eduardo Angeloz
* Rodolfo Terragno
* Julio Cobos
* Ricardo Alfonsín
* Ramón Javier Mestre

Key events|

* Revolution of the Park
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* 1916–30 period
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Former political parties and alliances in Argentina

19th century
–early 20th century|

* Unitarian Party
* Federalist Party
* National Autonomist Party (PAN)
* Civic Union of the Youth (UCJ)
* Civic Union
* National Civic Union (UCN)
* National Autonomist Party (Modernist)
* Lencinism (Mendoza)
* Antipersonalista Radical Civic Union (UCR-A)
* Rightist Confederation
* Independent Socialist Party (PSI)
* National Democratic Party (PDN)
* Concordancia

1930s–1970s|

* Democratic Union (UD)
* Radical Civic Union (Junta Renovadora)
* Labour Party (PL)
* Peronist Party (PP)
* Female Peronist Party
* Intransigent Radical Civic Union (UCRI)
* Radical Civic Union of the People (UCRP)
* Democratic Socialist Party (PSD)
* Argentine Socialist Party (PSA)
* Revolutionary and Popular Indo-american Front (FRIP)
* Union of the Argentine People (UDELPA)
* Socialist Party of the National Left (PSIN)
* Popular Socialist Party (PSP)
* Worker's Socialist Party (PST)
* Federalist Popular Alliance (APF)
* Revolutionary Popular Alliance (APR)
* Justicialist Front for National Liberation (FREJULI)

1970s–2010s|

* Workers' Revolutionary Party
* Federalist Popular Force (FUFEPO)
* Autonomist-Liberal Pact (Corrientes)
* Alliance for Work, Justice and Education (ALIANZA)
* Commitment to Change
* Federal Party
* Front for a Country in Solidarity (FREPASO)
* Argentines for a Republic of Equals (ARI)
* United Left (IU)
* Encuentro Amplio
* An Advanced Nation (UNA)
* Civic and Social Agreement (ACyS)
* Recreate for Growth
* People's Reconstruction Party
* Everybody's Front (1996)
* Federalist Unity Party
* Union of the Democratic Centre
* Broad Front UNEN
* Plural Consensus
* Solidarity and Equality
* Movement for Socialism
* Liberal Libertarian Party
* Broad Progressive Front
* United for a New Alternative
* Union for Córdoba

since 2020s|

* Everybody's Front

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