Kolina

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 the Frente de Todos, the ruling coalition supporting President Alberto Fernández.[6] At the time of its foundation and until the alliance's dissolution, the party was a member of the Front for Victory.[1]

Kolina

Corriente de Liberación Nacional
LeaderAlicia Kirchner
PresidentCarlos Castagneto
Vice PresidentVictoria Montenegro
SecretaryClaudio Morresi
Founded20 July 2010 (2010-07-20)[1]
Split fromJusticialist Party
Membership (2017) 49,174[2][3]
IdeologyKirchnerism[4]
Political positionCentre-left[5]
National affiliationFrente de Todos[6][7]
Colors  Green[8]
Seats in the Chamber of Deputies
4 / 257
Seats in the Senate
0 / 72
Website
www.kolina.org.ar

Following the 2019 general election, the party counts with representation in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies (the National Deputies Lisandro Bormioli, María Rosa Martínez, Paola Vessvessian and Carlos Alberto Vivero belong to Kolina).[9][10][11][12] In addition, Alicia Kirchner has been governor of Santa Cruz Province since 2015.

KOLINA supporters in Buenos Aires, 2015.

Electoral performance

President
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) N/A Y Elected
2015 Daniel Scioli   Front for Victory 9,338,449 37.08 (1st) 12,198,441 48.60 (2nd) N 2-R Defeated
2019 Alberto Fernández   Frente de Todos 12,473,709 48.10 (1st) N/A Y Elected

Chamber of Deputies
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

See also

References
  1. "¿QUÉ ES KOLINA?". kolinacapital.org.ar (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  2. "AFILIACIONES A LOS PARTIDOS POLITICOS". electoral.gob.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  3. "Estadística de Afiliados" (PDF). electoral.gob.ar (in Spanish). 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  4. "Cuestionan desde Kolina la metodología de protesta policial". Parlamentario (in Spanish). 9 September 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  5. "Buscan transformar al Frente de Todos en una coalición permanente". El Eco (in Spanish). 16 January 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  6. Mugica Díaz, Joaquín (12 June 2019). "Estos son los frentes electorales que competirán en las elecciones presidenciales". Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  7. "Agrupaciones del Frente de Todos apoyaron el envío de la ley para despenalizar el aborto". BAE Negocios (in Spanish). 15 November 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  8. "La primera fila, sólo para La Cámpora y Kolina". La Voz (in Spanish). 10 July 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  9. Argento, Analía (5 May 2020). "Pelea en el Frente de Todos por la banca de Andrés Larroque en Diputados: reclama el lugar una candidata del partido de Victoria Donda". Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  10. "María Rosa Martínez: "Nosotros podemos gobernar Almirante Brown en el 2015"". Política del Sur (in Spanish). 10 March 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  11. Arias, Mariela (8 December 2015). "Alicia Kirchner armó un gabinete con cuatro ministros camporistas". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  12. "Vivero: "Le da mayor territorialidad y federalización al sistema judicial"". LRA Radio Nacional (in Spanish). 31 July 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
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