Popular Unity (; UP), officially registered as the Electoral Instrument for Popular Unity () is a left-wing nationalist political party in Argentina, founded by trade union leader and former CTA secretary-general Víctor De Gennaro in 2010. It was part of the Frente de Todos, the coalition formed in 2019 to support the presidential candidacy of Alberto Fernández. It is now part of the Union for the Homeland which was formed to support Sergio Massa's 2023 presidential campaign. From 2011 to 2013 it was part of the Broad Progressive Front (FAP).
The party presently has no representation at the federal level; UP's De Gennaro and both sat in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies until 2015. De Gennaro ran an unsuccessful presidential campaign at the 2015 general election. It is, as of 2025, led by Lozano.
History In 2010, the Electoral Instrument for Popular Unity (UP) party was established, in the Province of Buenos Aires, with which De Gennaro was a member of the Broad Progressive Front that led to Hermes Binner as presidential candidate in 2011.
The national elections of that year gave the FAP the second place in the country, and Víctor De Gennaro the entry as national deputy for Buenos Aires. After his inauguration in the Congress of the Argentine Nation, De Gennaro along with Claudio Lozano, Graciela Iturraspe, Liliana Parada and Antonio Riestra make up the Popular Unity Bloc, which in turn was part of the Frente Amplio Progresista interblock. This agreement lasted until 2013, when some FAP parties promoted the entry of the UCR to the front, a situation that Unidad Popular did not accept and declared the Frente Amplio Progresista dissolved and the Frente Amplio UNEN was formed subsequently.
After this rupture, the party chaired by De Gennaro forms the Front, in alliance with the Labor and People Party (PTP) and the Socialist Workers Movement (MST), a front that in Buenos Aires nominated teacher Marta Maffei for national deputy.
Already in 2014, with his allies from the PTP, and with new parties such as Emancipación Sur and Camino de los Libres, Víctor de Gennaro formalized his candidacy for President of the Nation for the 2015 general elections, in the so-called Popular Front, but de Gennaro failed to pass the electoral threshold and was subsequently excluded from the first round.
Electoral performance President Election yearCandidateCoalitionPASO1st roundResult # of overall votes % of overall vote # of overall votes % of overall vote 2011 Hermes Binner FAP 2,180,110 9.72 (4th) 3,684,970 16.81% (2nd) Defeated 2015 Víctor De Gennaro FP 106,324 0.47 (7th) colspan="2" Failed to pass threshold 2019 Alberto Fernández FDT 12,205,938 47.79 (1st) 12,473,709 48.10 (1st) Elected 2023 Juan Grabois UP1,441,5045.85 (7th) colspan="2" Failed to pass threshold
Chamber of Deputies Election year Votes % seats won total seats position presidency notes 2011 2,780,984 13.52 (2nd) 3 Minority Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (PJ—FPV) within the FAP 2013 330,260 1.39 0 Minority Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (PJ—FPV) within provincial alliances 2015 106,324 0.47 0 Minority Mauricio Macri (PRO—Cambiemos) within the Popular Front 2017 28,858 0.12 (26th) 0 Minority Mauricio Macri (PRO—Cambiemos) 2019 11,950,926 46.61 (1st) 0 Minority Alberto Fernández (PJ—FDT) within FDT20239,298,49137.88%0MinorityJavier Milei (PL—LLA)within UP
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External links Official website