Social and Civic Agreement explained

Country:Argentina
Social and Civic Agreement
Native Name:Acuerdo Cívico y Social
Leader:Elisa Carrió
Ernesto Sanz
Rubén Giustiniani
Foundation:2009
Dissolution:2011
Position:Centre-left[1] [2]
Colors:Red and White
Headquarters:Buenos Aires
Seats1 Title:Seats in the Chamber of Deputies
Seats1:
Seats2 Title:Seats in the Senate

The Social and Civic Agreement (Spanish; Castilian: '''Acuerdo Cívico y Social''', ACyS) was a center-left congressional alliance in Argentina, integrated by the Radical Civic Union (UCR) the Socialist Party (PS) and the Civic Coalition ARI (CC-ARI), which acted as an umbrella national electoral alliance at the last 2009 Argentine legislative elections.[3] The Civic Coalition, which was a founder member of the Social and Civic Agreement, left the alliance on 12 August 2010.[4]

Background

During the 2008 conflicts between the Argentine Government and the agricultural sector, most factions of the parties that would later ally themselves into the ACyS took a strong stance against the National Government's agricultural policy. Previously, at the 2007 presidential elections, the Civic Coalition and the Socialist Party ran on a joint presidential ticket, and - since 2005 - both parties plus the Radical Civic Union make up the Progressive, Civic and Social Front alliance in Santa Fe Province that won the provincial Governorship on 2 September 2007 for socialist Hermes Binner.

2009 legislative elections

The ACyS was composed of the following parties in each Province:[5]

DistrictParties under ACyS umbrellaForemost candidatesNotesResults of the 28 June 2009 elections[6]
  • 19,05%
  • 344.388 votes
  • 3rd place
  • 21,48%
  • 1.555.825 votes
  • 3rd place
  • 38,86%
  • 57.499 votes
  • Winner
  • 27,97%
  • 462.561 votes
  • Winner
  • Nito Artaza
  • 32,75%
  • 141.021 votes
  • 2nd place
  • 44,42%
  • 227.006 votes
  • 2nd place
  • 35,02%
  • 228.263 votes
  • Winner
  • 35,75%
  • 79.366 votes
  • 2nd place
  • 30,97%
  • 84.284 votes
  • 2nd place
  • 35,47%
  • 62.782 votes
  • 2nd place
  • 48,40%
  • 414.822 votes
  • Winner
  • Edgardo Kristensen
  • Beatriz Kreitman
  • 5,05%
  • 13.805 votes
  • 6th place
  • 4,86%
  • 23.362 votes
  • 7th place
  • Rodolfo Colombo
  • 15,07%
  • 47.836 votes
  • 3rd place
  • Daniel Rodríguez Saá
  • 11,94%
  • 22.948 votes
  • 4th place
  • Eduardo Costa
  • 42,54%
  • 53.133 votes
  • Winner
  • 40,60%
  • 662.210 votes
  • 2nd place
  • 11,07%
  • 33.781 votes
  • 3rd place
  • Leonardo Gorbacz
  • 9,36%
  • 5.687 votes
  • 5th place
  • 15,62%
  • 108.469 votes
  • 2nd place

References

  1. Web site: El socialismo ratifica la alianza con la UCR y la Coalición y busca a Pino.
  2. Web site: El Acuerdo Cívico prefirió nacionalizar la elección.
  3. http://www.ambito.com/noticia.asp?id=457453 Ámbito Financiero, El frente de Carrió y la UCR se llamará Acuerdo Cívico y Social, 28 April 2009
  4. http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1293981 Con más críticas, Carrió se aleja del Acuerdo Cívico, La Nación
  5. For complete candidates lists, copy and paste the entire link: http://www.urgente24.com/index.php?id=ver&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=122458&cHash=cbf2aeeec5
  6. http://www.elecciones.gov.ar/paginas/if_top.htm Elecciones legislativas de 2009 - Resultados

See also