Salta Identity Party Partido Identidad Salteña | |
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Leader | Gustavo Sáenz [1] |
President | Benjamín Cruz [2] |
Founded | 2015[3] |
Membership (2017) | 4,068 [4] [5] |
Ideology |
Peronism
[6] Regionalism [7] |
Political position | Center-right [8] [9] |
Colors | Maroon [10] |
Argentine Chamber of Deputies ( Salta seats) | 0 / 7
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Argentine Senate ( Salta seats) | 0 / 3
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Seats in the Salta Senate | 12 / 23
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Seats in the Salta Chamber of Deputies | 16 / 37
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Election symbol | |
The Salta Identity Party ( Spanish: Partido Identidad Salteña; PAIS) is a provincial political party in the Salta Province of Argentina. It was founded by Gustavo Sáenz ahead of the 2015 general election; Sáenz has been governor of Salta since 2019. [11]
The party was a member of the United for a New Alternative alliance until 2017, when it aligned itself with Cambiemos. [11] It supported Roberto Lavagna and former Salta governor Juan Manuel Urtubey's 2019 unsuccessful presidential run; since then it has distanced itself from any national alliances. [12] [13] The party counts with representation – but no majorities – in both houses of the Salta provincial legislature. It counts with no representation at the federal level.
Its logo, adopted ahead of the 2019 gubernatorial elections, is a stylized poncho salteño. The party's use of the traditional poncho led to a legal dispute with an ally party, Salta Unites Us (SNU), that also used a stylized poncho as part of its image. [10] The dispute was settled by the province's Electoral Tribunal, which sentenced in favor of PAIS and ruled both parties could freely use the poncho as their logo. [14]
Election year | Votes | % | seats won | total seats | position | presidency | notes |
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2015 | 184,185 | 28.09 (#2nd) | 0 | 0 / 7
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Extra-parliamentary | Mauricio Macri ( PRO— Cambiemos) | within UNA |
2017 | 211,377 | 30.25 (#1st) | 0 | 0 / 7
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Extra-parliamentary | Mauricio Macri ( PRO— Cambiemos) | within Cambiemos |
2019 | 83,633 | 11.87 (#3rd) | 0 | 0 / 7
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Extra-parliamentary | Alberto Fernández ( PJ— FDT) | within Union for Salta |
Election year | Votes | % | seats won | total seats | position | presidency | notes |
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2019 | 85,601 | 12.06 (#3rd) | 0 | 0 / 3
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Extra-parliamentary | Alberto Fernández ( PJ— FDT) | within Union for Salta |
Election year | Candidate | Coalition | # of overall votes | % of overall vote | Result | |
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2015 | Juan Carlos Romero | Romero + Olmedo Front | 203,417 | 30,63 (2nd) | Defeated | |
2019 | Gustavo Sáenz | Sáenz Gobernador Front | 377,389 | 53.65 (1st) | Elected |