United for a New Alternative

United for a New Alternative Unidos por una Nueva Alternativa
Abbreviation	UNA
Leader	Sergio Massa
Deputy Leader	José Manuel de la Sota
Founded	April 2015
Dissolved	June 2017
Ideology	Federal Peronism[1][2] Conservativism[3] Syncretism[4] Christian democracy[5] Developmentalism[6]
Political position	Centre-right[7]
Members	Renewal Front, Christian Democratic Party, Integration and Development Movement, Popular Union, Light Blue and White Union, UNIR Constitutional Nationalist Party, Third Position Party
Chamber of Deputies	36 / 257
Senate	3 / 72
Governors	2 / 24
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United for a New Alternative (Spanish: Unidos por una Nueva Alternativa, UNA) was an Argentine Peronist^[8] political coalition, running for the 2015 Argentine general election. It is composed by the Renewal Front, the Christian Democratic Party and the Integration and Development Movement. Sergio Massa won the primary elections against José Manuel de la Sota, and ran for president for UNA.

History

Sergio Massa and the governor (until then) of the Córdoba province José Manuel de la Sota formalize an agreement to build an electoral space that brings together a greater option to vote against the Front for Victory.

In June 2015, both candidates appeared in a television debate ahead of the primary elections, where they discussed economy, security and development.

UNA was the third force of the PASO. Between its two candidates (Massa and De la Sota) the alliance got 4,649,701 votes, approximately 20.63% of the electorate, with Massa being the winner of the internal one. With this result, Sergio Massa and his candidate for vice president Gustavo Sáenz were consecrated as the official binomial of the front for the general elections of October 25.

Electoral performance

President

Election year	Candidate	1st round		2nd round		Result
		# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall votes	% of overall vote
2015	Sergio Massa	5,386,977	21.39 (3rd)			N Lost

Congressional elections

Chamber of Deputies

Election year	votes	%	seats won	Total seats	Position	Presidency	Note
2015	4,115,826	17.6	17 / 130	36 / 257	Minority	Cristina Kirchner (FPV—PJ)

Senate elections

Election year	votes	%	seats won	Total seats	Position	Presidency	Note
2015			1 / 24	3 / 72	Minority	Cristina Kirchner (FPV—PJ)

References

1. "Argentina: resultados provisionales señalan al oficialismo como ganador de las primarias". BBC News Mundo (in Spanish). 2015-08-10. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
2. Peregil, Francisco (2015-03-16). "El gran partido opositor argentino se une a la derecha en las presidenciales". El País.
3. Durante, Ruben. "Salience and accountability: School infrastructure and last-minute electoral punishment*" (PDF). Sao Paulo School of Economics - FGV. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
4. "Transversalidad, versión Massa". 12 October 2014.
5. "Congreso de la Democracia Cristiana, con de la Sota y Massa | Política". 5 July 2014.
6. Mendelevich, Pablo (6 December 2015). "Desarrollismo, la nueva utopía argentina". La Nación.
7. "Las claves de las presidenciales argentinas". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 2015-10-24. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
8. Peregil, Francisco (March 16, 2015). "El gran partido opositor argentino se une a la derecha en las presidenciales". El País.