Democratic Progressive Party (Argentina)

Democratic Progressive Party
General Secretary	Ana Copes
Founder	Lisandro de la Torre
Founded	1914
Preceded by	Liga del Sur
National affiliation	Cambiemos
Seats in the Chamber of Deputies of Santa Fe	0 / 50
Seats in the Senate of Santa Fe	0 / 19
Website
www.pdp.org.ar
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The Democratic Progressive Party (Spanish: Partido Demócrata Progresista) is a center-right provincial political party in Santa Fe, Argentina.

History

It was founded by Lisandro de la Torre (among others) at the Savoy Hotel in Buenos Aires on December 14, 1914. One of its founders was the academic Dr. Carlos Ibarguren.

As of 2007, it was a member of the national Recrear electoral alliance led by Ricardo López Murphy and the Republican Proposal (PRO) alliance which backed López Murphy for the presidency in 2007. Regarding the Santa Fe province, it is part of an electoral alliance, called the Progressive, Civic and Social Front, as an opposition to the Peronist Front for Victory.

References

Political parties in Argentina

Parliamentary parties

Chamber of Deputies (257)	Justicialist Party (167) Front for Victory 130 Federal Peronism 37 Cambiemos (61) Radical Civic Union (41) Republican Proposal (20) Socialist Party (8) GEN (4) Civic Coalition ARI (3) Proyecto Sur (1) Freemen of the South Movement (1) Workers' Left Front (3) Independent (6)

Senate (72)	Justicialist Party (41) Front for Victory 34 Federal Peronism 7 Radical Civic Union (11) Republican Proposal (3) Socialist Party (1) GEN (1) Civic Coalition ARI (1) Proyecto Sur (1) Independent (4)

Provincial parties

Major	Alliance Union of Cordoba Civic Front for Santiago Liberal Party of Corrientes Salta Renewal Party Democratic Party (Mendoza) Democratic Progressive Party (Santa Fe) Front for Everyone (Corrientes) Front for the Renewal of Concord (Misiones) Neuquén People's Movement (Neuquén) New Party (Córdoba) New Corrientes Party (Corrientes) Renewal Front (Buenos Aires)

Minor	Autonomist Party of Corrientes Catamarca Popular Movement Federal North of Jujuy Democratic Liberal Party of Córdoba Independent Citizens of Tucumán Provincial Union of Entre Ríos Party of Buenos Aires Unity Democratic Party (Buenos Aires) Federal Party (Buenos Aires) Federalist Unity Party (Buenos Aires) Front of the New Party (Corrientes) Fueguino People's Movement (Tierra del Fuego) New Space (Entre Ríos) Party of the Hope (Buenos Aires) Polo Social (Buenos Aires) Renewal Crusade (San Juan) Republican Force (Tucumán) Union and Liberty Party (San Luis)

Minor parties

Other electoral alliances

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