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Salta Identity Party

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.[12]

Salta Identity Party
Partido Identidad Salteña
LeaderGustavo Sáenz[1]
PresidentBenjamín Cruz[2]
Founded2015; 11 years ago (2015)[3]
Membership (2017)Increase 4,068[4][5]
IdeologyPeronism[6]
Regionalism[7]
Federal Peronism[8]
Political positionCenter-right[9][10]
Colors  Maroon[11]
Argentine Chamber of Deputies (Salta seats)
0 / 7
Argentine Senate (Salta seats)
1 / 3
Seats in the Salta Senate
12 / 23
Seats in the Salta Chamber of Deputies
16 / 37
Election symbol

The party was a member of the United for a New Alternative alliance until 2017, when it aligned itself with Cambiemos.[12] 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.[13][14] The party has representation – but no majorities – in both houses of the Salta provincial legislature. It has representation at the federal level, with Flavia Royón serving as national senator for Salta since 2025.

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.[11] 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.[15]

Electoral results

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Chamber of Deputies

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Election year Votes % seats won total seats position presidency notes
2015 184,185 28.09 (#2nd) 0
0 / 7
 Extra-parliamentary Mauricio Macri (PRO—Cambiemos) within UNA
2017 211,377 30.25 (#1st) 0
0 / 7
 Extra-parliamentary Mauricio Macri (PRO—Cambiemos) within Cambiemos
2019 83,633 11.87 (#3rd) 0
0 / 7
 Extra-parliamentary Alberto Fernández (PJ—FDT) within Union for Salta

Senate

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Election year Votes % seats won total seats position presidency notes
2019 85,601 12.06 (#3rd) 0
0 / 3
 Extra-parliamentary Alberto Fernández (PJ—FDT) within Union for Salta

Salta governorship

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Election year Candidate Coalition # of overall votes % of overall vote Result
2015 Juan Carlos Romero Romero + Olmedo Front 203,417 30,63 (2nd) Red X Defeated
2019 Gustavo Sáenz Sáenz Gobernador Front 377,389 53.65 (1st) Green tick Elected

References

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  1. ↑ "El saencismo conformó un interbloque en el Concejo Deliberante". Aries Online (in Spanish). 20 May 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Oficializan autoridades del Partido Identidad Salteña". Opinorte (in Spanish). 3 September 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Internas de Identidad Salteña, en duda". El Tribuno (in Spanish). 28 April 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "AFILIACIONES A LOS PARTIDOS POLITICOS". electoral.gob.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "Estadística de Afiliados" (PDF). electoral.gob.ar (in Spanish). 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  6. ↑ Huaity González, Eduardo (22 June 2017). "Como entender la política salteña y no acalambrarse en el intento". Opinorte (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  7. ↑ Pepe, Gabriela (8 October 2019). "La receta Sáenz: salteñismo sin límites, urtubeyismo suelto y albertismo post 10D". Letra P (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "Quién es Gustavo Sáenz, el nuevo gobernador de Salta y cuáles son los planes de Juan Manuel Urtubey después de 12 años al frente del gobierno provincial" (in Spanish). 10 November 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  9. ↑ "El saencismo tiene una presencia importante en Juntos por el Cambio". OPINORTE.com.ar (in Spanish). 21 June 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  10. ↑ "Our Campaigns - Political Party - Salta Identity Party (PAIS)". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  11. 1 2 Toledo, Nahuel (3 September 2019). "La imagen de un poncho divide a los candidatos de Sáenz en la Capital". La Gaceta (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  12. 1 2 "Quién es Gustavo Sáenz, el 'polifuncional' que se perfila como sucesor de Urtubey en Salta". El Cronista (in Spanish). 7 October 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  13. ↑ "En Salta, el partido de Gustavo Sáenz acompañará la fórmula Lavagna – Urtubey". La Gaceta (in Spanish). 13 June 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  14. ↑ D'Andrea, Francisco (25 October 2020). "Ni peronistas ni macristas, ¡salteños pue!". Página/12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  15. ↑ "Resolución Nº 109" (PDF). Tribunal Electoral de la Provincia de Salta (in Spanish). 18 September 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
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