Alianza de País (english: Country Alliance) is an electoral alliance in Puerto Rico for the 2024 Puerto Rican general election.

Country Alliance
Alianza de País
Candidate for resident commissionerAna Irma Rivera Lassén
Candidate for governorJuan Dalmau
Candidate for San Juan mayorManuel Natal Albelo
FoundedJanuary 23, 2023; 18 months ago (2023-01-23)
IdeologyLeft-wing nationalism
Anti-colonialism
Factions:
Separatism
Political positionCentre-left to left-wing
Colors  Gold
  Black
Seats in the Senate
3 / 27
Seats in the House of Representatives
3 / 51
Municipalities (Mayors)
0 / 78
Seats in the U.S. House
0 / 1
Election symbol

Background

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In the 2016 gubernatorial election, the independent candidate Alexandra Lúgaro managed to arrive in third with 11.13%, María De Lourdes Santiago of the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) and Rafael Bernabe from the Working People's Party (PPT) failed to reach the 3% threshold required to remain registered with 2.13% and 0.34% respectively.[1] It was the first time since 1964 that one of the two main parties got less than 40%, when the pro-statehood PNP was still known as Partido Estadista Republicano and the first time since 1968 a third-party candidate got more than 10% of the vote.[2]

In the 2020 gubernatorial election, Alexandra Lúgaro, this time for the newly-formed Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana (MVC), reached 13.95% and PIP-candidate Juan Dalmau reached 13.58%, combined they got just 4.2% less than Carlos Delgado Altieri of the PPD and 5.7% less than Pedro Pierluisi of the PNP.[3]

The electoral law of Puerto Rico bans electoral fusion thus PIP runs Roberto Velázquez as Resident Commissioner candidate and MVC runs Javier Córdova Iturregui as gubernatorial candidate who function as paper candidates.[4]

Composition

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Party Leader Ideology Position Senators Representatives
Citizens' Victory Movement (MVC) Ana Irma Rivera Lassén Progressivism
Anti-colonialism
Left-wing
2 / 27
2 / 51
Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) Rubén Berríos Martínez Social democracy
Puerto Rican independence
Centre-left
1 / 27
1 / 51
Hostosian National Independence Movement (MINH)[5] Néstor Nazario Trabal Left-wing nationalism
Puerto Rican independence
Left-wing
0 / 27
0 / 51

Election results

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Governor Election Results

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Year Candidate Votes % Result
2024 Juan Dalmau (PIP) TBD
0 / 100
TBD

Resident Commissioner Election Results

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Year Candidate Votes % +/- Result
2024 Ana Irma Rivera Lassén (MVC) TBD
0 / 100
TBD

References

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  1. ^ "GOBERNADOR". Puerto Rico State Commission on Elections (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Elections in Puerto Rico: Results Lookup - Islandwide Totals". Elecciones en Puerto Rico / Elections in Puerto Rico. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  3. ^ "GOVERNOR". Puerto Rico State Commission on Elections. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  4. ^ Osman Pérez Méndez (2 January 2024). "Dalmau cataloga candidatura de médico a comisionado residente como "un acto de generosidad y desprendimiento"". Primera Hora (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Aprueba el MINH respaldar la alianza entre el PIP y el MVC". Claridad (in Spanish). December 6, 2023. Retrieved July 25, 2024.