The Broad Encounter was a left-wing electoral front in Argentina

Argentina

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 formed ahead of the 2005 legislative elections.

Based on the Frente Amplio

Broad Front (Uruguay)

The Broad Front is a Uruguayan left-wing coalition of political parties. It is led by Jorge Brovetto. Frente Amplio has close ties with PIT-CNT trade union and the cooperative housing movement.-History:...

 of Uruguay

Uruguay

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, the alliance was formed of the Intransigent Party

Intransigent Party

The Intransigent Party is a political party in Argentina, founded in 1963 by Oscar Alende. Its membership came from the Intransigent Radical Civic Union , one of the two factions into which the Radical Civic Union had divided in 1956.The party has nationalist, populist, and center-left ideas...

, the Socialist Party

Socialist Party (Argentina)

The Socialist Party is a social-democratic political party in Argentina. The history of socialism in Argentina began in the 1890s, when a group of people, notably Juan B. Justo, expressed the need for a greater social focus....

 and the Communist Party of Argentina

Communist Party of Argentina

The Communist Party of Argentina is a communist party from Argentina. It was founded in 1918.At the 2005 legislative elections, the Party joined the Encuentro Amplio with other left-wing parties in Buenos Aires and Buenos Aires Province...

 with sections of the Broad Front

Broad Front

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 and the Front for Change

Front for Change

The Front for Change/Social Pole is a progressive political party in Argentina.At the 2005 legislative elections, sections of the party joined the Encuentro Amplio with other left-wing parties in Buenos Aires and Buenos Aires Province. The coalition did badly and lost its existing national...

, plus representatives of social organisations such as Apyme http://www.clarin.com/diario/2005/09/25/um/m-01011635.htm. It contested the seats for senator, with Ariel Basteiro as its first candidate, and for Buenos Aires Province

Buenos Aires Province

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 and Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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City deputies in alliance with the Autogestión Liberadora Buenos Aires (ALBA) http://www.clarin.com/diario/2005/08/16/um/m-1034794.htm.

The alliance performed badly in the election, gaining less than 1% in the capital and losing all its legislators at a national level.