A CAMPAIGN "FOR THE WORKERS, WOMEN AND YOUTH": THE COMMUNIST PARTY IN THE 1983 ELECTIONS IN ARGENTINA

On 30 October 1983, Argentine societywent to the polls en masse. The election campaign had been presented as a moment of rupture with the dictatorship installed in 1976. The Communist Party of Argentina (PCA), like the rest of the political spectrum, presented its own candidacies, constituting itselfas an alternative for the legislative categories and for the provincial, municipal and communal executives. Within the left-wing spectrum, it was the most voted party in all jurisdictions, although the results were insignificant and it only won council seats in a few small localities. The article explores the process of seeking legality and the subsequent affiliation campaign carried out by the PCA and reconstructs the promotion of an electoral alternative that sought to appeal to workers, youth and women, in particular.