Cada quien atiende su juego. Un estudio acerca de las alianzas electorales en la pelea por la cámara baja en Argentina (1983-2013)

Integration between different levels of party organizations has important consequences for the functioning of the multilevel political system. Electoral coalitions is one of the elements in which it is possible to demonstrate party integration. When local party structures have autonomy to build their own electoral coalitions for national legislative office, party allies may differ from those with which the national party structure develops coalition for the presidency competition. This article finds evidence that the degree of coalition congruence of Argentinean parties has decreased between 1983 and 2013 in the competition for the seats of National Representative Chamber. We conclude that when the election of President takes place concurrently with the National Deputies, party coalition congruence between different districts, it tends to increase. The same happens when the party system is more nationalized.