Labour and Solidarity Party
Labour and Solidarity Party Partido de Trabalho e Solidariedade | |
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| President | Claudio Sousa |
| Founder | Onesimo Silveira |
| Founded | November 1998 |
| Registered | 10 November 2000 |
| Ideology | Social democracy |
| Political position | Centre-left |
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| facebook.com/ptscaboverde/ | |
The Labour and Solidarity Party (Portuguese: Partido de Trabalho e Solidariedade, PTS) is a social democratic political party in Cape Verde. It is based in São Vicente and led by Gilson Alves.
History
[edit]The party was founded by Onésimo Silveira in November 1998.[1] In the buildup to the January 2001 parliamentary elections the party joined the Democratic Alliance for Change (ADM), a coalition including the Democratic and Independent Cape Verdean Union (UCID) and the Democratic Convergence Party (PCD). The alliance received 6% of the vote, winning two seats in the National Assembly.[2] In the presidential elections a month later, ADM candidate Jorge Carlos Fonseca finished third of the four candidates with 3% of the vote.
In the 2004 local elections, the party received 11% of the vote in São Vicente; it won one seat on the Municipal Council and two seats in the Municipal Assembly.[3] The PTS did not contest the 2006 parliamentary elections, but ran in the 2011 elections. It received only 1,040 votes (0.5%), failing to win a seat.
Results
[edit]National Assembly elections
[edit]| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Government |
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| 2011 | 1,040 | 0.46% | 0 / 72
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 4th
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Extra-parliamentary |
| 2016 | 107 | 0.05% | 0 / 72
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 6rd
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Extra-parliamentary |
| 2021 | 2,088 | 0.95% | 0 / 72
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4th
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Extra-parliamentary |
References
[edit]- ^ Sellström, Tor (2002). Sweden and national liberation in Southern Africa: Vol. 2, Solidarity and assistance 1970-1994. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet. p. 63. ISBN 91-7106-430-3. OCLC 41157147.
- ^ Richard A Lobban Jr & Paul Khalil Saucier (2007) Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cape Verde, Scarecrow Press, p230
- ^ 21 March 2004 Local Elections in Cape Verde African Elections Database
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