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Political party in Cape Verde
Labour and Solidarity Party Partido de Trabalho e Solidariedade
PresidentClaudio Sousa
FounderOnesimo Silveira
FoundedNovember 1998
Registered10 November 2000
IdeologySocial democracy
Political positionCentre-left
Website
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

The party was founded by Onésimo Silveira in November 1998. 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. 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. 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

National Assembly elections

Election Votes % Seats +/– Position Government
2011 1,040 0.46% 0 / 72 Steady Increase 4th Extra-parliamentary
2016 107 0.05% 0 / 72 Steady Decrease 6rd Extra-parliamentary
2021 2,088 0.95% 0 / 72 Steady Increase 4th Extra-parliamentary

References

  1. 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.
  2. Richard A Lobban Jr & Paul Khalil Saucier (2007) Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cape Verde, Scarecrow Press, p230
  3. 21 March 2004 Local Elections in Cape Verde African Elections Database
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