Labour and Solidarity Party

Labour and Solidarity Party Partido de Trabalho e Solidariedade
President	Claudio Sousa
Founder	Onesimo Silveira
Founded	November 1998
Registered	10 November 2000
Ideology	Social democracy
Political position	Centre-left
Website
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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.[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

National Assembly elections

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