Labour and Solidarity Party

Political party in Cape Verde

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

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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

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### National Assembly elections

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Election | Votes  | %  | Seats  | +/–  | Position | Government

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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

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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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