Social Labour Party

The Social Labour Party ( pt, Partido Social Trabalhista, PST) was a

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. The PST was founded by dissidents of the Brazilian Labor Party in 1947. Abolished by the military regime in 1965, it was re-organized in 1988 before merging with another party to form the

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(PP) in 1993. It was finally recreated in 1996, and co-operated electorally with the small

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until 2003. At the

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held on 6 October 2002, the party won 3 out of 513 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and no seats in the Senate. Labour parties Political parties in Brazil Political parties established in 1947 1947 establishments in Brazil Political parties disestablished in 1965 1965 disestablishments in Brazil Political parties established in 1988 1988 establishments in Brazil Political parties disestablished in 1993 1993 disestablishments in Brazil Political parties established in 1996 1966 establishments in Brazil Political parties disestablished in 2003 2003 disestablishments in Brazil Defunct political parties in Brazil {{Brazil-party-stub