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The Labour and Solidarity Party ( pt, Partido de Trabalho e Solidariedade, PTS) is a social democratic
political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...
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 The Democratic Alliance for Change (, ADM) was a political alliance in Cape Verde in the early 2000s. History The ADM was established in the buildup to the January 2001 parliamentary elections as an alliance of the Democratic and Independent Cap ...
(ADM), a coalition including the
Democratic and Independent Cape Verdean Union The Democratic and Independent Cape Verdean Union ( pt, União Caboverdiana Independente e Democrática, UCID) is a conservative political party in Cape Verde. History The party had its roots in the Democratic Union of Cape Verde (''União Democ ...
(UCID) and the Democratic Convergence Party (PCD). The alliance received 6% of the vote, winning two seats in the
National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ...
.Richard A Lobban Jr & Paul Khalil Saucier (2007) ''Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cape Verde'', Scarecrow Press, p230 In the presidential elections a month later, ADM candidate
Jorge Carlos Fonseca Jorge Carlos de Almeida Fonseca (; born 20 October 1950)
is a 2004 local elections the party received 11% of the vote in São Vicente, winning one seat on the Municipal Council and two seats in the Municipal Assembly.21 March 2004 Local Elections in Cape Verde
African Elections Database The PTS did not contest the 2006 parliamentary elections, but ran in the
2011 elections The following elections occurred in the year 2011. * Local electoral calendar 2011 * National electoral calendar 2011 * 2011 United Nations Security Council election Africa * 2011 Beninese presidential election * 2011 Beninese parliamentary ...
. It received only 1,040 votes (0.5%), failing to win a seat.


Results


National Assembly elections


References

Labour parties Political parties established in 1998 Political parties in Cape Verde 1998 establishments in Cape Verde {{CapeVerde-party-stub