The Ivorian Party of Workers (french: Parti ivoirien des travailleurs, PIT) is a

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and

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Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

. It is led by Francis Wodié and was founded on April 8, 1990. The PIT ran Wodié as its candidate in both the 1995 and 2000 presidential elections. He was the only candidate standing against President

Henri Konan Bédié Aimé Henri Konan Bédié (born 5 May 1934) is an Ivorian politician. He was President of Ivory Coast from 1993 to 1999. He is currently the President of the Democratic Party of Ivory Coast - African Democratic Rally (PDCI-RDA).

in the October 1995 presidential election, which was boycotted by other opposition parties;Elections in Côte d'Ivoire
African Elections Database. he won 3.52% of the votes. In the October 2000 presidential election, Wodié placed third with 5.7% of the votes. In the

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held on 10 December 2000 and 14 January 2001, the party won 4 out of 225 seats in the

National Assembly of Ivory Coast The National Assembly is lower house of the Parliament of Ivory Coast since November 2016. From 1960 to 2016, the National Assembly was Ivory Coast's unicameral legislative body. Evolved from semi-representative bodies of the French Colonia ...

. Wodié led the party as its First National Secretary from the time of its Constitutive Congress until the party's 3rd Ordinary Congress in August 2004, when he was elected as President of the PIT. Since 2015, the current leader is

Joseph Séka Séka Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...

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Joseph Séka Séka élu nouveau président du Parti ivoirien des travailleurs

Electoral history

Presidential elections

National Assembly elections

References

External links

Official website
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