Workers' Party (Uruguay)

Workers' Party
Partido de los Trabajadores
LeaderRafael Fernández
Founded1984
HeadquartersMontevideo, Uruguay
NewspaperWorkers Tribune
Youth wingRevolutionary Youth
IdeologyTrotskyism
Political positionLeft-wing
International affiliationCoordinating Committee for the Refoundation of the Fourth International
ColorsRed
Chamber of Deputies
0 / 99
Senate
0 / 30
Party flag
Website
www.pt.org.uy

The Workers' Party (Spanish: Partido de los Trabajadores) is a Trotskyist Uruguayan political party participating in the Coordinating Committee for the Refoundation of the Fourth International.[1]

Its presence is testimonial. In the 2019 general election it obtained 1,387 votes.[2]

In 2023 they reached an agreement with the Popular Unity and the Struggling Workers' Front, forming an electoral agreement called the Popular Unity - Workers' Front. The candidate for that front in 2024 was Gonzalo Martínez from the Popular Unity, with Andrea Revuelta from the Workers' Party as the running mate.

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election Party candidate Running mate Votes % Result
First Round
1989 Vital Andrada 310 0.02% Lost Red XN
1994 378 0.02% Lost Red XN
1999 Did not Participate
2004 Rafael Fernández María Luisa Suárez 513 0.02% Lost Red XN
2009 Did not Participate
2014 Rafael Fernández Andrea Revuelta 3,218 0.14% Lost Red XN
2019 Rafael Fernández Andrea Revuelta 1,387 0.06% Lost Red XN
2024 (as part of UP-FT) Gonzalo Martínez Andrea Revuelta 10,102 0.41% Lost Red XN

Chamber of Deputies and Senate elections

Election Votes % Chamber seats +/- Position Senate seats +/- Position
1989 310 0.02%
0 / 99
Steady Increase 7th
0 / 30
Steady Increase 7th
1994 Did not Participate
1999
2004 513 0.02%
0 / 99
Steady Decrease 8th
0 / 30
Steady Decrease 8th
2009 Did not Participate
2014 3,218 0.14%
0 / 99
Steady Increase 7th
0 / 30
Steady Increase 7th
2019 1,387 0.06%
0 / 99
Steady Decrease 11th
0 / 30
Steady Decrease 11th
2024 (as part of UP-FT) 10,102 0.41%
0 / 99
Steady Increase 8th
0 / 30
Steady Increase8th

References

  1. ^ "Parties belonging to the Coordinating Committee for the Refoundation of the Fourth International" (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  2. ^ "RESULTADOS DE ESCRUTINIO DEPARTAMENTAL". Corte Electoral. Retrieved 5 December 2019.