Workers' Party (Paraguay)
Workers' Party Partido de los Trabajadores | |
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| President | Ñeco Balbuena |
| Founded | 19 March 1989 |
| Headquarters | Hernandarias 890, Asunción, Paraguay |
The Workers' Party (Spanish: Partido de los Trabajadores, PT) is a Trotskyist political party in Paraguay.
History
The party was established on 19 March 1989. It first contested national elections in 1991, when it received 0.6% of the vote in the Constitutional Assembly elections, finishing sixth but failing to win a seat.[1] It again failed to win a seat in the 1993 general elections, in which its candidate for president, Eduardo Arce, finished fourth with 0.2%. The party did not contest the 1998 or 2003 elections, but had a candidate in 2008 presidential elections. However, party candidate, Julio López finished last with just 0.1% of the vote.
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p429 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
| Represented in Congress | |
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| Unrepresented | |
| Defunct | |
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