Workers' General Party
Partido Geral dos Trabalhadores
AbbreviationPGT
PresidentFrancisco Canindé Pegado
Founded1993[1]
RegisteredDecember 29, 1995 (1995-12-29)[2] (provisionally) September 2, 1999 (1999-09-02)[2]
DissolvedApril 1, 2003 (2003-04-01)
Merged intoLiberal Party
Membership (2002)35,003[3]
ColorsBlue, green and yellow
TSE Identification Number30

The Workers' General Party (Portuguese: Partido Geral dos Trabalhadores, PGT) was a political party in Brazil, established in 1993. It was chaired by trade union leader Francisco Canindé Pegado, who abandoned the presidency of the General Confederation of Workers to create the party.[4]

On April 1, 2003, it was incorporated into the Liberal Party along with the Social Labor Party,[2] in order to surpass an electoral threshold that would be introduced in 2007.[5]

Electoral history

Legislative elections

Election Chamber of Deputies Federal Senate
Votes  % Seats +/– Votes  % Seats +/–
1998 27,825 0.04%
0 / 513
New 11,810 0.02%
0 / 81
New
2002 194,686 0.22%
0 / 513
Steady 0 103,973 0.07%
0 / 81
Steady 0

Presidential elections

Election Candidate Running mate Coalition First round Second round Result
Votes  % Votes  %
2002 Anthony Garotinho
(PSB)
José Antonio Almeida
(PSB)
Brazil Hope
(PSB, PGT, PTC)
15,180,097 17.87%
(3rd)
Lost Red X

References

  1. "Candidato de si mesmo: sindicalista se lança antes de fundar partido". Jornal do Brasil (in Portuguese). No. 49. Rio de Janeiro. May 27, 1993. p. 9. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Nomenclatura de partidos políticos do Brasil". Superior Electoral Court (in Portuguese). Retrieved November 12, 2023.
  3. "Estatísticas do eleitorado – Eleitores filiados". Superior Electoral Court. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
  4. Souza, Cláudia de (November 5, 1994). "Informe econômico". Jornal do Brasil (in Portuguese). No. 211. Rio de Janeiro. p. 28. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
  5. "PL se funde com PST e PGT e garante tempo na TV". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). February 11, 2003. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
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