Orienting Labour Party

Orienting Labour Party Partido Orientador Trabalhista
Leader	Waldemar Pinto Peixoto
Founded	16 June 1945
Dissolved	12 October 1951
Headquarters	Rio de Janeiro, RJ

The Orienting Labour Party (Portuguese: Partido Orientador Trabalhista, POT) was a political party in Brazil. ^[1] It supported Cristiano Machado to the presidency of Brazil in the 1950 general elections. ^{[2] [3]} Owing to unimpressive results, its registration was revoked by the Superior Electoral Court in 1951. ^[4]

Election results

Presidential elections

Election	Candidate	Running mate	Colligation	First round		Second round		Result
				Votes	%	Votes	%
1950	Cristiano Machado (PSD)	None	PSD; PR; POT; PST	1.697.173	21,49% (#3)	-	-	LostN
	None	Altino Arantes (PSD)	PSD; PR; POT	1.649.309	23,40% (#3)	-	-	LostN

Parliamentary elections

Election	Chamber of Deputies				Senate				Notes
	Votes	%	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
1950	19.384	0,25%	0 / 304		19.479	0,24%	0 / 22		[5] [6]

References

1. Cehelsky, Marta (2019-03-04). Land Reform In Brazil: The Management of Social Change. Routledge. ISBN   978-0-429-70615-8.
2. Brasil, CPDOC-Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação História Contemporânea do. "PARTIDO ORIENTADOR TRABALHISTA (POT)". CPDOC - Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-05-30.
3. "Partido Orientador Trabalhista - identificação". www.tse.jus.br. Archived from the original on 2021-07-17. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
4. "Partido Orientador Trabalhista - registro provisório". www.tse.jus.br. Archived from the original on 2019-10-16. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
5. "TRE-RJ - Eleições". www.tre-rj.jus.br. Archived from the original on 2020-06-03. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
6. "Repositório de dados eleitorais". www.tse.jus.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2018-05-15. Retrieved 2020-05-30.