Workers' Party (Costa Rica)

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Workers' Party
Partido de los Trabajadores
PresidentHector Monestel
Founded1 May 2012
Ideology Trotskyism
Central American unionism
Political position Far-left
International affiliation International Workers League – Fourth International
Colours Yellow and red
Legislative Assembly
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Party flag
Bandera Partido de los Trabajadores Costa Rica.svg
Website
http://ptcostarica.org/

The Workers' Party (Spanish : Partido de los Trabajadores) is a far-left Trotskyist political party of Costa Rica. The party was founded on 1 May 2012 on the basis of the student organization Movement toward Socialism led by labor union leader and lawyer Hector Monestel, [1] and currently holds no seats in parliament nor municipal offices. It is a member of the International Workers League – Fourth International. Highly critical of the more moderate Broad Front (the main left-wing party of Costa Rica), it proclaims itself as a "classist and socialist alternative". Internationalism is one of its guidelines and as such it proposes the re-establishment of the Federal Republic of Central America abolished in 1838, reuniting all Central American countries in one single socialist Federation. It also defends feminist, environmentalist and pro-LGBTI ideas.[ citation needed ]

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The party contested the 2014 elections with Monestel as nominee obtaining 4,897 votos (0,24%) for the presidential ticket and 12,998 votos (0.63%) for the parliamentary ticket gaining no seats. [2] It took part in the mid-period 2016 municipal elections obtaining only 742 votes, reason why the Electoral Court disbanded the party as Costa Rica's electoral law requires a minimal of 3000 votes for a party to keep legal standing. The party had to make all the process for inscription once again starting as new, successfully registering again for the 2018 Costa Rican general election [3] nominating labor union leader and high school teacher Jhon Vega as candidate, the party received 4,060 votes and was the least voted option. [2]

Electoral performance

Presidential

ElectionCandidateFirst roundSecond round
Votes%PositionResultVotes%PositionResult
2014 Héctor Monestel4,8970.24%11thLost
2018 Jhon Vega Masís4,3510.20%Steady2.svg 11thLost
2022 1,9510.09%Decrease2.svg 24thLost

Parliamentary

ElectionLeaderVotes %Seats+/–PositionGovernment
2014 Héctor Monestel12,9980.63%
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New13thExtra-parliamentary
2018 11,6150.54%
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Steady2.svg 0Decrease2.svg 15thExtra-parliamentary
2022 5,6310.27%
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Steady2.svg 0Decrease2.svg 26thExtra-parliamentary

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Resultados 2014". tse.go.cr (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-01-25.
  3. Madrigal, Luis Manuel (2016-08-17). "Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones anula inscripción del Partido de los Trabajadores". Mundo.cr. Retrieved 2016-08-18.