National Labour Party (Brazil)

National Labour Party
Partido Trabalhista Nacional
Founded 1945
Ideology Democratic socialism (historical)
Populism
Political position Centre
National affiliation For Brazil to keep on changing
TSE Identification Number 19
Seats in the Chamber of Deputies
13 / 513
Seats in the Senate
0 / 81
Website
http://www.ptnbrasil.com.br/

The National Labour Party (Portuguese: Partido Trabalhista Nacional, PTN) is a tiny populist-centrist Brazilian political party originally founded in 1945.

It was founded by dissidents from the Brazilian Labor Party (PTB) in 1945, and supported the winning candidacy of Jânio Quadros in 1960. It was abolished by the military regime in 1965.

It was re-founded in 1995, led again by dissidents of the PTB. It exists to this day, but has never achieved significant electoral success.

Electoral results

Presidential elections

Year Candidate Votes %
1998 Thereza Ruiz 166,053 0.20%
2002 No candidate, endorsed Ciro Gomes n/a n/a
2010 No candidate, endorsed José Serra n/a n/a
2014 No candidate, endorsed Aécio Neves n/a n/a

External links

Official website (Portuguese)

Preceded by
17 - SLP (PSL)
Numbers of Brazilian Official Political Parties
19 - NLP (PTN)
Succeeded by
20 - CSP (PSC)
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