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Labor Party Partido del Trabajo | |
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| Abbreviation | PT |
| Leader | Alberto Anaya |
| Founded | 8 December 1990 (1990-12-08) |
| Headquarters | Mexico City |
| Membership(2023) | 457,624[1] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Left-wing[14] tofar-left[18] |
| National affiliation | Sigamos Haciendo Historia |
| Continental affiliation | |
| Colours | Red Yellow |
| Chamber of Deputies | 49 / 500 |
| Senate | 6 / 128 |
| Governorships | 0 / 32 |
| State legislatures | 88 / 1,123 |
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TheLabor Party (Spanish:Partido del Trabajo[paɾˈtiðoðeltɾaˈβaxo],PT; also known as theWorkers Party) is asocialistpolitical party in Mexico. It was founded on 8 December 1990. The party is currently led byAlberto Anaya.
Following the2018 election, the PT became the third-largest political party in the Chamber of Deputies with 61 deputies, after Morena with 191 and the PAN with 81. Political maneuvering briefly established the PRI as the third-largest party in August2020, although it later turned out that the PT and the PRI were tied with 46 seats each after doubtful PRD deputy defections in favor of the PRI.[19][20][21]
It received 6.46% of the total votes cast in the2024 presidential election,[22] becoming the sixth national political force. It has 49 deputies and 6 senators in theLXVI legislature of the Congress of the Union.[23][24]
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Following the coordination of several social groups, including the Independent Teachers' Movement, the National Union of Agricultural Workers (UNTA), the National Coordinator "Plan de Ayala," the Popular Front of Struggle of Zacatecas, the Popular Front "Tierra y Libertad" of Monterrey, thePopular Defense Committees [es] of Durango and Chihuahua, and the Popular Union of Agricultural Workers, the PT formed.[25]
The party first participated infederal elections in 1991, but it failed to win 1.5 percent of the vote (the amount necessary to be recognized as a national party). In 1994,Cecilia Soto became the presidential candidate.
In 1998 the PT allied with the largerDemocratic Revolution Party (PRD) for the first time in the state ofZacatecas. In the2000 elections, the party took part in the PRD-ledAlliance for the Good of All. As part of the Alliance, it won 7 seats in theChamber of Deputies and 1 seat in theSenate.
The PT ran separately from the PRD in the2003 elections for the Chamber of Deputies. The party won 2.4 percent of the popular vote and 6 out of 500 seats in theChamber of Deputies.
In November 2005, the PT endorsed the PRD's candidate forPresident,Andrés Manuel López Obrador for theJuly 2006 elections. In these elections the party won 12 out of 500 seats in theChamber of Deputies and 3 out of 128Senators.
In October 2006, the PT further allied itself with the PRD and the Convergence Party to form theBroad Progressive Front (FAP for its Spanish initials), which was granted the register by the Federal Electoral Institute.
In 2012 the PT supported PRD presidential candidateAndrés Manuel López Obrador.
The2018 Mexican general election was the fifth presidential election PT had participated in. Its candidate for thePresidency wasAndrés Manuel López Obrador[26] as PT formed a coalition with left-wingNational Regeneration Movement (MORENA) and right-wingSocial Encounter Party (PES).
On 24 June 2017, the PT approved to stand for election in 2018 in an electoral alliance with MORENA, however the coalition was not officially registered before theNational Electoral Institute, the electoral authorities of the country. From MORENA, the alliance was facilitated as a result of the decline of the PT candidate Óscar González Yáñez, who resigned his candidacy requesting the vote in favor of Delfina Gómez Álvarez, standard-bearer in the state elections of the State of Mexico in 2017.[27][28][29]
At first, there was speculation about the possibility of a front grouping all the leftist parties: MORENA, PRD, PT andCitizens' Movement (MC). However, Andrés Manuel López Obrador rejected any kind of agreement due to political differences, especially after the elections in the State of Mexico, when the candidates of the PRD and MC continued with their campaigns refusing to support the candidate of MORENA.[30] At the end of November 2017, the leaders of MORENA and the PES announced that they were in talks to form a possible alliance. In this sense,Hugo Eric Flores Cervantes, President of PES, said, "We don't negotiate with the PRI, we have two options, go alone or with MORENA."[31]
On December 13, the coalition between Morena, the PT and the PES was formalized under the nameJuntos Haremos Historia (English: Together we will make history).[32] Following the signing of the agreement, Andrés Manuel López Obrador was appointed as a pre-candidate for the three political formations.[33] It is a partial coalition that will promote López Obrador as a presidential candidate and, with respect to the legislative elections: MORENA will have to choose candidates in 150 federal electoral districts and 32 districts to the Senate; 75 deputies and 16 senators for PT and 75 deputies and 16 senators for the PES.[34][35]
The alliance has received criticism as it is a coalition between two leftist parties (MORENA and the PT) with a formation related to the evangelical right (PES).[36] In response, the national president of MORENA,Yeidckol Polevnsky, mentioned that her party believes in inclusion, joint work to "rescue Mexico" and that they will continue to defend human rights,[37] while Hugo Eric Flores Cervantes, national president of the PES, mentioned that "the only possibility of real change in our country is the one headed by Andrés Manuel López Obrador" and that his party had decided to put "on the right side of history."[38]
The current party platform seeks to maintain the policies of the so-called "4T" these policies include, deepen federalism, and decentralize federal government duties. It encourages asocialist market economy as an alternative toneo-liberalism. It advocates for judicial reform, including the election of ministers by popular vote. To reform the educational system, they seek to incorporate socialist, left-wing, and progressive organizations. Through its relationships with theCommunity of Latin American and Caribbean States, it aims to advance Latin Americanism in international politics; Furthermore, recognize theState of Palestine formally.[39]
| Election year | Candidate | # votes | % vote | Result | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Cecilia Soto González | 970,121 | 2.75 |  N Defeated | |
| 2000 | N/A | supportPRD Candidate; Coalition:Alliance for Mexico | |||
| 2006 | Andrés Manuel López Obrador (PRD) | supportPRD Candidate; Coalition:Coalition for the Good of All | |||
| 2012 | supportPRD Candidate; Coalition:Broad Progressive Front | ||||
| 2018 | Andrés Manuel López Obrador (MORENA) | 24,127,451 | 52.96 |  Y Won | supportMORENA Candidate; Coalition:Juntos Haremos Historia |
| 2024 | Claudia Sheinbaum (MORENA) | 35,924,519 | 61.18 | Y Won | supportMORENA Candidate; Coalition:Sigamos Haciendo Historia |
| Election year | Constituency | PR | # of seats | Position | Presidency | Note | |||
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| votes | % | votes | % | ||||||
| 1994 | 896,426 | 2.7 | 909,251 | 2.7 | 10 / 500 | Minority | Ernesto Zedillo | .svg){kind=logo} | |
| 1997 | 748,869 | 2.6 | 756,125 | 2.6 | 7 / 500 | ||||
| 2000 | see:Party of the Democratic Revolution | 7 / 500 | Vicente Fox | .svg){kind=logo} | Coalition:Alliance for Mexico | ||||
| 2003 | 640,724 | 2.5 | 642,290 | 2.5 | 6 / 500 | ||||
| 2006 | see:Party of the Democratic Revolution | 12 / 500 | Felipe Calderón | Coalition:Coalition for the Good of All | |||||
| 2009 | 1,264,210 | 3.7 | 1,268,125 | 3.7 | 13 / 500 | ||||
| 2012 | 77,233 | 0.01 | 2,219,228 | 4.55 | 15 / 500 | Enrique Peña Nieto | | Coalition:Broad Progressive Front | |
| 2015 | 665,597 | 1.76 | 1,134,439 | 2.84 | 6 / 500 | ||||
| 2018 | 51,260 | 0.09 | 2,164,442 | 3.82 | 61 / 500 | Majority | Andrés Manuel López Obrador | .svg) | Coalition:Juntos Haremos Historia |
| 2021 | 538,832 | 1.10 | 1,594,828 | 3.24 | 38 / 500 | Coalition:Juntos Hacemos Historia | |||
| 2024 | 507,604 | 0.89 | 3,254,718 | 5.68 | 51 / 500 | Claudia Sheinbaum | | Coalition:Sigamos Haciendo Historia | |
Due to a number of party changes among legislators, in September2020 the PT became tied for the third-largest political party in the Chamber of Deputies, after Morena and the PAN, but tied with the PRI, with 34 seats each.[40]
| Election year | Constituency | PR | # of seats | Position | Presidency | Note | |||
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| votes | % | votes | % | ||||||
| 1994 | 977,072 | 2.9 | 0 / 128 | Minority | Ernesto Zedillo | | |||
| 1997 | 745,881 | 2.6 | 1 / 128 | ||||||
| 2000 | see:Party of the Democratic Revolution | 1 / 128 | Vicente Fox | | Coalition:Alliance for Mexico | ||||
| 2006 | see:Party of the Democratic Revolution | 0 / 128 | Felipe Calderón | Coalition:Coalition for the Good of All | |||||
| 2012 | 2,339,923 | 4.9 | 4 / 128 | Enrique Peña Nieto | | Coalition:Broad Progressive Front | |||
| 2018 | 2,164,442 | 3.82 | 6 / 128 | Andrés Manuel López Obrador | | Coalition:Juntos Haremos Historia | |||
| 2024 | 1,215,172 | 2.13 | 3,214,708 | 5.58 | 9 / 128 | Majority | Claudia Sheinbaum | | Coalition:Sigamos Haciendo Historia |
Dentro de sus principios organizativos, el PT se concibe como un partido plural, tolerante, con libertad de pensamiento y opinión, que admite en su interior la divergencia de opiniones sin que nadie resulte perjudicado por exponer sus puntos de vista, pero que a la vez no permite la conformación de organismos paralelos.5 Plantea luchar por una sociedad socialista, plural, democrática, autogestionaria y humana[Within its organizational principles, the PT is conceived as a plural, tolerant party, with freedom of thought and opinion, which admits within itself the divergence of opinions without anyone being harmed by expressing their points of view, but which at the same time does not allow the formation of parallel organizations.5 It proposes to fight for a socialist, plural, democratic, self-managed and humane society.]
El Partido del Trabajo, de tendencia socialista y con guiños de simpatía al régimen de Corea del Norte, duplicará su presencia en el Congreso y podría rozar los 60 políticos en la cámara baja.[The Workers' Party, a socialist party with a sympathetic bent towards the North Korean regime, will double its presence in Congress and could reach nearly 60 politicians in the lower house.]
The coalition is led by Lopez Obrador's left-of-center MORENA party and also includes the socialist-leaning Labor Party.
En esta coalición se presentó una mezcla de la izquierda nacionalista (MORENA) con el maoísmo (PT) y el cristianismo (PES). Este último ocasionó un corrimiento hacia la derecha del lopezobradorismo.[This coalition was a mixture of the nationalist left (MORENA) with Maoism (PT) and Christianity (PES). The latter caused a shift to the right of Lopezobradorism.]
La candidatura de AMLO fue lanzada por Morena y por el Partido del Trabajo (PT), una agrupación política de tradición maoísta que había acompañado a AMLO también en coalición desde su primera búsqueda por la victoria presidencial, lo que era de esperarseal ser ambos partidos pertenecientes a corrientes de izquierda.[AMLO's candidacy was launched by Morena and the Labor Party (PT), a political group with a Maoist tradition that had also accompanied AMLO in coalition since his first search for presidential victory, which was to be expected since both parties belong to leftist currents.]
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 (link)So it made sense when López Obrador recruited the Mexican Labor Party, a collection of Maoist activists who revere the Chinese Communist Party, to join his electoral coalition earlier this year.
The PT is a left-wing party that is quite aligned with the Latin American political doctrine of the so-called Socialism of the 21st Century.
The current president of Mexico, López Obrador (AMLO), came to power because he was supported both by traditionally left-wing parties such as the Partido del Trabajo and by the evangelical, anti-gender party Encuentro Social.
El PT identificado con movimientos populares de izquierda en zonas regionales muy delimitadas del país y el PVE sustentado sus campañas en medios electrónicos dirigidas a un electorado urbano y a diferencia de los partidos verdes europeos se ha identificado con la derecha, siendo aliado a veces del PAN y a veces del PRI.[The PT identified with popular left-wing movements in very specific regional areas of the country and the PVE based its campaigns on electronic media aimed at an urban electorate and, unlike the European green parties, has identified with the right, sometimes being an ally of the PAN and sometimes of the PRI.]
En el análisis de la muestra de espectaculares fotografías de los candidatos a diputados federales, se encontró que contendieron 10 partidos políticos, los cuales muestransu nombre, sus siglas y su posición ideológica. Estos fueron: Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) (Centro, Centro derecha); Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) (Derecha, Centro derecha); Partido de la Revolución Democrática (PRD) (Centroizquierda); Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (MORENA)(Izquierda); Partido Verde Ecologista de México (PVEM) (Derecha); Movimiento Ciudadano (MC) (Centroizquierda); Nueva Alianza (PANAL) (Centro, Centroderecha); Partido del Trabajo (PT) (Izquierda); Partido Encuentro Social (PES) (Derecha, Centroderecha); Partido Humanista (PH) (No tiene una posición definida)
Compared to others in the Pink Tide, Morena's political contours have at times been difficult to discern, and not only because of its odd-bedfellows electoral coalition with two smaller formations, one on the religious right (Partido Encuentro Social), the other on the far left (Partido del Trabajo).
Mr. López Obrador's broad coalition, formed by his own Movement for National Regeneration, the far-left Labor Party and the conservative Social Encounter party, got 307 out of 500 representatives in the Lower House and 68 out of 128 senators, according to estimates by the electoral agency with 94% of the vote counted.
Despite the left National Regeneration Party (MORENA), conservative Social Encounter Party (PES), and far-left Labor Party (PT) were also invited, none of the parties representatives attended.
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