Labour Party (Mexico)

Party of Labour (Partido del Trabajo, abbreviated to "PT") is a nationally recognized political party in Mexico founded on December 8, 1990.

Related Topics:
Political party - Mexico - December 8 - 1990

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It took this party four years to obtain more than a million votes and ensure its continual registry with the Electoral Federal Insitute.

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In the 2000 elections of July 2 2000, the party took part of the Alliance for Mexico with Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas as its candidate, winning 1 out of 128 seats in the Senate of Mexico.

Related Topics:
2000 elections - July 2 - Alliance for Mexico - Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas - Senate of Mexico

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Three years later at the last legislative elections, the party won 2.4 % of the popular vote and 6 out of 500 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.

Related Topics:
Legislative - Elections - Chamber of Deputies

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In 2005, this party approached Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas to be its candidate in the 2006 elections after he declined to participate as a candidate for the PRD.

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