Workers' Party (Costa Rica)

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.

Workers' Party
Partido de los Trabajadores
PresidentHector Monestel
Founded1 May 2012
IdeologyTrotskyism
Central American unionism
Political positionFar-left
International affiliationInternational Workers League – Fourth International
ColoursYellow and red
Legislative Assembly
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Website
http://ptcostarica.org/

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
Election Candidate First round Second round
Votes % Position Result Votes % Position Result
2014 Héctor Monestel 4,897 0.24% 11th Lost —
2018 Jhon Vega Masís 4,351 0.20% Steady 11th Lost —
2022 1,951 0.09% Decrease 24th Lost —

Parliamentary
Election Leader Votes  % Seats +/– Position Government
2014 Héctor Monestel 12,998 0.63%
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2018 11,615 0.54%
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 Steady 0 Decrease 15th Extra-parliamentary
2022 5,631 0.27%
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 Steady 0 Decrease 26th Extra-parliamentary

References
  1. "11 nuevos partidos políticos buscan inscripción para elecciones de 2014". crhoy.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
  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.
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