The Workers' Party, known by its initials PT, is a political party of Brazil, a federal presidential republic. In the 2022 elections it won 69 of the 513 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, the second largest delegation after the Liberal Party with 99, and 4 seats in the Federal Senate election held the same day. Its candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won the 2022 presidential election, taking 48.4 percent of the first round vote and 50.9 percent in the runoff held on 30 October 2022, and he has been president of Brazil since 1 January 2023.
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Institution TypePolitical Party Organization 1 Founded Year Connections
Governing Party Of
Source Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Wikipedia)
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1. Workers' Party (Brazil) (CIA World Factbook archive, Brazil)
Government: executive branch election results
2022: Luiz Inácio LULA da Silva elected president in second round
Part Of: Brazil, Government: parties
Liberal Party (PL) (99); Workers' Party (PT) (69); Brazil Union (União) (59); Progressive Party (PP) (47); Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB) (42); Social Democratic Party (PSD) (42); Republicans (Republicanos) (40); Other (106)
In Group: Parties of Presidential Republics, Government: government type
Government.Government type.text: federal presidential republic
View the Source2. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Wikipedia)
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Between 1978 and 1980, he led the ABC workers' strikes during Brazil's military dictatorship, and in 1980, he helped start the Workers' Party during Brazil's redemocratization.
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