Workers Party of Socialist Unity

Partido Socialista Operário de Unidades ( POUS ) to German " Workers Party of Socialist Unity ", is a Portuguese small party with Trotskyist orientation.

The party was founded following the Carnation Revolution, by Aires Rodrigues and Pereira Carmelinda 1976. At that time, after the revolution there was a strong wave of foundations of various left-wing parties, including the POUS heard. In addition to the POUS have survived as most famous parties of this period, the Partido Socialista Partido Comunista Português and the. The POUS is a member of the Fourth International in 1993.

Although the party took in nearly all elections since 1976, she could have never won a mandate. Between 1994 and 1999, the party, Movimento para a Unidades dos Trabalhadores ( MUT ) had to German " movement to unite all workers " renamed; but even that did not yield any electoral success.

As one of their choice targets announced the party to push for a ban on layoffs.

Results

  • Parliament elections in 1979: 0.21 percent ( 0 mandates, 12,713 votes)
  • General Election 1980: 1.38 percent ( 0 Mandates, 83 095 votes)
  • General Election 1983: 0.34 percent ( 0 mandates, 19,675 votes)
  • General Election 1985: 0.33 percent (0 mandates, 19,085 votes)
  • General Election 1987: 0.16 percent ( 0 mandates, 9,185 votes)
  • European elections 1987: did not participate
  • European elections 1989: 0.27 percent ( 0 mandates, 11,182 votes)
  • 1991 general election: did not participate
  • European elections 1994: 0.10 percent ( 0 mandates, 2,893 votes)
  • General Election 1995: 0.04 percent ( 0 mandates, 2,544 votes)
  • General Election 1999: 0.08 percent ( 0 mandates, 4,104 votes)
  • European elections 1999: 0.16 percent ( 0 mandates, 5,565 votes)
  • General Election 2002: 0.08 percent ( 0 mandates, 4,316 votes)
  • European elections 2004: 0.13 percent ( 0 mandates, 4,275 votes)
  • General Election 2005: 0.10 percent ( 0 mandates, 5,535 votes)
  • European elections 2009: 0.15 percent ( 0 mandates, 5,177 votes)
  • General Election 2009: 0.08 percent ( 0 mandates, 4,320 votes)
Trotskyism Socialist Party (Portugal) European Parliament election, 1989 European Parliament election, 1994 European Parliament election, 2004 European Parliament election, 1984
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