Portuguese Labour Party

The Portuguese Labour Party (Portuguese: Partido Trabalhista Português, PTP) is a Portuguese centre-left political party currently led by Amândio Madaleno. It was recognized by the Portuguese Constitutional Court on 1 July 2009.^[1][3]

Portuguese Labour Party Partido Trabalhista Português
Abbreviation	PTP[1]
President	Amândio Madaleno
Vice-President	José Manuel Coelho
Legalized	1 July 2009 (2009-07-01)[1]
Headquarters	Avenida Almirante Reis, n.º 1114, 1.º B, 1150-023 Lisboa
Youth wing	Juventude Trabalhista
Ideology	Democratic socialism[2] Social democracy[2] Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Centre-left
Colours	Red
Assembly of the Republic	0 / 230
Regional parliaments	0 / 104
Local government	0 / 2,078
European Parliament	0 / 21
Election symbol
Website
www.partidotrabalhista.com
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It had 3 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Madeira from 2011 to 2015. In the 2015 Madeiran regional election, the party ran on an electoral list with the Socialist Party, the People–Animals–Nature and the Earth Party, in an alliance named Mudança (Change), which elected one PTP deputy.^[2]

Electoral results

Assembly of the Republic

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/-	Government
2009	Amândio Madaleno	4,974	0.1 (#14)	0 / 230		No seats
2011		16,895	0.3 (#11)	0 / 230	0	No seats
2015	Joana Amaral Dias	AGIR!		0 / 230	0	No seats
2019	Amândio Madaleno	8,299	0.2 (#20)	0 / 230	0	No seats
2022		4,388	0.1 (#21)	0 / 230	0	No seats
2024	José Manuel Coelho	2,443	0.0 (#18)	0 / 230	0	No seats

European Parliament

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
2014	José Manuel Coelho	22,542	0.7 (#10)	0 / 21
2019	Gonçalo Madaleno	8,640	0.3 (#16)	0 / 21	0
2024	José Manuel Coelho	4,307	0.1 (#16)	0 / 21	0

Regional Assemblies

Madeira Regional Parliament

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/-	Government
2011	José Manuel Coelho	10,115	6.9 (#4)	3 / 47		Opposition
2015		Change		1 / 47	2	Opposition
2019	Raquel Coelho	1,426	1.0 (#10)	0 / 47	1	No seats
2023	Quintino Costa	1,369	1.0 (#9)	0 / 47	0	No seats
2024	Raquel Coelho	1,222	0.9 (#10)	0 / 47	0	No seats

References

1. "Partidos registados e suas denominações, siglas e símbolos" Tribunal Constitucional (in Portuguese).
2. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2015). "Madeira/Portugal". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018.
3. Staff writer (10 August 2009). "Novo Partido Trabalhista Português pretende concorrer às eleições legislativas e autárquicas". RTP Notícias (in Portuguese). RTP. Lusa. Retrieved 20 July 2012.