Workers' General Party

The Workers' General Party (Portuguese: Partido Geral dos Trabalhadores, PGT) was a minor political party in Brazil, established in 1993 and registered in 1995. It was presided by trade unionist Francisco Canindé Pegado, who had left the leadership of the General Confederation of Workers to found it.^[3]

Workers' General Party Partido Geral dos Trabalhadores
Abbreviation	PGT
President	Francisco Canindé Pegado
Founded	May 1993 (1993-05)[1]
Registered	December 29, 1995 (1995-12-29)[2]
Dissolved	April 1, 2003 (2003-04-01)
Merged into	Liberal Party
Party number	30
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The party's best results were achieved in the 2002 general elections, when it supported Anthony Garotinho's candidacy for president and had three of its candidates elected as state deputies.^[4]

In 2003, the party was incorporated by the Liberal Party, together with the Social Labour Party,^[2] in order to surpass an electoral threshold that would be introduced in 2007.^[5]

Election results

Legislative elections

Election	Chamber of Deputies				Federal Senate
	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
1998	27,825	0.04%	0 / 513	New	11,810	0.02%	0 / 81	New
2002	194,686	0.22%	0 / 513	0	103,973	0.07%	0 / 81	0
Source: Election Resources: Federal Elections in Brazil – Results Lookup

Presidential elections

Election	Candidate	Running mate	Coalition	First round		Second round		Result
				Votes	%	Votes	%
2002	Anthony Garotinho (PSB)	José Antonio Almeida (PSB)	PSB; PGT; PTC	15,180,097	17.87% (3rd)	—		Lost N
Source: Election Resources: Federal Elections in Brazil – Results Lookup