| Labour and Solidarity Party | |
| Native Name: | Partido de Trabalho e Solidariedade |
| President: | Claudio Sousa |
| Foundation: | November 1998 |
| Registered: | 10 November 2000 |
| Ideology: | Social democracy |
| Position: | Centre-left |
| Website: | facebook.com/ptscaboverde/ |
| Country: | Cape Verde |
| Founder: | Onesimo Silveira |
| Native Name Lang: | Portuguese |
The Labour and Solidarity Party (Portuguese: Partido de Trabalho e Solidariedade, PTS) is a social democratic political party in Cape Verde. It is based in São Vicente and led by Gilson Alves.
The party was founded by Onésimo Silveira in November 1998.[1] In the buildup to the January 2001 parliamentary elections the party joined the Democratic Alliance for Change (ADM), a coalition including the Democratic and Independent Cape Verdean Union (UCID) and the Democratic Convergence Party (PCD). The alliance received 6% of the vote, winning two seats in the National Assembly.[2] In the presidential elections a month later, ADM candidate Jorge Carlos Fonseca finished third of the four candidates with 3% of the vote.
In the 2004 local elections, the party received 11% of the vote in São Vicente; it won one seat on the Municipal Council and two seats in the Municipal Assembly.[3] The PTS did not contest the 2006 parliamentary elections, but ran in the 2011 elections. It received only 1,040 votes (0.5%), failing to win a seat.
| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Government | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,040 | 0.46% | 4th | ||||
| 2016 | 107 | 0.05% | 6rd | ||||
| 2021 | 2,088 | 0.95% | 4th |