Party of the Masses for Labour explained

The Party of the Masses for Labour (French: Parti des Masses pour le Travail, PMT-Albarka) is a political party in Niger.

History

The PMT was established on 8 June 1992.[1] It failed to win a seat in the National Assembly in the 1993 or 1995 parliamentary elections, but won two seats in the 1996 elections, which were boycotted by the main opposition parties.[2]

The party received only 34 votes in the 1999 parliamentary elections, resulting in it losing both seats.[3] In the 2004 elections it contested three regions in alliance with the Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress, but failed to win a seat.[4] It regained parliamentary representation when it won a single seat in the 2009 elections, which were boycotted by the main opposition.[2] However, it did not run in the 2011 elections and was declared ineligible to contest the 2016 elections by the Constitutional Court.[5]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://anlcti.org/index.php?mact=Uploads,cntnt01,getfile,1&cntnt01upload_id=10&cntnt01returnid=19&page=19 Recherche sur l'existence d'un cadre legal pour l'exercice des activités des partis politiques dans la transparence: Le financement des partis politiques: Analyse critique de l'ordonnance n° 99-59 du 20 decembre 1999 portant charte des partis politiques
  2. http://africanelections.tripod.com/ne.html Elections in Niger
  3. http://www.globalelectionsdatabase.com/index.php/tables/index/niger/national-lower-house Niger - National Lower House Elections (1999)
  4. http://www.electionpassport.com/files/NE/NE.xlsx Niger
  5. http://cour-constitutionnelle-niger.org/documents/arrets/matiere_electorale/2016/arret_n_02_16_cc_me.pdf Arrête no 002/CC/ME