| Country: | Costa Rica |
| Workers' Party | |
| Native Name: | Partido de los Trabajadores |
| Foundation: | 1 May 2012 |
| President: | Hector Monestel |
| Ideology: | Trotskyism |
| Website: | http://ptcostarica.org/ |
| Position: | Far-left |
| International: | International Workers League – Fourth International |
| Colours: | Yellow and red |
| Seats1 Title: | Legislative Assembly |
| Flag: | Bandera Partido de los Trabajadores Costa Rica.svg |
The Workers' Party (Spanish; Castilian: Partido de los Trabajadores) is a far-left Trotskyist political party of Costa Rica. The party was founded on 1 May 2012 on the basis of the student organization Movement toward Socialism led by labor union leader and lawyer Hector Monestel,[1] and currently holds no seats in parliament nor municipal offices. It is a member of the International Workers League – Fourth International. Highly critical of the more moderate Broad Front (the main left-wing party of Costa Rica), it proclaims itself as a "classist and socialist alternative". Internationalism is one of its guidelines and as such it proposes the re-establishment of the Federal Republic of Central America abolished in 1838, reuniting all Central American countries in one single socialist Federation. It also defends feminist, environmentalist and pro-LGBTI ideas.
The party contested the 2014 elections with Monestel as nominee obtaining 4,897 votos (0,24%) for the presidential ticket and 12,998 votos (0.63%) for the parliamentary ticket gaining no seats.[2] It took part in the mid-period 2016 municipal elections obtaining only 742 votes, reason why the Electoral Court disbanded the party as Costa Rica's electoral law requires a minimal of 3000 votes for a party to keep legal standing. The party had to make all the process for inscription once again starting as new, successfully registering again for the 2018 Costa Rican general election[3] nominating labor union leader and high school teacher Jhon Vega as candidate, the party received 4,060 votes and was the least voted option.[2]
| Election | Candidate | First round | Second round | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Position | Result | Votes | % | Position | Result | ||
| 2014 | Héctor Monestel | 4,897 | 0.24% | 11th | colspan=4 | ||||
| 2018 | Jhon Vega Masís | 4,351 | 0.20% | 11th | colspan=4 | ||||
| 2022 | 1,951 | 0.09% | 24th | ||||||
| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Héctor Monestel | 12,998 | 0.63% | New | 13th | ||
| 2018 | 11,615 | 0.54% | 0 | 15th | |||
| 2022 | 5,631 | 0.27% | 0 | 26th |