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{{Infobox political party
| abbreviation     = PT
| country          = Mexico
| logo_size        = 100
| colorcode        = {{party color|Labor Party (Mexico)}}
| name             = Labor Party
| native_name      = Partido del Trabajo
| logo             = PT logo (Mexico).svg
| leader           = [[Alberto Anaya]]
| foundation       = {{start date|1990|12|8|df=y}}
| headquarters     = [[Mexico City]]
| membership_year  = 2023
| membership       = 457,624<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ine.mx/actores-politicos/partidos-politicos-nacionales/padron-afiliados/ | title=Padrón de afiliados }}</ref>
| ideology         = {{ubl|class=nowrap|
 |[[Socialism]]{{refn|<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bolívar Meza |first=Rosendo |date=April 2011 |title=El Partido del Trabajo: su política de alianzas a partir de 2006 |url=https://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0185-16162011000100010 |journal=Estudios políticos (México) |language=es |issue=22 |pages=173–208 |issn=0185-1616 |quote=Dentro de sus principios organizativos, el PT se concibe como un partido plural, tolerante, con libertad de pensamiento y opinión, que admite en su interior la divergencia de opiniones sin que nadie resulte perjudicado por exponer sus puntos de vista, pero que a la vez no permite la conformación de organismos paralelos.5 Plantea luchar por una sociedad socialista, plural, democrática, autogestionaria y humana |trans-quote=Within its organizational principles, the PT is conceived as a plural, tolerant party, with freedom of thought and opinion, which admits within itself the divergence of opinions without anyone being harmed by expressing their points of view, but which at the same time does not allow the formation of parallel organizations.5 It proposes to fight for a socialist, plural, democratic, self-managed and humane society.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Beauregard |first=Luis Pablo |date=2018-07-02 |title=El derrumbe del régimen |url=https://elpais.com/internacional/2018/07/02/mexico/1530497387_257683.html |access-date=2025-02-10 |work=[[El País]] |language=es |issn=1134-6582 |quote=El Partido del Trabajo, de tendencia socialista y con guiños de simpatía al régimen de Corea del Norte, duplicará su presencia en el Congreso y podría rozar los 60 políticos en la cámara baja. |trans-quote=The Workers' Party, a socialist party with a sympathetic bent towards the North Korean regime, will double its presence in Congress and could reach nearly 60 politicians in the lower house.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Alire Garcia |first=David |date=16 December 2017 |title=Mexico presidential race roiled as leftist front-runner embraces right wing party |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/world/mexico-presidential-race-roiled-as-leftist-front-runner-embraces-right-wing-part-idUSKBN1EA00L/ |website=[[Reuters]] |quote=The coalition is led by Lopez Obrador's left-of-center MORENA party and also includes the socialist-leaning Labor Party.}}</ref>}}
 |[[Maoism]]{{refn|<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bolívar Meza |first=Rosendo |date=December 2019 |title=Desdibujamiento ideológico y pragmatismo. MORENA en la coalición Juntos Haremos Historia, durante el proceso electoral de 2018 |url=https://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2448-49112019000200061 |journal=Revista mexicana de opinión pública |volume=2 |language=es |issue=27 |pages=61–76 |doi=10.22201/fcpys.24484911e.2019.27.65654 |issn=2448-4911 |quote=En esta coalición se presentó una mezcla de la izquierda nacionalista (MORENA) con el maoísmo (PT) y el cristianismo (PES). Este último ocasionó un corrimiento hacia la derecha del lopezobradorismo. |trans-quote=This coalition was a mixture of the nationalist left (MORENA) with Maoism (PT) and Christianity (PES). The latter caused a shift to the right of Lopezobradorism.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Farias |first1=Deuziane da Costa |last2=Galichini |first2=Franco |last3=Sierra |first3=Rosalba Mora |last4=Vanderstichel |first4=Santiago |date=2021-07-28 |title=Entre lo religioso y lo político: Presencia evangélica en los procesos políticos actuales de Brasil y México |url=https://publicaciones.sociales.uba.ar/index.php/observatoriolatinoamericano/article/view/6501 |journal=Observatorio Latinoamericano y Caribeño |language=es |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=74–95 |doi=10.62174/olac.6501 |doi-broken-date=1 July 2025 |issn=1853-2713 |quote=La candidatura de AMLO fue lanzada por Morena y por el Partido del Trabajo (PT), una agrupación política de tradición maoísta que había acompañado a AMLO también en coalición desde su primera búsqueda por la victoria presidencial, lo que era de esperarseal ser ambos partidos pertenecientes a corrientes de izquierda. |trans-quote=AMLO's candidacy was launched by Morena and the Labor Party (PT), a political group with a Maoist tradition that had also accompanied AMLO in coalition since his first search for presidential victory, which was to be expected since both parties belong to leftist currents.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Romero Gomez |first=Luis |date=18 July 2018 |title=Andrés Manuel López Obrador was elected to 'transform' Mexico. Can he do it? |url=https://www.uow.edu.au/media/2018/andres-manuel-lopez-obrador-was-elected-to-transform-mexico-can-he-do-it.php |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=[[University of Wollongong]] |language=en |quote=So it made sense when López Obrador recruited the Mexican Labor Party, a collection of Maoist activists who revere the Chinese Communist Party, to join his electoral coalition earlier this year.}}</ref>}}
 |[[Socialism of the 21st century]]<ref name= University>{{cite journal |last=Melgosa Hervas |first=Maria del Rocio |date=2019 |title=The quinoa boom |url=https://en.unav.edu/en/web/global-affairs/detalle?p_p_id=com_liferay_blogs_web_portlet_BlogsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_r_p_categoryId=16800875&_com_liferay_blogs_web_portlet_BlogsPortlet_delta=10&p_r_p_resetCur=false&_com_liferay_blogs_web_portlet_BlogsPortlet_cur=8 |journal=Center for Global Affairs & Strategic Studies |publisher=University of Navarra |access-date=2025-04-23 |quote=The PT is a left-wing party that is quite aligned with the Latin American political doctrine of the so-called Socialism of the 21st Century.}}</ref>
}}
| position         = {{nowrap|[[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]]{{refn|<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lunz |first=Kristina |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FIXVEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22partido+del+trabajo%22%22left-wing%22%22mexico%22&pg=PT84 |title=The Future of Foreign Policy Is Feminist |date=2023-09-05 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-5095-5784-4 |language=en |quote=The current president of Mexico, López Obrador (AMLO), came to power because he was supported both by traditionally left-wing parties such as the Partido del Trabajo and by the evangelical, anti-gender party Encuentro Social.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=López Domínguez |first=Porfirio Miguel |date=2019 |title=Los partidos políticos en México: una revisión mínima de la posrevolución a la actualidad |url=https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=9629370 |journal=Contribuciones a las Ciencias Sociales |issue=11 (noviembre) |pages=31 |issn=1988-7833 |quote=El PT identificado con movimientos populares de izquierda en zonas regionales muy delimitadas del país y el PVE sustentado sus campañas en medios electrónicos dirigidas a un electorado urbano y a diferencia de los partidos verdes europeos se ha identificado con la derecha, siendo aliado a veces del PAN y a veces del PRI. |trans-quote=The PT identified with popular left-wing movements in very specific regional areas of the country and the PVE based its campaigns on electronic media aimed at an urban electorate and, unlike the European green parties, has identified with the right, sometimes being an ally of the PAN and sometimes of the PRI.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Arredondo |first=Armando Ojeda |date=2017-03-20 |title=Cartelera panorámica de propaganda política de elecciones federales 2015 en Ciudad Juárez, México, con fotografías analizadas desde el visual framing |url=https://www.ricsh.org.mx/index.php/RICSH/article/view/112 |journal=RICSH Revista Iberoamericana de las Ciencias Sociales y Humanísticas |language=es |volume=6 |issue=11 |issn=2395-7972 |archive-url= |archive-date= |quote=En el análisis de la muestra de espectaculares fotografías de  los candidatos a diputados federales, se encontró que contendieron 10 partidos políticos, los cuales muestransu nombre, sus siglas y su posición ideológica. Estos fueron: Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) (Centro, Centro derecha); Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) (Derecha, Centro derecha); Partido de la Revolución Democrática (PRD) (Centroizquierda); Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (MORENA)(Izquierda); Partido   Verde Ecologista de México (PVEM) (Derecha); Movimiento   Ciudadano (MC) (Centroizquierda); Nueva   Alianza (PANAL) (Centro, Centroderecha); Partido del  Trabajo (PT) (Izquierda); Partido Encuentro Social (PES) (Derecha, Centroderecha); Partido  Humanista (PH) (No  tiene  una  posición definida)}}</ref><ref name= University />}} to [[Far-left politics|far-left]]{{refn|<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hanrahan |first1=Brían |last2=Aroch Fugellie |first2=Paulina |date=2019-01-02 |title=Reflections on the Transformation in Mexico |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13569325.2019.1608517 |journal=Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies |volume=28 |issue=1 |pages=113–137 |doi=10.1080/13569325.2019.1608517 |issn=1356-9325 |quote=Compared to others in the Pink Tide, Morena’s political contours have at times been difficult to discern, and not only because of its odd-bedfellows electoral coalition with two smaller formations, one on the religious right (Partido Encuentro Social), the other on the far left (Partido del Trabajo).}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Montes |first=Juan |date=2018-07-05 |title=Mexico's New President-elect Close to Supermajority in Congress |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/mexicos-new-president-elect-close-to-supermajority-in-congress-1530832886 |access-date=2025-02-10 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660 |quote=Mr. López Obrador’s broad coalition, formed by his own Movement for National Regeneration, the far-left Labor Party and the conservative Social Encounter party, got 307 out of 500 representatives in the Lower House and 68 out of 128 senators, according to estimates by the electoral agency with 94% of the vote counted.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Political parties sign civility agreement for Mexico City |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/political-parties-sign-civility-agreement-mexico-city/ |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=[[El Universal (Mexico City)|El Universal]] |language=es |quote=Despite the left National Regeneration Party (MORENA), conservative Social Encounter Party (PES), and far-left Labor Party (PT) were also invited, none of the parties representatives attended.}}</ref>}}}}
| national         = ''[[Sigamos Haciendo Historia]]''
| affiliation1_title = Continental affiliation
| affiliation1     = {{ubl|[[COPPPAL]]|[[São Paulo Forum]]}}
| colours          = {{colorbox|#FF0000}} Red<br />{{colorbox|#FFFF00}} Yellow
| seats1_title     = {{nobr|[[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|Chamber of Deputies]]&nbsp;}}
| seats1           = {{composition bar|49|500|{{party color|Labor Party (Mexico)}}}}
| seats2_title     = [[Senate of the Republic (Mexico)|Senate]]
| seats2           = {{composition bar|6|128|{{party color|Labor Party (Mexico)}}}}
| seats3_title     = [[List of current state governors in Mexico|Governorships]]
| seats3           = {{composition bar|0|32|{{party color|Labor Party (Mexico)}}}}
| seats4_title     = [[List of Mexican state congresses|State legislatures]]
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| website          = {{official website|https://www.partidodeltrabajo.com.mx|Party website}}
}}
The '''Labor Party''' ({{langx|es|Partido del Trabajo}} {{IPA|es|paɾˈtiðo ðel tɾaˈβaxo|}}, '''PT'''; also known as the '''Workers Party''') is a [[Socialism|socialist]] [[List of political parties in Mexico|political party in Mexico]]. It was founded on 8 December 1990. The party is currently led by [[Alberto Anaya]].

Following the [[2018 Mexican general election|2018 election]], the PT became the third-largest political party in the Chamber of Deputies with 61 deputies, after Morena with 191 and the PAN with 81. Political maneuvering briefly established the PRI as the third-largest party in August [[2020 in Mexico|2020]], although it later turned out that the PT and the PRI were tied with 46 seats each after doubtful PRD deputy defections in favor of the PRI.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lucesdelsiglo.com/2020/09/01/presta-prd-un-ratito-a-sus-diputados-al-pri-nacional/|title=Presta PRD un ratito a sus diputados al PRI|date=September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.adn40.mx/poder/nota/notas/2020-08-31-14-34/el-pt-tiene-derecho-de-buscar-presidir-la-mesa-directiva-de-la-camara-de-diputados-fernandez-norona|title = El PT tiene derecho de buscar presidir la Mesa Directiva de la Cámara de Diputados: Fernández Noroña|date = 31 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://sonorainclusiva.com/2020/09/02/suave-matria-defensa-de-norona-defensa-de-la-cuarta-transformacion/ |title=Suave matria. Defensa de Noroña, defensa de la Cuarta Transformación - Sonora Inclusiva |website=sonorainclusiva.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021052246/https://sonorainclusiva.com/2020/09/02/suave-matria-defensa-de-norona-defensa-de-la-cuarta-transformacion/ |archive-date=2020-10-21}} </ref>

It received 6.46% of the total votes cast in the [[2024 Mexican general election|2024 presidential election]],<ref name="elec2024">{{Cite web|url=https://computos2024.ine.mx/presidencia/nacional/partido-politico-candidatura-independiente|title=Cómputos 2024}}</ref> becoming the sixth national political force. It has 49 deputies and 6 senators in the [[LXVI Legislature of the Mexican Congress|LXVI legislature]] of the Congress of the Union.<ref name="diputados">{{Cite web|url=https://sitl.diputados.gob.mx/LXVI_leg/info_diputados.php|title=Integrantes de la LXVI Legislatura|access-date=2024-12-21|author=Cámara de Diputados|date=2024-09-01}}</ref><ref name="senadores">{{Cite web|url=https://www.senado.gob.mx/66/senadores/por_grupo_parlamentario|title=Por Grupo Parlamentario|access-date=2024-12-21|author=Senado de México|date=2024-09-01}}</ref>

==History==
{{unreferenced section|date=July 2018}}

=== Foundation ===

==== Initial History ====
Following the coordination of several social groups, including the Independent Teachers' Movement, the National Union of Agricultural Workers (UNTA), the National Coordinator "Plan de Ayala," the Popular Front of Struggle of Zacatecas, the Popular Front "Tierra y Libertad" of Monterrey, the {{ill|Popular Defense Committees|es|Partido del Comité de Defensa Popular}} of Durango and Chihuahua, and the Popular Union of Agricultural Workers, the PT formed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=En peligro, 30 años de diputaciones de los Aguilar en el PT |url=https://www.cronicadechihuahua.com/En-peligro-30-anos-de-diputaciones,36428.html |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=La Crónica de Chihuahua}}</ref>[[Image:PTNatExecCommitteeOfficeDF.JPG|thumb|left|National Executive Committee's offices of the Labor Party, located at Avenida Cuauhtemoc 47 in [[Mexico City]].]]

The party first participated in [[1991 Mexican legislative election|federal elections in 1991]], but it failed to win 1.5 percent of the vote (the amount necessary to be recognized as a national party). In 1994, [[Cecilia Soto González|Cecilia Soto]] became the presidential candidate.

=== 1998–2006 ===
In 1998 the PT allied with the larger [[Party of the Democratic Revolution|Democratic Revolution Party]] (PRD) for the first time in the state of [[Zacatecas]]. In the [[2000 Mexican general election|2000 elections]], the party took part in the PRD-led [[Alliance for the Good of All]]. As part of the Alliance, it won 7 seats in the [[Chamber of Deputies of Mexico|Chamber of Deputies]] and 1 seat in the [[Senate of Mexico|Senate]].

The PT ran separately from the PRD in the [[2003 Mexican legislative election|2003 elections]] for the Chamber of Deputies. The party won 2.4 percent of the popular vote and 6 out of 500 seats in the [[Chamber of Deputies of Mexico|Chamber of Deputies]].

In November 2005, the PT endorsed the PRD's candidate for [[President of Mexico|President]], [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]] for the [[2006 Mexican general election|July 2006 elections]]. In these elections the party won 12 out of 500 seats in the [[Chamber of Deputies of Mexico|Chamber of Deputies]] and 3 out of 128 [[Senate of Mexico|Senators]].

In October 2006, the PT further allied itself with the PRD and the Convergence Party to form the [[Broad Progressive Front]] (FAP for its Spanish initials), which was granted the register by the Federal Electoral Institute.

===2012 Mexican general election===
In 2012 the PT supported PRD presidential candidate [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]].

===2018 Mexican general election===
{{See also|Opinion polling for the 2018 Mexican general election}}

The [[2018 Mexican general election]] was the fifth presidential election PT had participated in. Its candidate for the [[President of Mexico|Presidency]] was [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.milenio.com/politica/amlo-candidato-del-pt-a-la-presidencia|title=AMLO, candidato del PT a la Presidencia|website=www.milenio.com|date=19 February 2018 |access-date=25 January 2019}}</ref> as PT formed a coalition with left-wing [[National Regeneration Movement]] (MORENA) and right-wing [[Social Encounter Party]] (PES).

==== Background ====
On 24 June 2017, the PT approved to stand for election in 2018 in an electoral alliance with MORENA, however the coalition was not officially registered before the [[National Electoral Institute]], the electoral authorities of the country. From MORENA, the alliance was facilitated as a result of the decline of the PT candidate Óscar González Yáñez, who resigned his candidacy requesting the vote in favor of Delfina Gómez Álvarez, standard-bearer in the state elections of the State of Mexico in 2017.<ref>{{cite news|last=Digital|first=Milenio|title=PT acuerda ir con Morena por la Presidencia en el 2018|url=http://www.milenio.com/politica/pt-morena-elecciones_2018-alianza-presidencia-andres_manuel_lopez_obrador_0_980902074.html|access-date=5 September 2017|work=Milenio}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Aprueba PT coalición con Morena en elecciones de 2018|url=https://www.sdpnoticias.com/nacional/2017/06/25/aprueba-pt-coalicion-con-morena-en-elecciones-de-2018|date=25 June 2017|access-date=5 September 2017|work=SDPnoticias.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://aristeguinoticias.com/2506/mexico/prd-avala-frente-amplio-en-2018-pt-se-va-con-morena-documento/|title=PRD avala "frente amplio" en 2018; PT se va con Morena (Documento)|access-date=5 September 2017|website=aristeguinoticias.com}}</ref>

At first, there was speculation about the possibility of a front grouping all the leftist parties: MORENA, PRD, PT and [[Citizens' Movement (Mexico)|Citizens' Movement]] (MC). However, Andrés Manuel López Obrador rejected any kind of agreement due to political differences, especially after the elections in the State of Mexico, when the candidates of the PRD and MC continued with their campaigns refusing to support the candidate of MORENA.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animalpolitico.com/2017/06/prd-amlo-alianza-2018/|title=Prd amlo alianza 2018|access-date=5 September 2017|website=www.animalpolitico.com|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612184408/https://www.animalpolitico.com/2017/06/prd-amlo-alianza-2018/|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the end of November 2017, the leaders of MORENA and the PES announced that they were in talks to form a possible alliance. In this sense, [[Hugo Eric Flores Cervantes]], President of PES, said, "We don't negotiate with the PRI, we have two options, go alone or with MORENA."<ref>{{cite news|title=No negociaremos con el PRI; vamos solos o con Morena: PES|url=http://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/2017/12/07/1206250|work=[[Excélsior]]|date=7 December 2017|access-date=9 December 2017}}</ref>

==== Confirmation ====
On December 13, the coalition between Morena, the PT and the PES was formalized under the name [[Juntos Haremos Historia]] (English: Together we will make history).<ref>{{cite news|title=Partido del Trabajo y Encuentro Social anuncian coalición con Morena|url=http://expansion.mx/politica/2017/12/13/partido-del-trabajo-y-encuentro-social-anuncian-coalicion-con-morena|access-date=13 December 2017|work=Expansión}}</ref> Following the signing of the agreement, Andrés Manuel López Obrador was appointed as a pre-candidate for the three political formations.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nacion321.com/elecciones/morena-y-encuentro-social-oficializan-su-union-rumbo-a-2018|title=Morena y Encuentro Social oficializan su unión rumbo a 2018|access-date=13 December 2017|author=Nación321|date=13 December 2017}}</ref> It is a partial coalition that will promote López Obrador as a presidential candidate and, with respect to the legislative elections: MORENA will have to choose candidates in 150 federal electoral districts and 32 districts to the Senate; 75 deputies and 16 senators for PT and 75 deputies and 16 senators for the PES.<ref>{{cite news|author=Redacción|title=Morena, PT y Encuentro Social firman coalición rumbo a elección de 2018|url=http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/nacional/morena-pt-y-encuentro-social-firman-coalicion-electoral.html|work=El Financiero|date=13 December 2017|access-date=13 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Misael|last=Zavala|title=Firman acuerdo Morena, PES y PT para ir en coalición|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/elecciones-2018/firman-acuerdo-morena-pes-y-pt-para-ir-en-coalicion|work=[[El Universal (México)|El Universal]]|date=13 December 2017|access-date=13 December 2017}}</ref>

The alliance has received criticism as it is a coalition between two leftist parties (MORENA and the PT) with a formation related to the evangelical right (PES).<ref>{{cite news|first=Elías|last=Camhaji|title=López Obrador se alía con el conservador Encuentro Social para las elecciones de 2018|url=https://elpais.com/internacional/2017/12/13/mexico/1513189205_438858.html|work=[[El País]]|date=13 December 2017|access-date=13 December 2017}}</ref> In response, the national president of MORENA, [[Yeidckol Polevnsky]], mentioned that her party believes in inclusion, joint work to "rescue Mexico" and that they will continue to defend human rights,<ref>{{cite news|title=En Morena creemos en la inclusión: Yeidckol ante las críticas por alianza con el PES|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q--bk5vFcQE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/Q--bk5vFcQE| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|work=El Financiero Bloomberg|via=[[YouTube]]|date=13 December 2017|access-date=14 December 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> while Hugo Eric Flores Cervantes, national president of the PES, mentioned that "the only possibility of real change in our country is the one headed by Andrés Manuel López Obrador" and that his party had decided to put "on the right side of history."<ref>{{cite news|title=La única opción para cambiar el país es la que encabeza AMLO: Hugo Eric Flores|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsTrelNcUQM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/XsTrelNcUQM| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|work=El Financiero Bloomberg|via=[[YouTube]]|date=13 December 2018|access-date=14 December 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

== Platform ==
The current party platform seeks to maintain the policies of the so-called "4T" these policies include, deepen federalism, and decentralize federal government duties. It encourages a [[socialist market economy]] as an alternative to [[Neoliberalism|neo-liberalism]]. It advocates for judicial reform, including the election of ministers by popular vote. To reform the educational system, they seek to incorporate socialist, left-wing, and progressive organizations. Through its relationships with the [[Community of Latin American and Caribbean States]], it aims to advance Latin Americanism in international politics; Furthermore, recognize the [[State of Palestine]] formally.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PARTIDO DEL TRABAJO PLATAFORMA ELECTORAL Y PROGRAMA DE GOBIERNO 2024-2030 |url=https://www.ine.mx/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/PT_PlataformaElectoral_Vinculos.pdf |access-date=20 January 2025 |website=www.ine.mx}}</ref>

==Election results==
===Presidential elections===
{| class="wikitable"
! Election year
! Candidate
! # votes
! % vote
! Result
! Note
|-
! [[1994 Mexican general election|1994]]
| [[Cecilia Soto González]]
| 970,121
| 2.75
| rowspan="4" | {{N}} Defeated
| 
|-
! [[2000 Mexican general election|2000]]
| colspan="3" | ''N/A''
| support [[Party of the Democratic Revolution|PRD]] Candidate; 
Coalition: [[Alliance for Mexico]]
|-
! [[2006 Mexican general election|2006]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]] (PRD)
| 
|
| support [[Party of the Democratic Revolution|PRD]] Candidate; 
Coalition: [[Coalition for the Good of All]]
|-
! [[2012 Mexican general election|2012]]
| 
|
| support [[Party of the Democratic Revolution|PRD]] Candidate; 
Coalition: [[Broad Progressive Front]]
|-
! [[2018 Mexican general election|2018]]
| [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]] (MORENA)
| 24,127,451
| 52.96
| {{Y}} Won
| support [[Morena (political party)|MORENA]] Candidate; 
Coalition: [[Juntos Haremos Historia]]
|-
! [[2024 Mexican general election|2024]]
| [[Claudia Sheinbaum]] (MORENA)
| 35,924,519
| 61.18
| {{Y}} Won
| support [[Morena (political party)|MORENA]] Candidate;
Coalition: [[Sigamos Haciendo Historia]]
|}

===Congressional elections===

====Chamber of Deputies====
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2"| Election year
! colspan="2"| Constituency
! colspan="2"| PR
! rowspan="2"| # of seats
! rowspan="2"| Position
! colspan="2" rowspan="2"| Presidency
! rowspan="2"| Note
|-
! votes
! %
! votes
! %
|-
! [[1994 Mexican general election|1994]]
| 896,426
| 2.7
| 909,251
| 2.7
| {{Infobox political party/seats|10|500|{{party color|Labor Party (Mexico)}}}}
| rowspan="8" | Minority
| rowspan="2" | [[Ernesto Zedillo]] || rowspan="2" | [[File:PRI logo (Mexico).svg|23px]]
| 
|-
! [[1997 Mexican legislative election|1997]]
| 748,869
| 2.6
| 756,125
| 2.6
| {{Infobox political party/seats|7|500|{{party color|Labor Party (Mexico)}}}}
| 
|-
! [[2000 Mexican general election|2000]]
| colspan="4" bgcolor="#cccccc"| ''see: [[Party of the Democratic Revolution]]''
| {{Infobox political party/seats|7|500|{{party color|Labor Party (Mexico)}}}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Vicente Fox]]|| rowspan="4" | [[File:PAN Party (Mexico).svg|23px]]
| Coalition: [[Alliance for Mexico]]
|-
! [[2003 Mexican legislative election|2003]]
| 640,724
| 2.5
| 642,290
| 2.5
| {{Infobox political party/seats|6|500|{{party color|Labor Party (Mexico)}}}}
| 
|-
! [[2006 Mexican general election|2006]]
| colspan="4" bgcolor="#cccccc"| ''see: [[Party of the Democratic Revolution]]''
| {{Infobox political party/seats|12|500|{{party color|Labor Party (Mexico)}}}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Felipe Calderón]]
| Coalition: [[Coalition for the Good of All]]
|-
! [[2009 Mexican legislative election|2009]]
| 1,264,210
| 3.7
| 1,268,125
| 3.7
| {{Infobox political party/seats|13|500|{{party color|Labor Party (Mexico)}}}}
| 
|-
! [[2012 Mexican general election|2012]]
| 77,233
| 0.01
| 2,219,228
| 4.55
| {{Infobox political party/seats|15|500|{{party color|Labor Party (Mexico)}}}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Enrique Peña Nieto]]|| rowspan="2" | [[File:PRI logo (Mexico).svg|23px]]
| rowspan="2" | Coalition: [[Broad Progressive Front]]
|-
! [[2015 Mexican legislative election|2015]]
| 665,597
| 1.76
| 1,134,439
| 2.84
| {{Infobox political party/seats|6|500|{{party color|Labor Party (Mexico)}}}}
|-
! [[2018 Mexican general election|2018]]
| 51,260
| 0.09
| 2,164,442
| 3.82
| {{Infobox political party/seats|61|500|{{party color|Labor Party (Mexico)}}}}
| rowspan="3" | Majority
| rowspan="2" | [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]]|| rowspan="2" | [[File:Morena Party (Mexico).svg|23px]]
| Coalition: [[Juntos Haremos Historia]]
|-
! [[2021 Mexican legislative election|2021]]
| 538,832
| 1.10
| 1,594,828
| 3.24
| {{Infobox political party/seats|38|500|{{party color|Labor Party (Mexico)}}}}
| Coalition: [[Juntos Hacemos Historia]]
|-
! [[2024 Mexican general election|2024]]
| 507,604
| 0.89
| 3,254,718
| 5.68
| {{Infobox political party/seats|51|500|{{party color|Labor Party (Mexico)}}}}
| [[Claudia Sheinbaum]]
| [[File:Morena Party (Mexico).svg|23px]]
| Coalition: ''[[Sigamos Haciendo Historia]]''
|}

Due to a number of party changes among legislators, in September [[2020 in Mexico|2020]] the PT became tied for the third-largest political party in the Chamber of Deputies, after Morena and the PAN, but tied with the PRI, with 34 seats each.<ref>{{cite web |title=Insiste Partido del Trabajo en su postura de dirigir los destinos en San Lázaro |url=https://www.notisistema.com/noticias/insiste-partido-del-trabajo-en-su-postura-de-dirigir-los-destinos-en-san-lazaro/ |website=Notisistema |access-date=September 2, 2020 |language=es-ES |date=1 Sep 2020}}</ref>

====Senate elections====
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2"| Election year
! colspan="2"| Constituency
! colspan="2"| PR
! rowspan="2"| # of seats
! rowspan="2"| Position
! colspan="2" rowspan="2"| Presidency
! rowspan="2"| Note
|-
! votes
! %
! votes
! %
|-
! [[1994 Mexican general election|1994]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#cccccc" |
| 977,072
| 2.9
| {{Infobox political party/seats|0|128|{{party color|Labor Party (Mexico)}}}}
| rowspan="6" | Minority
| rowspan="2" | [[Ernesto Zedillo]] || rowspan="2" | [[File:PRI logo (Mexico).svg|23px]]
| 
|-
! [[1997 Mexican legislative election|1997]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#cccccc" |
| 745,881
| 2.6
| {{Infobox political party/seats|1|128|{{party color|Labor Party (Mexico)}}}}
| 
|-
! [[2000 Mexican general election|2000]]
| colspan="4" bgcolor="#cccccc"| ''see: [[Party of the Democratic Revolution]]''
| {{Infobox political party/seats|1|128|{{party color|Labor Party (Mexico)}}}}
| [[Vicente Fox]] || rowspan="2" | [[File:PAN Party (Mexico).svg|23px]]
| Coalition: [[Alliance for Mexico]]
|-
! [[2006 Mexican general election|2006]]
| colspan="4" bgcolor="#cccccc"| ''see: [[Party of the Democratic Revolution]]''
| {{Infobox political party/seats|0|128|{{party color|Labor Party (Mexico)}}}}
| [[Felipe Calderón]] 
| Coalition: [[Coalition for the Good of All]]
|-
! [[2012 Mexican general election|2012]]
| 
| 
| 2,339,923
| 4.9
| {{Infobox political party/seats|4|128|{{party color|Labor Party (Mexico)}}}}
| [[Enrique Peña Nieto]] || [[File:PRI logo (Mexico).svg|23px]]
| Coalition: [[Broad Progressive Front]]
|-
! [[2018 Mexican general election|2018]]
| 
| 
| 2,164,442
| 3.82
| {{Infobox political party/seats|6|128|{{party color|Labor Party (Mexico)}}}}
| [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]] || [[File:Morena Party (Mexico).svg|23px]]
| Coalition: [[Juntos Haremos Historia]]
|-
! [[2024 Mexican general election|2024]]
| 1,215,172
| 2.13
| 3,214,708
| 5.58
| {{Infobox political party/seats|9|128|{{party color|Labor Party (Mexico)}}}}
| Majority
| [[Claudia Sheinbaum]] || [[File:Morena Party (Mexico).svg|23px]]
| Coalition: ''[[Sigamos Haciendo Historia]]''
|}

==References==
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