Orienting Labour Party

The Orienting Labour Party (Portuguese: Partido Orientador Trabalhista, POT) was a political party in Brazil.[1] It supported Cristiano Machado to the Presidency of Brazil in 1950 General Elections.[2][3] Due to expressionless results, its register was removed by the Superior Electoral Court in 1951.[4]

Orienting Labour Party Partido Orientador Trabalhista
Leader	Waldemar Pinto Peixoto
Founded	16 June 1945
Dissolved	12 October 1951
Headquarters	Rio de Janeiro, RJ

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election	Candidate	Running mate	Colligation	First round		Second round		Result
				Votes	%	Votes	%
1950	Cristiano Machado (PSD)	None	PSD; PR; POT; PST	1.697.173	21,49% (#3)	-	-	Lost N
	None	Altino Arantes (PSD)	PSD; PR; POT	1.649.309	23,40% (#3)	-	-	Lost N

Chamber of Deputies and Senate elections

Election	Chamber of Deputies				Senate				Notes
	Votes	%	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
1950	19.384	0,25%	0 / 304		19.479	0,24%	0 / 22		[5][6]

References

1. Cehelsky, Marta (2019-03-04). Land Reform In Brazil: The Management of Social Change. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-429-70615-8.
2. Brasil, CPDOC-Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação História Contemporânea do. "PARTIDO ORIENTADOR TRABALHISTA (POT)". CPDOC - Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-05-30.
3. "Partido Orientador Trabalhista - identificação". www.tse.jus.br. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
4. "Partido Orientador Trabalhista - registro provisório". www.tse.jus.br. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
5. "TRE-RJ - Eleições". www.tre-rj.jus.br. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
6. "Repositório de dados eleitorais". www.tse.jus.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-05-30.