Ivorian Workers' Party

{{Infobox political party

| name = Ivorian Party of Workers

| logo = Pit logo.png

| colorcode = {{party color|Ivorian Workers' Party}}

| foundation = {{start date|1990|4|8}}

| ideology = Democratic socialism{{cn|reason=Your explanation here|date=August 2022}}
Social democracy{{cn|reason=Your explanation here|date=August 2022}}

| international =

| website = http://www.pitci.org/

| country = Ivory Coast

| native_name = Parti ivoirien des travailleurs

| position = Centre-left{{cn|reason=Your explanation here|date=August 2022}}

| colours = Purple, pink, white, blue

}}

The Ivorian Party of Workers ({{langx|fr|Parti ivoirien des travailleurs}}, PIT) is a centre-left, democratic socialist and social democratic{{cn|reason=Your explanation here|date=August 2022}} political party in Ivory Coast. It was led by Francis Wodié and was founded on April 8, 1990.[http://www.pitci.org/histoire.php History page]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at PIT website {{in lang|fr}}.

The PIT ran Wodié as its candidate in both the 1995 and 2000 presidential elections. He was the only candidate standing against President Henri Konan Bédié in the October 1995 presidential election, which was boycotted by other opposition parties;Robert J. Mundt, "Côte d'Ivoire: Continuity and Change in a Semi-Democracy", Political Reform in Francophone Africa (1997), ed. Clark and Gardinier, page 197.[http://africanelections.tripod.com/ci.html Elections in Côte d'Ivoire], African Elections Database. he won 3.52% of the votes. In the October 2000 presidential election, Wodié placed third with 5.7% of the votes.

In the parliamentary election held on 10 December 2000 and 14 January 2001, the party won 4 out of 225 seats in the National Assembly of Ivory Coast.

Wodié led the party as its First National Secretary from the time of its Constitutive Congress until the party's 3rd Ordinary Congress in August 2004, when he was elected as President of the PIT. Since 2015, the current leader is Joseph Séka Séka.[http://news.abidjan.net/h/560687.html Abidjan.net] Joseph Séka Séka élu nouveau président du Parti ivoirien des travailleurs

Electoral history

= Presidential elections =

class=wikitable style=text-align:center ! rowspan="2" \|Election ! rowspan="2" \|Party candidate !Votes !% !Votes !% ! rowspan="2" \|Results
colspan="2" \|First Round ! colspan="2" \|Second Round
1995 \|Francis Wodié \|75,699 \|4.0% \|- \|- \|Lost {{Nay}}
2000 \|Francis Wodié \|102,253 \|5.7% \|- \|- \|Lost {{Nay}}
2010 \|Francis Wodié \|13,406 \|0.29 \|- \|- \|Lost {{Nay}}

class=wikitable style=text-align:center

! rowspan="2" |Election

! rowspan="2" |Party candidate

!Votes

! rowspan="2" |Results

colspan="2" |First Round

! colspan="2" |Second Round

1995

|Francis Wodié

|75,699

|4.0%

|Lost {{Nay}}