Workers' Party (Algeria)
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The Workers' Party (French: Parti des Travailleurs, Arabic Hizb al-Ummal حزب العمال) is a Trotskyist political party in Algeria, closely linked with the Workers' Party of France. The party is led by Louisa Hanoune.
The Workers' Party received 3.3 percent of the vote and elected 21 members to parliament in the 2002 legislative elections. In the 2004 presidential elections, Hanoune was the first woman in Algeria to run for the office. She received 101,630 votes (1 percent).
In the 2007 parliamentary elections, it gained the most seats in opposition with 26 out of 389. The three party coalition (National Liberation Front) won 249 of the 389. Turnout was just 35%
In the 2007 regional and municipal elections, it won in over 1,000 races winning 6.5% of the vote.
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