{{short description|Communist political party in Portugal}} {{redirect-distinguish|MRPP|Memphis River Parks Partnership}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox political party | country = Portugal | abbreviation = PCTP/MRPP | name = Portuguese Workers' Communist Party/Re-Organized Movement of the Party of the Proletariat | native_name = ''Partido Comunista dos Trabalhadores Portugueses/Movimento Reorganizativo do Partido do Proletariado'' | colorcode = #cc0000 | logo = Pctp mrpp logo.svg | logo_size = 100px | leader = Maria Cidália Guerreiro | foundation = 1970 | ideology = {{ubl|Communism|Marxism-Leninism|Maoism|Anti-revisionism}} | position = Far-left | headquarters = Lisbon | youth_wing = Marxist–Leninist Students Federation (until 1980s) | international = | colors = Red | seats1_title = Assembly of the Republic | seats1 = {{composition bar|0|230|hex=#cc0000}} | seats2_title = European Parliament | seats2 = {{composition bar|0|21|hex=#cc0000}} | seats3_title = Regional<br />parliaments | seats3 = {{composition bar|0|104|hex=#2C8028}} | seats4_title = Local<br />Government | seats4 = {{composition bar|0|2086|hex=#2C8028}} | symbol = 55px | flag = PCTP-MRPP Flag.png | website = {{url|http://lutapopularonline.org/}} }} {{Communist parties|Europe}}
The '''Portuguese Workers' Communist Party/Re-Organized Movement of the Party of the Proletariat''' ({{langx|pt|Partido Comunista dos Trabalhadores Portugueses/Movimento Reorganizativo do Partido do Proletariado}}, '''PCTP/MRPP'''){{efn|{{IPA|pt|pɐɾˈtiðu kumuˈniʃtɐ ðuʃ tɾɐβɐʎɐˈðoɾɨʃ puɾtuˈɣezɨʃ ‖ muviˈmẽtu ʁi.ɔɾɣɐnizɐˈtivu ðu pɐɾˈtiðu ðu pɾulɨtɐɾiˈaðu}}}} is a Maoist political party in Portugal.
== History and overview == The party was founded in 1970 as the {{lang|pt|Movimento Reorganizativo do Partido do Proletariado}} (MRPP), led by Arnaldo Matos. It changed its name to the Portuguese Workers' Communist Party in 1976.
The PCTP–MRPP has held a Maoist political orientation since its foundation. In 1971, the party began to publish a newspaper called ''Luta Popular'' (People's Struggle), directed by Saldanha Sanches. The party was among the most active resistance movements before the Carnation Revolution, especially among students in Lisbon. After the revolution, the MRPP achieved fame for its large murals. The party became intensely active during 1974 and 1975, and at that time boasted members who later became important political figures, including José Manuel Barroso and Fernando Rosas, who subsequently left the party. The party, however, never managed to elect a single Member of Parliament in legislative elections.
During the revolutionary period of 1974 and 1975, the MRPP was accused by the Portuguese Communist Party of being an agent of the CIA, a belief that was fueled by cooperation between the MRPP and the Socialist Party against the communist program defended by the Portuguese Communist Party.{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}}
The party's youth wing, now extinct, was the Marxist–Leninist Students' Federation, to which José Manuel Barroso, a future Prime Minister from the centre-right Social Democratic Party, briefly belonged.
The party entered a phase of internal turmoil following the 2015 legislative elections, with its leader António Garcia Pereira leaving the party. Details about the internal functioning of the party became difficult to obtain, since none of the official contacts responded to contacts, and even the official headquarters seemed to no longer be functioning. An extraordinary congress was announced, but it is unknown if it really happened. Some sources claim the party is now operating at a clandestine level.{{Citation needed|reason=What sources?|date=December 2018}}
Despite this, the party contested the 2017 local elections, gaining 12,387 votes (0.24%) but losing the two council seats it had held.<ref>{{cite web |title=Autárquicas 2017 – Resultados |url=https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/autarquicas2017/ |website=www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt |access-date=2019-02-13}}</ref>
Arnaldo Matos, founder of the PCTP/MRPP and its leader during the 1970s and 1980s, died on 22 February 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last=Botelho |first=Leonete |title=Morreu Arnaldo Matos, fundador do MRPP |url=https://www.publico.pt/2019/02/22/politica/noticia/morreu-arnaldo-matos-fundador-mrpp-1862985 |website=PÚBLICO |date=22 February 2019 |access-date=2019-04-20 |language=pt}}</ref>
== Election results == === Assembly of the Republic === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;" !Election ! width="155px" |Leader !Votes ! % !Seats !+/- !Government |- !1976 | rowspan="6" align=left|Arnaldo Matos |36,200 |0.66 (#7) |{{Composition bar|0|263|hex={{party color|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party}}}} | |{{n/a|No seats}} |- !1979 |53,268 |0.89 (#6) |{{Composition bar|0|250|hex={{party color|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party}}}} |{{steady}}0 |{{n/a|No seats}} |- !1980 |35,409 |0.59 (#8) |{{Composition bar|0|250|hex={{party color|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party}}}} |{{steady}}0 |{{n/a|No seats}} |- !1983 |20,995 |0.37(#9) |{{Composition bar|0|250|hex={{party color|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party}}}} |{{steady}}0 |{{n/a|No seats}} |- !1985 |19,943 |0.34 (#9) |{{Composition bar|0|250|hex={{party color|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party}}}} |{{steady}}0 |{{n/a|No seats}} |- !1987 |20,800 |0.37 (#11) |{{Composition bar|0|250|hex={{party color|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party}}}} |{{steady}}0 |{{n/a|No seats}} |- !1991 | rowspan="8" align=left|António Garcia Pereira |48,542 |0.85 (#7) |{{Composition bar|0|230|hex={{party color|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party}}}} |{{steady}}0 |{{n/a|No seats}} |- !1995 |41,137 |0.70 ('''#5''') |{{Composition bar|0|230|hex={{party color|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party}}}} |{{steady}}0 |{{n/a|No seats}} |- !1999 |40,006 |0.74 (#6) |{{Composition bar|0|230|hex={{party color|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party}}}} |{{steady}}0 |{{n/a|No seats}} |- !2002 |36,193 |0.66 (#6) |{{Composition bar|0|230|hex={{party color|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party}}}} |{{steady}}0 |{{n/a|No seats}} |- !2005 |48,186 |0.84 (#6) |{{Composition bar|0|230|hex={{party color|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party}}}} |{{steady}}0 |{{n/a|No seats}} |- !2009 |52,784 |0.93 (#6) |{{Composition bar|0|230|hex={{party color|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party}}}} |{{steady}}0 |{{n/a|No seats}} |- !2011 |'''62,683''' |'''1.12''' (#6) |{{Composition bar|0|230|hex={{party color|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party}}}} |{{steady}}0 |{{n/a|No seats}} |- !2015 |59,995 |1.11 (#7) |{{Composition bar|0|230|hex={{party color|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party}}}} |{{steady}}0 |{{n/a|No seats}} |- !2019 | rowspan="4" align=left|Cidália Guerreiro |36,118 |0.69 (#11) |{{Composition bar|0|230|hex={{party color|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party}}}} |{{steady}}0 |{{n/a|No seats}} |- !2022 |13,016 |0.20 (#11) |{{Composition bar|0|230|hex={{party color|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party}}}} |{{steady}}0 |{{n/a|No seats}} |- !2024 |15,499 |0.24 (#13) |{{Composition bar|0|230|hex={{party color|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party}}}} |{{steady}}0 |{{n/a|No seats}} |- !2025 |11,896 |0.19 (#13) |{{Composition bar|0|230|hex={{party color|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party}}}} |{{steady}}0 |{{n/a|No seats}} |}
===Presidential=== {| class=wikitable style=text-align:right |- ! Election ! Candidate ! Votes ! % ! Result |- ! 1976 | colspan="3" align="center" | ''Supported António Ramalho Eanes'' |{{yes2|'''Won''' {{Y}}}} |- ! 1980 | colspan="3" align="center" | ''Supported António Ramalho Eanes'' |{{yes2|'''Won''' {{Y}}}} |- ! 1986 | colspan="4" align="center" | ''No candidate'' |- ! 1991 | colspan="4" align="center" | ''No candidate'' |- ! 1996 | colspan="3" align="center" | ''Supported Jorge Sampaio'' |{{yes2|'''Won''' {{Y}}}} |- ! 2001 | align="left" |António Garcia Pereira | 68,900 | 1.9 (#5) |{{no2|'''Lost''' {{Nay}}}} |- ! 2006 | align="left" |António Garcia Pereira | 23,983 | 0.4 (#6) |{{no2|'''Lost''' {{Nay}}}} |- ! 2011 | colspan="3" align="center" | ''Supported Manuel Alegre'' |{{no2|'''Lost''' {{Nay}}}} |- ! 2016 | colspan="3" align="center" | ''Supported António Sampaio da Nóvoa'' |{{no2|'''Lost''' {{Nay}}}} |- ! 2021 | colspan="4" align="center" | ''No candidate'' |- ! 2026 | colspan="4" align="center" | ''No candidate'' |}
=== European Parliament === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;" !Election ! width="155px" |Leader !Votes ! % !Seats !+/- |- !1987 | |19,475 |0.4 (#12) |{{Composition bar|0|24|hex={{party color|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party}}}} | |- !1989 | rowspan="3" align=left|António Garcia Pereira |26,682 |0.6 (#10) |{{Composition bar|0|24|hex={{party color|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party}}}} |{{steady}}0 |- !1994 |24,022 |0.8 (#5) |{{Composition bar|0|25|hex={{party color|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party}}}} |{{steady}}0 |- !1999 |30,446 |0.9 (#6) |{{Composition bar|0|25|hex={{party color|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party}}}} |{{steady}}0 |- !2004 | rowspan="2" align=left|Orlando Alves |36,294 |1.1 (#5) |{{Composition bar|0|24|hex={{party color|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party}}}} |{{steady}}0 |- !2009 |42,940 |1.2 (#7) |{{Composition bar|0|22|hex={{party color|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party}}}} |{{steady}}0 |- !2014 |align=left|Leopoldo Mesquita |54,708 |1.7 (#8) |{{Composition bar|0|21|hex={{party color|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party}}}} |{{steady}}0 |- !2019 |align=left|Luís Júdice |27,223 |0.8 (#12) |{{Composition bar|0|21|hex={{party color|Portuguese Workers' Communist Party}}}} |{{steady}}0 |}
== See also == * Aurora Rodrigues * Politics of Portugal * List of political parties in Portugal * Marxist–Leninist Students' Federation * List of anti-revisionist groups
== Notes == {{Notelist}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070518063208/http://www.pctpmrpp.org/ Homepage of PCTP/MRPP] {{in lang|pt}} {{Portuguese political parties}} {{Authority control}}
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