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The Party of the Masses for Labour (, PMT-Albarka) is a political party in
Niger Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is a unitary state Geography of Niger#Political geography, bordered by Libya to the Libya–Niger border, north-east, Chad to the Chad–Niger border, east ...
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History

The PMT was established on 8 June 1992. It failed to win a seat in the
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in the
1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...
or 1995 parliamentary elections, but won two seats in the 1996 elections, which were boycotted by the main opposition parties.Elections in Niger
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The party received only 34 votes in the 1999 parliamentary elections, resulting in it losing both seats. In the 2004 elections it contested three regions in alliance with the
Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress The Nigerien Alliance for Democracy and Progress (, ANDP-Zaman Lahiya) was a political party in Niger. Moumouni Adamou Djermakoye led the party from its foundation in 1992 until his death in 2009. History 20th century Djermakoye was the leade ...
, but failed to win a seat. It regained parliamentary representation when it won a single seat in the 2009 elections, which were boycotted by the main opposition. However, it did not run in the 2011 elections and was declared ineligible to contest the
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by the
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{{Nigerien political parties Political parties in Niger 1992 establishments in Niger Political parties established in 1992