United People Alliance
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United People Alliance Aliança Povo Unido | |
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| Leader | Álvaro Cunhal |
| Founded | 14 April 1978 |
| Dissolved | 1987 |
| Preceded by | Electoral Front United People |
| Succeeded by | Unitary Democratic Coalition |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism–Leninism Green politics Eco-socialism |
| Colours | |
| Member parties | Portuguese Communist Party Portuguese Democratic Movement Ecologist Party "The Greens" |
The United People Alliance (Portuguese: Aliança Povo Unido or APU) was an electoral and political coalition between the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) and the Portuguese Democratic Movement (MDP-CDE). After 1983, the Ecologist Party "The Greens" also joined.[1]
The coalition was formed in 1978 in order to run for the next legislative election and split up after the breakaway and implosion of the MDP-CDE in 1987. After that, the PCP started to run in coalition with the Ecologist Party "The Greens" in the Democratic Unity Coalition.
Electoral results achieved by APU
[edit]Assembly of the Republic
[edit]| Election | Assembly of the Republic | Government | Size | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Seats won | +/− | ||||
| 1979 | 1,121,374 | 19.0% |  4.61
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47 / 250
|
7
|
Opposition | 3rd | New coalition. Variation in votes and seats from PCP. |
| 1980 | 1,000,975 | 17.0% |  2.0
|
41 / 250
|
6
|
Opposition | 3rd | |
| 1983 | 1,024,475 | 18.2% | 1.2
|
44 / 250
|
3
|
Opposition | 3rd | |
| 1985 | 893,216 | 15.6% | 2.6
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38 / 250
|
6
|
Opposition | 4th | |
Local elections
[edit]| Election | Local elections | Size | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Seats won | +/ | |||
| 1979 | 1,021,486 | 20.5% | 2.8
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316 / 1,900
|
48
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3rd | New coalition. Variation in votes and seats from FEPU. |
| 1982 | 1,061,492 | 20.7% | 0.2
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316 / 1,909
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 0
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2nd | |
| 1985 | 942,147 | 19.4% | 1.3
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303 / 1,975
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3
|
3rd | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Movimento Ecologista Português-Partido Os Verdes (MEP-PV)" [Portuguese Ecologist Movement-Os Verdes Party (MEP-PV)]. Comissão Nacional de Eleições (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 January 2018.
