United People Alliance

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United People Alliance symbol
United People Alliance symbol

The United People Alliance (Portuguese: Aliança Povo Unido or APU), was an electoral and political coalition between the Portuguese Communist Party or PCP and the Portuguese Democratic Movement or MDP.

The coalition was formed for the first time in 1979 in order to run to the Portuguese parliamentary election and split up after a dissidence of MDP in 1987. After that, the PCP started to ran in coalition with the Ecologist Party "The Greens" in the Unitarian Democratic Coalition.

[edit] Electoral scores achieved by APU

Electoral Results of APU
(year links to election page)
Year Type of Election Voting % of Voting Mandates
1979
Portuguese Parliament
1,121,374
19.0%
47
1979
Local
1,021,486
20.5%
322
1980
Portuguese Parliament
1,000,975
17.0%
41
1982
Local
1,061,492
20.7%
325
1983
Portuguese Parliament
1,024,475
18.2%
44
1985
Portuguese Parliament
893,216
15.6%
38
1985
Local
942,147
19.4%
305