National Union for Democracy and Progress (São Tomé and Príncipe)

São Tomé and Príncipe

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The National Union for Democracy and Progress (Portuguese: União Nacional para a Democracia e Progresso) is a political party in São Tomé and Príncipe. At the last legislative elections, 3 March 2002, the party joined the Uê Kédadji alliance, that won 16.2% of the popular vote and 8 out of 55 seats. This alliance failed to win a seat in the 2006 elections.

The party supported Patrice Trovoada in the 30 July 2006 presidential election. He won 38.82% of the vote, finishing a distant second to the incumbent Fradique de Menezes, who received 60.58% of the vote.