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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]
United People Alliance Aliança Povo Unido | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 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 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
|
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
|
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
|
316 / 1,900
|
48
|
3rd | New coalition. Variation in votes and seats from FEPU. |
| 1982 | 1,061,492 | 20.7% | 0.2
|
316 / 1,909
|
 0
|
2nd | |
| 1985 | 942,147 | 19.4% | 1.3
|
303 / 1,975
|
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.