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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]
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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 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.
Election | Assembly of the Republic | Government | Size | Notes | ||||
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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 | |
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