The United People Alliance ( 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.
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
Assembly of the Republic Election Assembly of the Republic Government Size Notes Votes % ±pp Seats won +/− 1979 1,121,374 19.0% 4.61 7 3rd New coalition. Variation in votes and seats from PCP. 1980 1,000,975 17.0% 2.0 6 3rd 1983 1,024,475 18.2% 1.2 3 3rd 1985 893,216 15.6% 2.6 6 4th
Local elections Election Local elections Size Notes Votes % ±pp Seats won +/ 1979 1,021,486 20.5% 2.8 48 3rd New coalition. Variation in votes and seats from FEPU. 1982 1,061,492 20.7% 0.2 0 2nd 1985 942,147 19.4% 1.3 3 3rd
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