Unity and Progress Party

Unity and Progress Party
Parti de l'Unité et du Progrès
AbbreviationPUP
Co-founderLansana Conté
Founded1992
HeadquartersConakry
IdeologyAfrican nationalism
Economic liberalism
Authoritarianism
Anti-socialism
Political positionRight-wing

The Unity and Progress Party (French: Parti de l'Unité et du Progrès, PUP) is a political party in Guinea. It was the ruling party during the long rule of President Lansana Conté. In terms of ideology, the PUP advocates the unity of Guineans and economic liberalism.

In the parliamentary election held on 30 June 2002, the party won 61.57% of the popular vote and 85 out of 114 seats. Its candidate in the 21 December 2003 presidential election, Lansana Conté, won 95.25% of the vote; this election was, however, generally boycotted by the opposition.[1]

Following Conté's death on December 22, 2008, the military immediately seized power in a coup d'état, ending the rule of the PUP. The party has continued to exist since the coup, although in a severely weakened form. It nominated Aboubacar Somparé, a prominent figure in the Conté regime and the man who would have been the constitutional successor to Conté had the military not intervened, as its candidate for the June 2010 presidential election, but he received only about 1% of the vote.

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election Party candidate Votes % Votes % Result
First round Second round
1993 Lansana Conté 1,077,017 51.7% - - Elected Green tickY
1998 1,455,007 56.1% - - Elected Green tickY
2003 95.6% - - Elected Green tickY
2010 Aboubacar Somparé 0.95% - - Lost Red XN

National Assembly elections

Election Votes % Votes % Seats +/– Position Result
Constituency Proportional
1995 990,184 53.5%
71 / 114
Increase 71 Increase 1st Majority government
2002 1,947,318 61.5%
85 / 114
Increase 14 Steady 1st Supermajority government
2013 13,503 0.43%
0 / 114
Decrease 85 Decrease 17th Extra-parliamentary

References

  1. ^ "Elections in Guinea". Retrieved 2007-02-24.


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