| United People Alliance | |
| Native Name: | Aliança Povo Unido |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Foundation: | 14 April 1978 |
| Dissolution: | 1987 |
| Leader: | Álvaro Cunhal |
| Ideology: | Communism Marxism–Leninism Green politics Eco-socialism |
| Blank1 Title: | Member parties |
| Blank1: | Portuguese Communist Party Portuguese Democratic Movement Ecologist Party "The Greens" |
| Predecessor: | Electoral Front United People |
| Successor: | Unitary Democratic Coalition |
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]
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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| 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 | ||