United People Alliance

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.

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	Red   Green
Member parties	Portuguese Communist Party Portuguese Democratic Movement Ecologist Party "The Greens"
Politics of Portugal Political parties Elections

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	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

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