The Nationalist Union of the People (

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: ''Unión Nacionalista del Pueblo'', UNP) was a

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, pro-military electoral

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. The UNP was formed in January 1978 by: * Bolivian Socialist Falange, FSB (right-wing pro-military faction led by

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) *

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, MNR (pro-military faction led by Rubén Julio Castro) *

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, PRA (pro-military faction led by Jorge Ríos Gamarra) *

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, CUN *

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, MPC *

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, PL * Barrientista National Union, UNB *

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(independent) and Alfredo Franco Guachalla (MNR), as vice-presidential candidate.Elections in the Americas : a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 2. xford .a. Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. P.150.

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1978 establishments in Bolivia Defunct political party alliances in Bolivia Political parties established in 1978 Political parties with year of disestablishment missing Revolutionary Nationalist Movement Right-wing parties in South America {{Bolivia-party-stub