United People ( es, Pueblo Unido) was a left-wing political alliance, registered as a

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, in Costa Rica. The alliance was founded ahead of the

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by the Popular Vanguard Party (PVP), the Costa Rican Socialist Party (PSC) and the Revolutionary Movement of the People (MRP), and won three seats. Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p174 In 1982 it increased its representation to four seats. However, it was reduced to a single seat in the

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. It retained the seat in the 1990 elections, but lost its parliamentary representation in

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when it did not contest the elections. It returned in

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, but failed to win a seat. For the 2002 elections the alliance was part of Coalition Change 2000, but again failed to win a seat.

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