The Unity and Progress Party (french: Parti de l'Unité et du Progrès, PUP) is a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...

. It was the ruling party during the long rule of President

Lansana Conté Lansana Conté (30 November 1934 – 22 December 2008

. In terms of ideology, the PUP advocates the unity of Guineans and economic liberalism. In the

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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

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, Lansana Conté, won 95.25% of the vote; this election was, however, generally boycotted by the opposition. Following Conté's death on December 22, 2008, the military immediately seized power in a

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, 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 El Hajj Aboubacar Somparé ( nqo, ߊߓߎߓߊߞߊߙ ߛߐ߲߬ߔߊ߬ߙߋ߫; 31 August 1944 – 2 November 2017)

, 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

National Assembly elections

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