The Electoral Union ( pt, União Eleitoral, UE) was a political alliance in

Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ) ...

History

The UE was established in 2002 as an alliance of the

Guinean League for Ecological Protection The Guinean League for Ecological Protection ( pt, Liga Guineense para a Protecção Ecológica, LIPE) is a political party in Guinea-Bissau. History The party was established on 20 July 1991 by Bubácar Rachid Djaló, and was legalised on 8 Se ...

(LIPE), the Party of Renewal and Progress (PRP), the

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(PSD) and the

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(PSGB), as well as a dissident faction of the

Resistance of Guinea-Bissau-Bafatá Movement The Resistance of Guinea-Bissau-Bafatá Movement (, RGB-MB) is a political party in Guinea-Bissau. Once the main opposition organisation in the country, it is today a minor party without parliamentary representation. History The party was establ ...

. It was initially headed by

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of the PSD,Peter Karibe Mendy (2013) ''Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau'', Scarecrow Press, p398 but was designed to have a rotating presidency.Mendy, p399 The Union received 4% of the vote in the 2004 parliamentary elections, winning two seats.Bogdan Szajkowski (2005) ''Political Parties of the World'', p272 It supported

PAIGC The African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde ( pt, Partido Africano para a Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde, PAIGC) is a political party in Guinea-Bissau. Originally formed to peacefully campaign for independence from ...

candidate

Malam Bacai Sanhá Malam Bacai Sanhá () (5 May 1947 – 9 January 2012) was a Guinea-Bissau politician who was President of Guinea-Bissau from 8 September 2009 until his death on 9 January 2012. A member of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Ca ...

in the 2005 presidential elections, which were won by

João Bernardo Vieira João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira (; 27 April 1939 – 2 March 2009) was a Bissau-Guinean politician who was the President of Guinea-Bissau from 1980 to 1999, except for a three-day period in May 1984, and from 2005 to 2009. After seizing power ...

. Leadership crises prevented the party from contesting elections in

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and

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, after which it was dissolved.

References

Political party alliances in Guinea-Bissau Political parties established in 2002 2002 establishments in Guinea-Bissau Defunct political parties in Guinea-Bissau {{GuineaBissau-party-stub