United People Alliance

The United People Alliance (Portuguese: Aliança Povo Unido or APU) was a group of political parties that worked together in Portugal. It started in 1978 to take part in the next legislative election. The main parties in this alliance were the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) and the Portuguese Democratic Movement (MDP-CDE).

Later, in 1983, the Ecologist Party "The Greens" also joined the group. However, the alliance ended when the MDP-CDE broke apart and stopped working together in 1987. After that, the PCP began to team up with the Ecologist Party "The Greens" in a new group called the Democratic Unity Coalition.

Electoral results achieved by APU

Assembly of the Republic

Local elections

Election	Assembly of the Republic					Government	Size
	Votes	%	±pp	Seats won	+/−
1979	1,121,374	19.0%	4.61	47 / 250	7	Opposition	3rd
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

Election	Local elections					Size
	Votes	%	±pp	Seats won	+/
1979	1,021,486	20.5%	2.8	316 / 1,900	48	3rd
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