Popular Union of Equatorial Guinea

The Popular Union of Equatorial Guinea (Spanish: Unión Popular de Guinea Ecuatorial) is a political party in the Equatorial Guinea. It is led by Daniel Martinez Ayecaba.^[1] The party was originally banned by the ruling Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea, the ruling party since 1987, but was legalized in May 1992.^[2]

Popular Union of Equatorial Guinea Unión Popular de Guinea Ecuatorial
President	Alfredo Mitogo Mitogo Ara
Founded	1988
Legalised	1992
Ideology	Christian democracy Conservatism^[citation needed]
Political position	Centre-right^[citation needed]
International affiliation	Centrist Democrat International (Observer)
Website
elsolnacientege.bligoo.es
Politics of Equatorial Guinea Political parties Elections

The UP's candidate, Archivaldo Montelo Biribé gained 0.34% of the country's vote in the 2009 Equatoguinean presidential election. The party did not participate in the 2016 election.^[3]

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election	Party candidate	Votes	%	Result
1996	Andres Moses Mbada	1,135	0.62%	Lost  N
2002	Jeremías Ondo Ngomo	663	0.31%	Lost  N
2009	Archivaldo Montero Biribé	931	0.34%	Lost  N
2016	Did not participate.

References

1. . cia.gov. Archived from the original on June 13, 2007. Retrieved 2014-11-03.
2. Lansford, Tom (2013). Political Handbook of the World. Washington, DC: CQ Press. p. 445. ISBN 978-1-4522-5824-9.
3. . African Elections Database. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.