The party was founded in 1981 as a breakaway from the left-wing Popular Unity Movement (MUP) by members who disagreed with MUP leader Ahmed Ben Salah's policy to boycott elections.[2] In 1983, the government of Mohammed Mzali legalised two moderate oppositional parties, including the PUP.[3]
Following the elections of 1999, the PUP had seven members in the Tunisian parliament. At the 2004 legislative elections, the party won 3.6% of the popular vote and 11 out of 189 seats. The same day, its candidate Mohamed Bouchiha [fr], won 3.8% at the presidential elections. In 2006, the PUP tried to form an alliance with three other minor oppositional parties, the Social Liberal Party (PSL), the Unionist Democratic Union (UDU) and the Green Party for Progress (PVP). However, the alliance quickly collapsed when some of the participants were accused of pursuing particular interests rather than unity of the opposition.[5] At the 2009 legislative elections, the PUP won 3.4% of the popular vote and 12 out of 214 seats.
popular, unity, party, tunisia, popular, unity, party, arabic, حزب, الوحدة, الشعبية, french, parti, unité, populaire, arab, nationalist, party, tunisia, popular, unity, party, حزب, الوحدة, الشعبيةfrench, nameparti, unité, populaireabbreviationpuppresidenthouss. The Popular Unity Party Arabic حزب الوحدة الشعبية French Parti de l Unite Populaire PUP is an Arab nationalist party in Tunisia 1 Popular Unity Party حزب الوحدة الشعبيةFrench nameParti de l Unite PopulaireAbbreviationPUPPresidentHoussine El HammemiFoundedJanuary 1981 1981 01 Legalized19 November 1983Split fromPopular Unity MovementHeadquarters37 Rue Palestine 1002 TunisIdeologySocialismArab nationalismAssembly of theRepresentativesof the People0 217Politics of TunisiaPolitical partiesElectionsHistory and profile editThe party was founded in 1981 as a breakaway from the left wing Popular Unity Movement MUP by members who disagreed with MUP leader Ahmed Ben Salah s policy to boycott elections 2 In 1983 the government of Mohammed Mzali legalised two moderate oppositional parties including the PUP 3 The party won two seats in the general election held on 20 March 1994 4 Following the elections of 1999 the PUP had seven members in the Tunisian parliament At the 2004 legislative elections the party won 3 6 of the popular vote and 11 out of 189 seats The same day its candidate Mohamed Bouchiha fr won 3 8 at the presidential elections In 2006 the PUP tried to form an alliance with three other minor oppositional parties the Social Liberal Party PSL the Unionist Democratic Union UDU and the Green Party for Progress PVP However the alliance quickly collapsed when some of the participants were accused of pursuing particular interests rather than unity of the opposition 5 At the 2009 legislative elections the PUP won 3 4 of the popular vote and 12 out of 214 seats After the Tunisian revolution of 2011 the PUP participated in elections for the Constituent Assembly but failed to win any seats The party has published a weekly newspaper under the title of Al Wahada 6 References edit Angelique Chrisafis 19 October 2011 Tunisia s political parties PDF The Guardian retrieved 17 June 2013 Christopher Alexander 2010 Tunisia Stability and Reform in the Modern Maghreb Routledge p 126 Kenneth J Perkins 2004 A History of Modern Tunisia Cambridge University Press p 168 Elections Today IFES April 1994 p 11 ISSN 1073 6719 Retrieved 11 October 2014 Alexander 2010 Tunisia p 63 Kuldip R Rampal 1996 North Africa International Afro Mass Media A Reference Guide Greenwood p 128External links editOfficial website nbsp nbsp This article about a Tunisian political party is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Popular Unity Party Tunisia amp oldid 1215220264, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
