The Electoral Union ( Portuguese : União Eleitoral , UE) was a political alliance in Guinea-Bissau .
4-791: The UE was established in 2002 as an alliance of the Guinean League for Ecological Protection (LIPE), the Party of Renewal and Progress (PRP), the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the Socialist Party (PSGB), as well as a dissident faction of the Resistance of Guinea-Bissau-Bafatá Movement . It was initially headed by Joaquim Baldé of the PSD, but was designed to have a rotating presidency. The Union received 4% of
8-615: A Protecção Ecológica , LIPE) is a political party in Guinea-Bissau . The party was established on 20 July 1991 by Bubácar Rachid Djaló , and was legalised on 8 September 1993. In 1994 it joined the Union for Change , an alliance formed to contest the 1994 general elections . Djaló was the Union's presidential candidate, but received only 3% of the vote. However, the UM did win six seats in
12-544: The National People's Assembly . The 1999–2000 elections saw the UM lose three seats. Djaló remained the alliance's presidential candidate, but again received only 3% of the vote. Following the Union's support for the victorious Kumba Ialá in the run-off election, Djaló became Secretary of State for Commerce. In 2002 LIPE left the UM and joined the Electoral Union (UE) alliance, which won two seats in
16-628: The vote in the 2004 parliamentary elections , winning two seats. It supported PAIGC candidate Malam Bacai Sanhá in the 2005 presidential elections , which were won by João Bernardo Vieira . Leadership crises prevented the party from contesting elections in 2008 and 2009 , after which it was dissolved. This article about a political party in Guinea-Bissau is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Guinean League for Ecological Protection The Guinean League for Ecological Protection ( Portuguese : Liga Guineense para
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