United People Alliance

United People Alliance Aliança Povo Unido
Leader	Álvaro Cunhal
Founded	14 April 1978
Dissolved	1987
Preceded by	Electoral Front United People
Succeeded by	Democratic Unity Coalition
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism Green politics Eco-socialism
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	Portuguese Communist Party Portuguese Democratic Movement Ecologist Party "The Greens"

The United People Alliance (Portuguese: Aliança Povo Unido or APU) was an electoral and political coalition between the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) and the Portuguese Democratic Movement (MDP-CDE). After 1983, the Ecologist Party "The Greens" also joined.

The coalition was formed for the first time in 1978 in order to run for the Portuguese parliamentary election and split up after the breakaway and implosion of the MDP-CDE in 1987. After that, the PCP started to run in coalition with the Ecologist Party "The Greens" in the Democratic Unity Coalition.

Electoral scores achieved by APU

Electoral Results of APU (type links to election page)
Year	Type of Election	Voting	% of Voting	Mandates
1979	Legislative	1,121,374	19.0%	47 / 250
1979	Local	1,021,486	20.5%	316 / 1,900
1980	Legislative	1,000,975	17.0%	41 / 250
1982	Local	1,061,492	20.7%	316 / 1,909
1983	Legislative	1,024,475	18.2%	44 / 250
1985	Legislative	893,216	15.6%	38 / 250
1985	Local	942,147	19.4%	303 / 1,975