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The Unity and Progress Party (French: Parti de l'Unité et du Progrès, PUP, founded in 1992) is a political party in Guinea. It functioned as the ruling party during much of the long rule (1984-2008) of President Lansana Conté. In terms of ideology, the PUP advocates the unity of Guineans and economic liberalism.

In the parliamentary election held on 30 June 2002, the party won 61.57% of the popular vote and 85 out of 114 seats. Its candidate in the 21 December 2003 presidential election, Lansana Conté, won 95.25% of the vote; however, opposition groups generally boycotted this election.cite-ref-african-elections-database-2-0[2]

Following Conté's death on December 22, 2008, members of the military seized power in a coup d'état, ending the rule of the PUP. The party has continued to exist since the coup, although in a severely weakened form. It nominated Aboubacar Somparé - a prominent figure in the Conté regime and the man who would have been the constitutional successor to Conté had the military not intervened - as its candidate for the June 2010 presidential election, but he received only about 1% of the vote.

• Electoral history

• Presidential elections

• National Assembly elections

• Notable members

• References

| Election | Party candidate | Votes | % | Votes | % | Result |

|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|

| Election | Party candidate | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Result |

| 1993 | Lansana Conté | 1,077,017 | 51.7% | - | - | Elected Y |

| 1998 | Lansana Conté | 1,455,007 | 56.1% | - | - | Elected Y |

| 2003 | Lansana Conté | | 95.6% | - | - | Elected Y |

| 2010 | Aboubacar Somparé | | 0.95% | - | - | Lost N |

| Election | Votes | % | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Result |

|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|

| Election | Constituency | Constituency | Proportional | Proportional | Seats | +/– | Position | Result |

| 1995 | 990,184 | 53.5% | | | 71 / 114 | 71 | 1st | Majority government |

| 2002 | 1,947,318 | 61.5% | | | 85 / 114 | 14 | 1st | Supermajority government |

| 2013 | | | 13,503 | 0.43% | 0 / 114 | 85 | 17th | Extra-parliamentary |

Elhadj Moussa Solano

cite-note-11. https://lelynx.net/2023/09/parti-de-lunite-et-du-progres-pup-moussa-solano-veut-il-revenir-aux-commandes/

cite-note-african-elections-database-22. ↑ "Elections in Guinea". Retrieved 2007-02-24.