National Unity Party (Guinea-Bissau)

The National Unity Party is a political party

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

in Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau

The Republic of Guinea-Bissau is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Senegal to the north, and Guinea to the south and east, with the Atlantic Ocean to its west....

. It was founded by Idrissa Djaló

Idrissa Djaló

Idrissa Djaló is a Guinea-Bissau politician and leader of the National Unity Party .Djaló, an entrepreneur, founded the PUN on July 26, 2001. Running as the PUN candidate in the 19 June 2005 presidential election, Djaló placed 8th out of 13 candidates, receiving 0.81% of the vote. He was the...

on July 26 2001.

In the parliamentary election

Guinea-Bissau legislative election, 2004

A legislative election was held in Guinea-Bissau on March 28, 2004. The election had been repeatedly postponed due to political and financial chaos in the country, and due to the coup d'état which overthrew President Kumba Ialá in September 2003....

held on 28 March 2004, the party won 1.46% of the popular vote and no seats. In the 2005 presidential election

Guinea-Bissau presidential election, 2005

Guinea-Bissau held a presidential election on 19 June 2005, and a second round run-off vote was held on 24 July. The election marked the end of a transition to democratic rule after the previously elected government was overthrown in a September 2003 military coup led by General Veríssimo Correia...

, Djaló, running as the PUN candidate, won 0.81% of the vote in the first round.

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