United People is a left-wing political alliance, registered as 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 Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....

.

The alliance was founded ahead of the 1978 elections

Costa Rican general election, 1978

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 5 February 1978. Rodrigo Carazo Odio of the Unity Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 81%.-President:-Parliament:...

 by the Popular Vanguard Party

Popular Vanguard Party

The People's Vanguard Party, or Popular Vanguard Party is a communist party in Costa Rica. PVP was founded in 1931 as the Workers and Farmers Party, but was soon renamed to the Communist Party of Costa Rica .PVP publishes El Popular.-History:In 1943 the party was renamed as PVP,...

 (PVP), the Costa Rican Socialist Party (PSC) and the Revolutionary Movement of the People (MRP), and won three seats. In 1982

Costa Rican general election, 1982

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 7 February 1982. Luis Alberto Monge of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 78.6%.-President:-Parliament:...

 it increased its representation to four seats. However, it was reduced to a single seat in the 1986 elections

Costa Rican general election, 1986

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 2 February 1986. Óscar Arias of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 81.8%.-President:...

. It retained the seat in the 1990 elections

Costa Rican general election, 1990

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 4 February 1990. Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier of the Social Christian Unity Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 81.8%.-President:...

, but lost its parliamentary representation in 1994

Costa Rican general election, 1994

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 6 February 1994. José María Figueres of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 81.1%.-President:-Parliament:...

 when it did not contest the elections. It returned in 1998

Costa Rican general election, 1998

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 1 February 1998. Miguel Ángel Rodríguez of the Social Christian Unity Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 70%, the lowest since the 1950s....

, but failed to win a seat. For the 2002 elections

Costa Rican general election, 2002

General elections were held in Costa Rica on 3 February 2002. For the first time in the country's history, no candidate in the presidential election passed the 40% threshold...

 the alliance was part of Coalition Change 2000

Coalition Change 2000

Coalition Change 2000 was a political alliance in Costa Rica formed by the Alajuelense Democratic Action and United People.In the 2002 elections it failed to win a seat, whilst its candidate in the presidential election, Walter Coto Molina received only 0.2% of the vote. The coalition has since...

, but again failed to win a seat.

External links

• United People TSE