Union for Peru

Union for Peru (Spanish: Unión por el Perú) is a Peruvian political party founded by Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, an ex-UN Secretary General, in 1994 to run for the Presidency of Peru in the 1995 General elections. Originally a liberal-centrist party with some centre-left factions, the party became the main political home of the Peruvian ethnocacerist movement in the late-2010s after a group led by former Army Major Antauro Humala joined the party. Humala later formed the Patriotic Front in 2018 and set a goal for contesting the 2021 general elections, although it is unclear if Union for Peru will participate alongside it.

Union for Peru

Unión por el Perú
LeaderAldo Estrada Choque
Secretary-GeneralJosé Vega Antonio
Founded21 September 1994
HeadquartersLima, Peru
IdeologyMajority:
Populism
Ethnocacerism
Factions:
Progressivism
Reformism[1]
Political positionLeft-wing (economic issues)
Right-wing (military and social issues)
Colors    Indigo, Red, Orange
Congress
9 / 130
Governorships
0 / 25
Regional Councillors
4 / 274
Province Mayorships
1 / 196
District Mayorships
17 / 1,874
Website
upp.pe

At the elections held on 9 April 2000, the party nominated former first vice president Máximo San Román as the presidential candidate but he performed poorly in the elections placing last but the party won 2.6% of the popular vote and 3 out of 120 seats in the Congress of the Republic a decrease of 14 compared to the last elections.

At the elections held on 8 April 2001, the party won 4.1% of the popular vote and 6 out of 120 seats in the Congress of the Republic.

In the 2006 elections, Union for Peru aligned itself with the Peruvian Nationalist Party and endorsed Ollanta Humala, who faced Alan García in the presidential runoff election. The alliance won with 21.2% of popular vote, and 45 out of 120 seats in the Congress.

In the 2011 elections, the party joined forces with the National Solidarity Alliance to support the presidential candidacy of former Lima Mayor Luis Castañeda Lossio. The party would retain its alliance with the National Solidarity Party in the 2016 elections as well, jointly nominating Hernando Guerra García but the ticket withdrew due to its low support at national polls. In the 2020 snap parliamentary elections, the party won 6.77% of the vote and 13 seats out of 130 seats in the Congress.

The party's current Secretary-General is José Vega Antonio.

Electoral history

Presidential elections
Election Party candidate Votes % Votes % Result
First Round Second Round
1995 Javier Pérez de Cuéllar 1,555,623 21.5% Lost N
2000 Máximo San Román 36,543 0.2% Lost N
2006 Ollanta Humala 3,758,258 30.6% 6,270,080 47.4% Lost N
2011 Luis Castañeda Lossio (as part of National Solidarity Alliance) 1,440,143 9.8% Lost N

Congressional elections
Election Votes % Number of seats +/- Position
1995 584,099 13.6%
17 / 120
 17 Minority
2000 254,582 2.6%
3 / 120
 3 Minority
2001 390,236 4.1%
6 / 120
 3 Minority
2006 2,274,739 21.1%
45 / 120
 39 Minority
2011 1,311,766 (as part of National Solidarity Alliance) 10.2%
9 / 130
 36 Minority
2016 List withdrawn – N/A Extra–parliamentary
2020 1,001,716 6.8%
13 / 130
 13 Minority


References
  1. https://upp.pe/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IDEARIO-UPP-IX.pdf


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