Nationalist Union of the People

The Nationalist Union of the People (Spanish: Unión Nacionalista del Pueblo, UNP) was a right-wing, pro-military electoral political alliance in Bolivia.

The UNP was formed in January 1978 by
the Bolivian Socialist Falange, FSB (right-wing pro-military faction led by Gastón Moreira Ostria);
the Nationalist Revolutionary Movement, MNR (pro-military faction led by Rubén Julio Castro);
the Authentic Revolutionary Party, PRA (pro-military faction led by Jorge Ríos Gamarra);
the Committee of National Unity, CUN;
the Popular Christian Movement, MPC;
the Revolutionary Left Party, PIR;
the Liberal Party, PL;
the Barrientista National Union, UNB;
the Republican Socialist Unity Party, PURS
and the Social Christian Party, PSC. ^[1]

It presented as its presidential candidate Juan Pereda Asbún (independent) and Alfredo Franco Guachalla (MNR), as vice-presidential candidate. ^[2]

Notes

1. ^ Elections in the Americas : a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 2. [Oxford] [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. P.139.
2. ^ Elections in the Americas : a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 2. [Oxford] [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. P.150.