Unity and Progress Party

For the party of the Young Turk movement in the Ottoman Empire, see Committee of Union and Progress.

Unity and Progress Party Parti de l'Unité et du Progrès
Abbreviation	PUP
Leader	Elhadj Moussa Solano
Secretary-General	Aboubacar Somparé (1995–2002)
Founder	Lansana Conté
Founded	1992
Dissolved	2026
Headquarters	Conakry
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The Unity and Progress Party (PUP; French: Parti de l'Unité et du Progrès) is a political party in Guinea. It served as the dominant ruling party of Guinea from its establishment in 1992 to 2008, during the latter two-thirds of president Lansana Conté's rule.

In the parliamentary elections held on 30 June 2002, the party won 61.57% of the popular vote and 85 out of 114 seats. In the 2003 presidential elections, Lansana Conté was reelected with over 95% of the vote, as most opposition groups had boycotted the election.

Following Conté's death on 22 December 2008, members of the Republic of Guinea Armed Forces seized power in a coup d'état, ending the rule of the PUP. The party has continued to exist since the coup, although its influence in Guinean politics has been severely weakened. In the 2010 presidential elections, the PUP nominated Aboubacar Somparé, a prominent figure in the Conté regime, as its presidential candidate. Somparé received less than 1% of the vote. The party was dissolved in 2026 by the government of president Mamady Doumbouya.

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election	Party candidate	Votes	%	Result
		First round
1993	Lansana Conté	1,077,017	51.7%	Elected Y
1998		1,455,007	56.1%	Elected Y
2003		3,905,824	95.6%	Elected Y
2010	Aboubacar Somparé	16,947	0.96%	Lost N

National Assembly elections

Election	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Result
	Proportional
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