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{{Short description|Peruvian political party}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}}
{{more citations needed|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox political party
| country          = Peru
| native_name      = Unión por el Perú
| name             = Union for Peru
| colorcode        = {{party color|Union for Peru}}
| colors           = {{colorbox|#3C40A8}}{{colorbox|#D8242A}}{{colorbox|#faac1e}} Indigo, Red, Orange
| logo             = Logoupp1.png
| logo_size        = 229px
| abbreviation     = UPP
| president        = [[Aldo Estrada|Aldo Estrada Choque]]
| leader           = [[Antauro Humala]]
| foundation       = {{start date and age|1994|09|21|df=yes}}
| dissolution      = 
| successor        = [[ANTAURO]]
| founder          = [[Javier Pérez de Cuéllar]]
| ideology         = {{ubl|class=nowrap|
 |[[Ethnocacerism]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=¿Qué es el movimiento etnocacerista?|url=https://revistaideele.com/ideele/content/%C2%BFqu%C3%A9-es-el-movimiento-etnocacerista|access-date=2021-05-24|website=ArchivoRevista Ideele|language=es}}</ref><ref name="dos">{{Cite web|last=Cifuentes|first=Cristina|date=2020-11-15|title=Antauro Humala: El líder antisistema de la política peruana|url=https://www.latercera.com/la-tercera-domingo/noticia/antauro-humala-el-lider-antisistema-de-la-politica-peruana/KPXLHCCQZ5D3TOM4FEPNHTFHCY/|access-date=2021-05-24|website=La Tercera}}</ref><ref name="tres">{{Cite web|date=2020-02-19|title=Partido religioso da la sorpresa en Perú: ¿es una amenaza para las reivindicaciones de género?|url=https://www.ciperchile.cl/2020/02/19/partido-religioso-da-la-sorpresa-en-peru-es-una-amenaza-para-las-reivindicaciones-de-genero/|access-date=2021-05-24|website=CIPER Chile|language=es}}</ref>
 |[[Left-wing nationalism]]<ref>{{cite book |author1=Fouad Sabry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2qDyEAAAQBAJ&dq=left-wing+nationalist+%22Union+for+Peru%22&pg=PT407 |title=Socialism: Charting a Path to Equity and Justice |date= 2024 |publisher=One Billion Knowledgeable}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Juan Martinez |url=https://www.riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/mercosur/political-crisis-in-peru-congress-initiates-impeachment-proceedings-against-president/ |title=Political Crisis in Peru: Congress Initiates Impeachment Proceedings Against President |date= September 16, 2020 |work=[[The Rio Times]]}}</ref>
 |'''Historical:'''
 |[[Social democracy]]
 |[[Social liberalism]]
 |[[Progressivism]]<ref name=LUM>{{cite web|url=https://lum.cultura.pe/cdi/fotografia/partidos-politicos-union-por-el-peru-upp|title=Partidos políticos: Unión por el Perú-UPP|lang=es|work=[[Ministry of Culture (Peru)|Ministry of Culture]]}}</ref>
}}
| position         = [[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]]<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m2pCEAAAQBAJ&dq=left-wing+nationalist+%22Union+for+Peru%22&pg=PA501 |author1=Amory Gethin |author2=Clara Mart nez-Toledano |author3=Thomas Piketty |title=Political Cleavages and Social Inequalities |quote= ... the AP, and since 2016, the PPK. Left- wing parties include the Union for Peru (Unión por Perú, UPP), the PNP, Peru Wins ...|date= 18 June 2013 |publisher=[[Harvard University Press]]|isbn=978-0-674-24842-7 }}</ref> to [[Far-left politics|far-left]]<ref name="dos"/><ref name="tres"/><br />'''Historical:'''<ref name=LUM/><br />[[Centrism|Centre]] to [[Centre-left politics|centre-left]]
| headquarters     = [[Lima]], [[Peru]]
| members          = 
| international    = 
| website          = {{url|https://upp.pe/}}*
| secretary_general = [[José Vega (politician)|José Vega Antonio]]
| seats1_title     = [[Congress of the Republic of Peru|Congress]]
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|0|130|hex={{party color|Union for Peru}}}}
| seats2_title     = [[Regional Governments of Peru|Governorships]]
| seats2           = {{Composition bar|0|25|{{party color|Union for Peru}}}}
| seats3_title     = [[Regional Governments of Peru|Regional Councillors]]
| seats3           = {{Composition bar|4|274|{{party color|Union for Peru}}}}
| seats4_title     = [[Provinces of Peru|Province Mayorships]]
| seats4           = {{Composition bar|0|196|{{party color|Union for Peru}}}}
| seats5_title     = [[Provinces of Peru|District Mayorships]]
| seats5           = {{Composition bar|0|1874|{{party color|Union for Peru}}}}
| national         = [[National Solidarity Alliance]] {{small|(2010-2011)}}
}}
'''Union for Peru''' ({{langx|es|Unión por el Perú}}) is a [[Peru]]vian [[political party]] founded by [[Javier Pérez de Cuéllar]], an ex-[[United Nations|UN]] Secretary General, in 1994 to run for the presidency of Peru in the [[1995 Peruvian general election|1995 general elections]]. Originally a social democratic party, the party became the main political home of the Peruvian [[Ethnocacerism|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 contested the [[2021 Peruvian general election|2021 general elections]].

== History ==
Union for Peru was founded in 1994 by the former Secretary General of the United Nations, the diplomat [[Javier Pérez de Cuéllar]] together with [[Daniel Estrada (politician)|Daniel Estrada Pérez]] and [[José Vega (politician)|José Vega Antonio]], to participate in the [[1995 Peruvian general election|elections generals of 1995]], against the-then dictator [[Alberto Fujimori]], who was running for reelection.

At the [[2000 Peruvian general election|elections]] held on 9 April 2000, the party nominated former Fujimorist first vice president [[Máximo San Román]] as its presidential candidate, but he performed poorly in the elections placing last with 0.3% of the popular vote but in the [[2000 Peruvian general election|legislative elections]], the party won 2.6% of the popular vote and only 3 out of 120 seats in the [[Congress of the Republic of Peru|Congress of the Republic]], a decrease of 14. During this parliamentary period, UPP made an alliance with the [[Popular Action (Peru)|Popular Action]] bench in the legislature and both showed their opposition to the dictatorship of Alberto Fujimori.

Shortly after Alberto Fujimori won the 2000 elections amid accusations of electoral fraud, he decided to resign after the "Vladivideos" scandal and call general elections for 2001.

At the [[2001 Peruvian general election|legislative 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. However, they did not present a presidential candidate for that year's elections.

In the [[2006 Peruvian general election|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. In the congressional election, the alliance won with 21.2% of popular vote, and 45 out of 120 seats in the Congress. However, after the elections, the alliance split and the Nationalist sat on their own bench with Union for Peru sitting in their own bench too.

In the [[2011 Peruvian general election|2011 elections]], the party joined forces with the [[National Solidarity (Peru)|National Solidarity Party]] to form the [[National Solidarity Alliance]] to support the presidential candidacy of former Lima Mayor [[Luis Castañeda Lossio]]. The alliance placed fifth at both the presidential and parliamentary election, attaining 9 out of 130 seats, with [[Vicente Zeballos]] and Martin Belaunde Moreya as the only two elected congressman from Union for Peru. The party would retain its alliance with the [[National Solidarity (Peru)|National Solidarity Party]] for the [[2016 Peruvian general election|2016 elections]] as well, jointly nominating [[Hernando Guerra García]] but the ticket withdrew due to its low support at national polls and fears of losing its status as a political party. In the [[2020 Peruvian parliamentary election|2020 snap parliamentary elections]], the party won 6.8% of the vote and 13 seats out of 130 seats in the Congress after almost four years of absence in Congress. In the [[2021 Peruvian general election|2021 elections]], the party nominated the party Secretary-General [[José Vega (politician)|José Vega]] for the presidency, but, he was disqualified on 29 December 2020, because of incomplete information regarding income on the nominees registration form, but he was reinstated on 6 February 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|last=PERÚ|first=NOTICIAS EL COMERCIO|date=2021-02-06|title=Elecciones 2021: JNE revocó exclusión de plancha presidencial de José Vega y dispuso verificación de hojas de vida de UPP {{!}} nndc {{!}} POLITICA|url=https://elcomercio.pe/politica/jne-anulo-exclusion-de-plancha-presidencial-de-jose-vega-y-dispone-que-se-verifiquen-hojas-de-vida-de-upp-nndc-noticia/|access-date=2021-05-07|newspaper=El Comercio|language=es}}</ref> On the Election Day, Vega places 14th with 0.7% of the vote, while in the congressional election, the party lost all of its 13 seats and only won 2.1% of the vote and the party is expected to lose its party registration.<ref>{{Cite web|last=PERÚ|first=Empresa Peruana de Servicios Editoriales S. A. EDITORA|title=Elecciones 2021: un total de 16 partidos políticos perdería su inscripción|url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-elecciones-2021-un-total-16-partidos-politicos-perderia-su-inscripcion-843844.aspx|access-date=2021-05-23|website=andina.pe|date=4 May 2021 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Elecciones 2021: un total de 16 partidos políticos perderían su inscripción en el ROP|url=https://elperuano.pe/noticia/120080-elecciones-2021-un-total-de-16-partidos-politicos-perderian-su-inscripcion-en-el-rop|access-date=2021-05-23|website=elperuano.pe|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=<!-- not stated --> |date=2021-04-05|title=Estos partidos perderían inscripción al no pasar la valla electoral del 5% en Elecciones 2021 |url=https://peru21.pe/politica/elecciones-generales-de-peru-de-2021-estos-partidos-perderian-inscripcion-al-no-pasar-valla-del-5-tras-comicios-del-11-de-abril-nndc-noticia/|access-date=2025-08-27 |website=Peru21|language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505013439/https://peru21.pe/politica/elecciones-generales-de-peru-de-2021-estos-partidos-perderian-inscripcion-al-no-pasar-valla-del-5-tras-comicios-del-11-de-abril-nndc-noticia/ |archive-date=2021-05-05 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The party's Secretary-General as of 2021 was [[José Vega (politician)|José Vega Antonio]].

== Electoral history ==

=== Presidential elections ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
! colspan="2" |Candidate
!Party / Coalition
!Votes
!Percentage
!Outcome
|-
![[1995 Peruvian general election|1995]]
|[[Javier Pérez de Cuéllar]]
|[[File:Javier_Pérez_de_Cuéllar_(1982).jpg|160x160px]]
|'''Union for Peru'''
|1 624 566
|{{Percentage bar|21.81|21.81|D8242A}}
|2nd
|-
![[2000 Peruvian general election|2000]]
|[[Máximo San Román]]
|[[File:Máximo San Román.png|143x143px]]
|'''Union for Peru'''
| 36 543
|{{Percentage bar|0.33|0.33|D8242A}}
|9th
|-
! rowspan="2" |[[2006 Peruvian general election|2006]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Ollanta Humala]] 
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Ollanta Humala (Brasilia, March 2006).jpeg|160x160px]]
| rowspan="2" |'''Union for Peru'''
{{small|UPP-[[Peruvian Nationalist Party|PNP]]}}
|{{small|'''1st Round:'''}}<br />3 758 258
|{{small|'''1st Round:'''}}{{Percentage bar|30.62|30.62|D8242A}}
|{{small|'''1st Round:'''}}<br />1st
|-
| {{small|'''2nd Round:'''}}<br />6 270 080
| {{Percentage bar|47.37|47.37|D8242A}}
| {{small|'''2nd Round:'''}}<br />2nd
|-
![[2011 Peruvian general election|2011]]
|[[Luis Castañeda Lossio|Luis Castañeda]]
|[[File:Luis Castañeda Lossio 2.jpg|175x175px]]
|'''[[National Solidarity Alliance]]'''
<small>[[National Solidarity (Peru)|SN]]-[[Cambio 90|C90]]-[[All for Peru|TPP]]-SU-UPP</small>
|1 440 143
|{{Percentage bar|9.83|9.83|FFFF00}}
|5th
|-
!'''[[2016 Peruvian general election|2016]]'''
|[[Hernando Guerra García]]
|
|'''[[National Solidarity (Peru)|National Solidarity]]-UPP Electoral Alliance'''
|''Ticket withdrawn''
|N/A
|N/A
|-
![[2021 Peruvian general election|2021]]
|[[José Vega (politician)|José Vega]]
|[[File:José Vega Antonio 2.jpg|155x155px]]
|'''Union for Peru'''
|99,321
|{{Percentage bar|0.70|0.70|D8242A}}
|14th
|}

===Elections to the Congress of the Republic===
{{see also|Congress of the Republic of Peru}}
{| class="wikitable"
!Election
!Votes
!%
!Number of seats
!{{increase}}/{{decrease}}
!Position
|-
![[1995 Peruvian general election|1995]]
|611 804
|14.0%
|{{Composition bar|17|120|hex={{party color|Union for Peru}}}}
|{{increase}} 17
|Minority
|-
![[2000 Peruvian general election|2000]]
|254 582
|2.6%
|{{Composition bar|3|120|hex={{party color|Union for Peru}}}}
|{{decrease}} 14
|Minority
|-
![[2001 Peruvian general election|2001]]
|390 236
|4.1%
|{{Composition bar|6|120|hex={{party color|Union for Peru}}}}
|{{increase}} 3 
|Minority
|-
![[2006 Peruvian general election|2006]]
|2 274 739 {{Small|as part of [[Peruvian Nationalist Party|PNP]] - UPP electoral alliance. 20 were from UPP.}}
|21.1%
|{{Composition bar|45|120|hex={{party color|Union for Peru}}}}
|{{increase}} 14
|Minority
|-
![[2011 Peruvian general election|2011]]
|1 311 766 {{Small|as part of [[National Solidarity Alliance]]. Only 2 from Union for Peru.}}
|10.2%
| {{Composition bar|9|130|#FFFF00}}
|{{decrease}} 18
|Minority
|-
![[2016 Peruvian general election|2016]]
|''List withdrawn''
|–
|N/A
|{{steady}} 
|N/A
|-
![[2020 Peruvian parliamentary election|2020]]
|1 001 716
|6.8%
|{{Composition bar|13|130|hex={{party color|Union for Peru}}}}
|{{increase}} 13
|Minority
|-
![[2021 Peruvian general election|2021]]
|266 349
|2.07%
|{{Composition bar|0|130|hex={{party color|Union for Peru}}}}
|{{decrease}} 13
|Extra-parliamentary
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
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[[Category:1994 establishments in Peru]]
[[Category:Ethnocacerism]]
[[Category:Left-wing nationalist parties]]
[[Category:Nationalist parties in Peru]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1994]]
[[Category:Political parties in Peru]]
[[Category:Populist parties]]
[[Category:Socialist parties in Peru]]
[[Category:Syncretic political parties]]