The National Unity Party (, PUN) is a

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in the

Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to Central African Republic–Chad border, the north, Sudan to Central African Republic–Sudan border, the northeast, South Sudan to Central ...

History

The party was established in 1997. In the 1998 parliamentary elections it won three seats. In the

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the following year the party nominated

Jean-Paul Ngoupandé Jean-Paul Ngoupandé (6 December 1948 – 4 May 2014) was a Central African politician who was Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from 1996 to 1997. He stood as a presidential candidate in 1999 and 2005, and he served as Minister o ...

as its candidate. Ngoupandé, who had briefly served as president from June 1996 to January 1997, finished sixth out of ten candidates with 3.2% of the vote. In the

held on 13 March 2005 Ngoupandé received 5.1% of the vote. In the simultaneous

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the party won three seats in the

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as part of the Consultation of Opposition Political Parties alliance. In 2010 the PUN joined the Presidential Majority alliance in preparation for the 2011 general elections. The party nominated 12 candidates for the 105 seats in the

,CAR: Number of National Assembly candidates by party in the 2011 election
EISA and although the alliance won 11 seats, the PUN failed to win a seat.

References

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