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Independent Democratic Union

Union démocrate indépendante
AbbreviationUDI
LeaderLouis Bonnel-Pascal
Spokesperson in SenateInès Gaudreau
FoundedDecember 2, 1995 (1995-12-02)
Headquarters12 Mariscal López, Providence
Youth wingUDI JE
Membership (2021)Increase 5,855
IdeologySocial conservatism
Economic liberalism
Anti-communism
Political positionRight-wing
Colours  Yellow
Puramapese Senate
14 / 130
Website
udi.pe

The Independent Democratic Union-Popular (Gaullican: Union démocrate indépendante-Populaire; commonly abbreviated UDI) is a conservative Puramapese political party. It was founded in 1995, and contested its first election in 1999. It is part of the current Lecoubarry government as partner of the ruling PDIN.

It is ideologically rooted in social conservative sectors of the Puramapese political life and boasts the defence of private property and market economy. It was founded in 1995 as a political platform that could merge several sectors to the right of the UCR and PDIN aiming to break with the conditions imposed by the CONAPRO. After 1999, the party rapidly grew to become the third largest political force after the collapse of the government led by Daniel La Rue; during FPP governments, it became the second largest political force in the opposition. In 2023, however, the party fell short and stood fourth in the Senate.

The party is usually defined as the most right-wing political party in the Puramapese political spectrum. It is heavily linked with conservative sectors of the Solarian Catholic Church, think-tanks of liberal-conservative ideology and sectors of the Puramapese business elite.

History

Founding and La Rue government (1995-2006)

Opposition to FPP governments (2006-2023)

Lecoubarry government (2023-)

Ideology

Electoral history

Election year Leading candidate Puramapese Senate +/- Government
1999 Olivier Levasseur
5 / 130
Opposition
2004
6 / 130
Increase 1 Opposition
2006 Jean-Michel Guilbert
10 / 130
Increase 4 Opposition
2015
16 / 130
Increase 6 Opposition
2023 Louis Bonnel-Pascal
14 / 130
Decrease 2 Coalition

Leaders