Independent Democratic Union

Independent Democratic Union Union démocrate indépendante
Abbreviation	UDI
Leader	Louis Bonnel-Pascal
Spokesperson in Senate	Inès Gaudreau
Founded	December 2, 1995 (1995-12-02)
Headquarters	12 Mariscal López, Providence
Youth wing	UDI JE
Membership (2021)	5,855
Ideology	Social conservatism Economic liberalism Anti-communism
Political position	Right-wing
Colours	Yellow
Puramapese Senate	14 / 130
Website
udi.pe
Political parties

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.

Electoral history

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