In 1978,
French mercenary
Bob Denard staged a
coup d'etat against the
socialist government of
Ali Soilih, bringing
Ahmed Abdallah back to power. In February 1982, Abdallah banned all existing political parties and created the UCP. In
subsequent elections a month later, the UCP won 37 of 38 seats in the
National Assembly, with the other seat going to an independent. In the
1987 parliamentary elections the UCP won all 42 seats. Another coup by Denard in 1989 brought
Said Mohamed Djohar, who was also part of the UCP. Multi-party politics was introduced in 1990 and Djohar was
elected President. However, Djohar renounced the party in 1991. The party boycotted the
1992 parliamentary elections in protest at the government's refusal to update the voter roll. However, it did contest the
early elections the following year, winning two seats. The party was dissolved in October 1996 when it merged into the
National Rally for Development. However, the party was later reformed, and contested the
2015 parliamentary elections, failing to win a seat. It nominated Said Ahmed Said Ali as its candidate for the
2016 presidential elections, but he failed to progress beyond the
Grande Comore primary, only receiving 0.5% of the vote. == Electoral history ==