[2] The alliance won six seats, of which the PP took four, but was heavily beaten by the Union for National Progress (UPRONA), which won 58 seats.
[3] Following UPRONA's victory, party activist Albert Maus committed suicide upon learning the election results.
[4] Party member Basile Ntawumenyakarizi was killed in the Kamenge incidents of January 1962,[5] whilst party secretary Jean Ndukwabike was killed later in the year.
[7][8] The party contested the 1965 parliamentary elections alone, winning 10 seats in the National Assembly and none in the Senate, whilst UPRONA won 21 seats in the National Assembly and 12 in the Senate.
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