In terms of ideology, the PUP advocates the unity of Guineans and economic liberalism.
In the parliamentary election held on 30 June 2002, the party won 61.57% of the popular vote and 85 out of 114 seats.
[1] Following Conté's death on December 22, 2008, members of the military seized power in a coup d'état, ending the rule of the PUP.
The party has continued to exist since the coup, although in a severely weakened form.
It nominated Aboubacar Somparé - a prominent figure in the Conté regime and the man who would have been the constitutional successor to Conté had the military not intervened - as its candidate for the June 2010 presidential election, but he received only about 1% of the vote.