The Democratic Unitary Platform (Spanish: Plataforma Unitaria Democrática, PUD or PU), or just the Unitary Platform (Spanish: Plataforma Unitaria; PU), is a Venezuelan opposition political alliance made up of civil society, trade unions, retired military personnel, political parties, and deputies of the 2016–2021 National Assembly.

History

On April 21, 2021, Juan Guaidó presented a document on a new opposition alliance called the Unitary Platform, which integrates civil society, trade unions, retired military personnel, political parties and deputies of the National Assembly elected for the period 2016-2021 with more inclusive and comprehensive features. At the end of June 2021, the National Electoral Council (CNE) rehabilitated the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) as a national political party in order to participate in 2021 regional elections. On August 31, 2021, the MUD rejoined the Venezuelan electoral landscape with the support of the Unitary Platform, but with the use of the MUD card and the coalition is rehabilitated by the CNE and the political parties belonging to the FAVL with the intention of participating in the regionals on November 21.

Members

The following parties are part of the Unitary Platform:

PartyIdeologyPositionLeaderNational Assembly
ADDemocratic Action Acción DemocráticaSocial democracy Venezuelan nationalismCentre-leftHenry Ramos Allup8 / 285
COPEIIndependent Political Electoral Organization Committee Comité de Organización Política Electoral IndependienteChristian democracy Catholic social teaching Christian humanism Social conservatism SubsidiarityCentre to centre-rightRoberto Enríquez Lavaud[es]1 / 285
VPPopular Will Voluntad PopularSocial democracy ProgressivismCentre-leftLeopoldo López0 / 285
PJJustice First Primero JusticiaBig tent Humanism ConservatismCentre-rightJuan Pablo Guanipa0 / 285
ConvergenciaNational Convergence Convergencia NacionalSocial conservatism Christian democracy Social market economy Christian humanismCentre to centre-rightBiagio Pilieri[es]0 / 285
ECCitizen Encounter Encuentro CiudadanoSocial liberalismCentre-rightDelsa Solórzano0 / 285
La Causa ЯRadical Cause La Causa RadicalRadical democracy Democratic socialism Labourism RadicalismCentre-leftAndrés Velásquez0 / 285
PRVZLProject Venezuela Proyecto VenezuelaChristian democracy Liberal conservatism Social conservatismCentre-rightHenrique Salas Römer Henrique Salas Feo0 / 285

Election results

Presidential

Election yearNameResults
# of overall votes% of overall vote
2024 (disputed)Edmundo González Urrutia7,443,58468.74 (#1)
Member of "Democratic Unity Roundtable" party in coalition. Winner

See also

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