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The Popular Unity Party (Arabic: حزب الوحدة الشعبية; French: Parti de l’Unité Populaire PUP) is an Arab nationalist party in Tunisia.It was founded in 1981 as a breakaway from the left-wing Popular Unity Movement (MUP) by members who disagreed with MUP leader Ahmed Ben Salah’s policy to boycot elections. In 1983 the government of Mohammed Mzali legalised two moderate oppositional parties including the PUP.After the elections of 1999 the PUP had 7 members in the Tunisian parliament.