The United National People's Party is a political party

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone , officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of and has an estimated population between 5.4 and 6.4...

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In 1996, the UNPP received 21.6% of the votes in the parliamentary election, winning 17 of the 68 seats. UNPP candidate John Karefa-Smart

John Karefa-Smart

Dr. John Albert Musselman Karefa-Smart was a politician from Sierra Leone and leader of the United National People's Party. He was an ordained Elder of the United Methodist Church.-Education:...

 finished second to current president Ahmad Tejan Kabbah

Ahmad Tejan Kabbah

Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah served as President of Sierra Leone from 1996 to 1997 and again from 1998 to 2007.He worked for the United Nations Development Programme and returned to Sierra Leone in 1992...

 in both the first and second rounds of voting, receiving 22.62% and 40.5% respectively.

In the election

Sierra Leonean general election, 2002

General elections were held in Sierra Leone on 14 May 2002 to elect a president and parliament. Both votes were won by the Sierra Leone People's Party, whose leader, Ahmed Tejan Kabbah, was re-elected as President...

 held on 14 May 2002, the party won 1.3 % of popular votes and no seats in parliament, while its candidate in the presidential election, Karefa-Smart, won 1.0 % of the vote.

In the August 2007 general election

Sierra Leonean general election, 2007

Presidential and parliamentary elections were held in Sierra Leone on 11 August 2007. Seven candidates competed in the first round of the presidential election; no candidate received the necessary 55% of the vote to win in the first round, and a second round was held between the top two candidates,...

, the party did not win any seats in parliament, and its presidential candidate, Abdul Kady Karim

Abdul Kady Karim

Abdul Kady Karim is a Sierra Leonean politician, accountant and academic. He is a member of the United National People's Party. He ran for President in the August 2007 general election and finished in 7th place with 7,260 votes nationally.-Education:...

(whose running mate was Mohamed Sei), took seventh and last place with 7,260 votes, 0.39% of the total.