Parti Rakyat Bersatu
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United People's Party
Parti Rakyat Bersatu 砂拉越联民党 UPP |
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| Abbreviation | UPP |
| Founder | Wong Soon Koh |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Split from | Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) |
| Headquarters | Kuching, Sarawak |
| Ideology | Regionalism |
| Political position | Centre |
| Colours | Red, yellow, black, white |
| Dewan Negara: |
0 / 70
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| Dewan Rakyat: |
0 / 222
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| Sarawak State Legislative Assembly: |
5 / 82
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The United People's Party (Malay: Parti Rakyat Bersatu, abbreviated UPP) is a multi-racial political party but majority of its members are Chinese. UPP was founded in 2014 at Sarawak with its headquarters base at Kuching. The party as a new formed political party is pro-Barisan Nasional (BN) in Sarawak is a splinter party of Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) set-up by its disgruntled leaders. However the hopes of UPP of joining BN has been rejected by the coalition.
Arrangement is being made between UPP and SUPP of Barisan Nasional for the division of seats to be contested in the 2016 Sarawak state election. UPP for the time being has five members in the 17th Sarawak State Legislative Assembly:
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