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The Party of Togolese Unity (French: Parti de l'unité togolaise, PUT), initially known as the Committee of Togolese Unity (Comité de l'unité togolaise, CUT) until 1963, was a political party in Togo. The party was formed on 13 March 1941 as CUT and led by Sylvanus Olympio. CUT gradually became more radical, and from 1947 onwards it demanded self-determination. In 1951, a moderate faction broke away and formed the Union of Chiefs and Peoples of the North (UCPN). During the period from 1951 to 1958, CUT was the main opposition party in French Togoland, and represented the mainstream of the anticolonialist movement in the territory.

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election	Party candidate	Votes	%	Result
1961	Sylvanus Olympio	560,938	100%	Elected Y

National Assembly elections

Election	Party leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position
1946	Sylvanus Olympio			14 / 30	14	1st
1951				1 / 30	13	3rd
1952		10,650 (in alliance with Juvento)	25.7%	9 / 30	8	2nd
1955		Boycotted		0 / 30	9
1958		190,098	61.2%	29 / 46	29	1st
1961		560,938	100%	52 / 52	23	1st

References

• Toulabor, Comi M. Le Togo sous Eyadéma. Paris: Karthala, 1986.

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National Assembly (91)	Union for the Republic (62) Let's Save Togo Collective – ADDI, ANC, MRC, OBUTS, PSR, PT (20) Rainbow Alliance – CAR, CDPA, UDS, MCD, PDP, NET (5) Union of Forces for Change (2) Sursaut National (1)
Extraparliamentary	Believers' Movement for Equality and Peace Communist Party of Togo Coordination of New Forces Democratic Alliance for the Fatherland Juvento New Popular Dynamic Party for Renewal and Redemption Party of Action for Change in Togo Party for Democracy and Renewal Party of the Union for Renovation and Development Pan-African Patriotic Convergence Popular Union for the Republic Regrouping of the Live Forces of Youth for Change The Nest Togolese Alliance of Democrats Union for Democracy and Social Progress
Defunct	Democratic Front for the Liberation of Togo Democratic Union of the Togolese People Party of Togolese Unity Socialist Revolution Party of Benin Togolese Party of Progress Togolese People's Movement Togolese Union for Democracy Union for Justice and Democracy Union of Chiefs and Peoples of the North
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