Union of Democratic Forces for Progress
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The Union of Democratic Forces for Progress (French: Union des forces démocratiques pour le progrès, UFDP) is a political party in Mali led by Youssouf Traoré.
History
The party was founded in May 1991,[1] and officially registered on 16 May.[2] It won three seats in the 1992 parliamentary elections.[3]
The UFDP boycotted the July 1997 parliamentary elections after the April elections had been annulled.[4] It contested the 2002 parliamentary elections as part of the Convergence for Alternation and Change alliance, which won ten seats.[4]
The party did not run in the 2013 parliamentary elections.[5]
References
- ↑ Mali: Registered parties that won no seats in any National Assembly elections EISA
- ↑ Directory of Political Parties Archived May 2, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Ministry of the Interior
- ↑ Elections held in 1992 IPU
- 1 2 Elections in Mali African Elections Database
- ↑ Participation status of political parties in the 2013 legislative elections Ministry of the Interior (French)
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