Union for the Development of the Comoros
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| President | Mohamed Halifa |
| Founded | February 2013 |
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The Union for the Development of the Comoros (French: Union pour le Développement des Comores, UPDC; Arabic: الاتحاد لتنمية جزر القمر, romanized: Alaitihad litanmiat juzur alqamar) is a political alliance in the Comoros. The party's president is Mohamed Halifa.[1]
History
[edit]The UPDC was established in February 2013 as an alliance of parties that supported President Ikililou Dhoinine.[2] It was initially named the Rally for Democracy in the Comoros (Rassemblement pour la Démocratie aux Comoros, Radeco), but was later renamed Union for the Development of the Comoros.[2]
In the 2015 parliamentary elections the UPDC emerged as the largest party, winning eight of the 24 directly elected seats.[3] Mohamed Ali Soilihi was the party's candidate for the 2019 presidential elections, finishing fourth with 4% of the vote.
References
[edit]- ^ Comoros: Controversy surrounding the election commission on the eve of the start of the campaign for parliamentary and municipal elections Archived 2015-01-21 at the Wayback Machine Indian Ocean Times, 15 December 2014
- ^ a b Tom Lansford (2014) Political Handbook of the World 2014, CQ Press, p307
- ^ Comorian elections: CENI results for the second round! Archived 2019-03-31 at the Wayback Machine Comores Actualités, 26 February 2015 (in French)
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