Central African Democratic Rally

Movement for the Liberation of the Central African People Mouvement pour la Libération du Peuple Centrafricain
Founder	André Kolingba
Founded	6 February 1987
Seats in the National Assembly (March 1st, 2016)	10 / 100
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The Central African Democratic Rally (French: Rassemblement Démocratique Centrafricain, RDC) is a political party in the Central African Republic.

History

The party was established on 6 February 1987,^[1] initially as the political vehicle for President André Kolingba. It was the only legal party in the country until 1992.

Kolingba was the party's presidential candidate in the 1993 general elections, and was eliminated in the first round after receiving just 12% of the vote. The party won 13 seats in the National Assembly, emerging as the second-largest faction behind the Movement for the Liberation of the Central African People (MLPC). It subsequently joined the coalition government led by the MLPC's Jean-Luc Mandaba.^[2]

In the next parliamentary elections in 1998 the RDC was part of the Union of Forces for Peace, (UFAP) which opposed President Ange-Félix Patassé. The RDC won 20 seats, and UFAP gained a majority of 55 of the 109 seats in the National Assembly. However, the MLPC was able to form a government after the defection of a UFAP MP.^[3] Kolingba was the party's candidate for the 1999 presidential elections, finishing second with 19% of the vote as Patassé was elected in the first round of voting.

Kolingba was the party's presidential candidate again for the 2005 general elections. He finished in third place with took 16% of the vote.^[4]^[5] The elections also saw the party reduced to seven seats in the National Assembly.^[5]

In the 2011 general elections the party won just one seat in the National Assembly, whilst its presidential candidate Emile Gros Raymond Nakombo finished fourth in a field of five with 5% of the vote.

References

↑ CAR: Parties with seats in the 2005 National Assembly Archived April 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. EISA
↑ Elections held in 1993 IPU
↑ Tom Lansford (2014) Political Handbook of the World 2014, CQ Press, p249
↑ Report of the Observation Mission of the Presidential and Legislative Elections of 13 March and 8 May 2005 in the Central African Republic Francophone Democracy (French)
1 2 Elections in the Central African Republic African Elections Database

Political parties in the Central African Republic

Parliamentary parties	National Union for Democracy and Progress (13) Union for Central African Renewal (13) Central African Democratic Rally (10) Movement for the Liberation of the Central African People (9) Kwa Na Kwa (7) PATRIE (4) Party for Democratic Governance (3) Rally for the Republic (3) Party of the Central African Renaissance (3) Movement for Democracy and Development (2) Republican Convention for Social Progress (2) Action Party for Development (1) National Solidarity Movement (1) National Union for Democracy and Rally (1) National Unity Party (1) PDSK (1) Socialist Party (1)

Extraparliamentary parties	Alliance for Democracy and Progress Central African Republican Party Congress of Central African Social Democrats Democratic Forum for Modernity Democratic Movement for the Renaissance and Evolution of Central Africa Liberal Democratic Party MESAN MESAN–Boganda Movement for Democracy, Independence and Social Progress National Democratic Front National Party for a New Central Africa Party for Democracy in Central Africa Patriotic Front for Progress Social Democratic Party

Defunct parties	Central African Democratic Union Central African National Liberation Movement Civic Forum Democratic Evolution Movement of Central Africa Independent Grouping for Reflection Löndö Association Movement for Democracy and Independence Movement for Unity, Peace and Security National Convention People's Union for the Republic Republican Progressive Party

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