Democratic Party of Ivory Coast – African Democratic Rally
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Democratic Party of Ivory Coast – African Democratic Rally Parti Démocratique de la Côte d'Ivoire — Rassemblement Démocratique Africain | |
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African Democratic Rally | |
Seats in the National Assembly | 73 / 255
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Seats in the Senate | 6 / 99
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pdcirda | |
The Democratic Party of Ivory Coast – African Democratic Rally (French: Parti Démocratique de la Côte d'Ivoire — Rassemblement Démocratique Africain; abbreviated PDCI-RDA) is a centre-right political party in Ivory Coast.
History
Founded during the
All adult Ivorians were required to be members of the party,[4] which was considered the primary intermediary between the government and the people. Even after opposition parties were legalised in 1990, the PDCI continued to dominate Ivorian politics. At the 1990 elections, Houphouët-Boigny was reelected with an implausible 81 percent of the vote, and the party won all but 12 seats in the legislature.
Houphouët-Boigny led the party from its formation until his death in 1993. A year later, acting president of the republic Henri Konan Bédié became the party's second leader. He served out Houphouët-Boigny's seventh term, and was elected in his own right in 1995 with over 96 percent of the vote; the opposition parties had boycotted the election in protest of new eligibility requirements that they deemed unfair. The party lost power when Bédié was ousted in a December 1999 coup.
The PDCI announced in early 2000 that it would hold a congress to choose new leadership, and Bédié denounced this as a "
Unlike many former single parties in Africa, the PDCI has made a good account of itself since losing power. In the
On 18 May 2005, the PDCI and the Rally of the Republicans (RDR), despite a history of hostility towards one another (the RDR had been formed as a liberal splinter from the PDCI in 1994), signed an agreement to form a coalition, the Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace, along with two smaller parties, the Union for Democracy and Peace in Ivory Coast (UDPCI) and the Movement of the Forces of the Future (MFA), ahead of the presidential election then planned for October 2005.[10][11] This election was delayed several times, finally held in 2010. By that time, the two parties had resumed competing against each other.
At the 11 December 2011 parliamentary election, the PDCI remained the principal opposition party, with 76 seats.
At the 2016 parliamentary election, the Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace (composed of the RDR, the PDCI and some minor parties) won a strong majority at the National Assembly.
At the 2021 Ivorian parliamentary election, the PDCI only gained around 6% of the vote and 23 seats. The Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace won, in contrast, 49% of the vote and now have 137 seats in the parliament.
Electoral history
Presidential elections
Election | Party candidate | Votes | % | Votes | % | Results |
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First Round | Second Round | |||||
1960 | Félix Houphouët-Boigny | 1,641,352 | 100% | - | - | Elected |
1965 | 1,867,605 | 100% | - | - | Elected | |
1970 | 2,003,046 | 100% | - | - | Elected | |
1975 | 2,404,905 | 100% | - | - | Elected | |
1980 | 2,795,150 | 100% | - | - | Elected | |
1985 | 3,516,524 | 100% | - | - | Elected | |
1990 | 2,445,365 | 81.68% | - | - | Elected | |
1995 | Henri Konan Bédié | 1,837,154 | 96.0% | - | - | Elected |
2000 | Boycotted | |||||
2010 | 1,165,532 | 25.24% | - | - | Lost | |
2015 | Supported Alassane Ouattara | 2,618,229 | 83.66% | - | - | Elected |
2020 | Henri Konan Bédié | 53,330 | 1.68% | - | - | Lost |
National Assembly elections
Election | Party leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position |
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1946–47
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Félix Houphouët-Boigny | 24 / 30
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24 | 1st | ||
1952 | 66,838 | 71.9% | 28 / 32
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4 | 1st | |
1957 | 720,828 | 89.3% | 58 / 60
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30 | 1st | |
1959 | 1,522,324 | 100% | 100 / 100
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40 | 1st | |
1960 | 1,586,518 | 100% |
70 / 70
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30 | 1st | |
1965 | 1,863,005 | 100% |
85 / 85
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15 | 1st | |
1970 | 1,997,560 | 100% |
100 / 100
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15 | 1st | |
1975 | 2,390,566 | 100% |
120 / 120
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20 | 1st | |
1980 | 100% |
147 / 147
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27 | 1st | ||
1985 | 100% |
175 / 175
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30 | 1st | ||
1990 | 1,324,549 | 71.7% |
163 / 175
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12 | 1st | |
1995 | Henri Konan Bédié |
148 / 175
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15 | 1st | ||
2000–01
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94 / 225
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54 | 2nd | |||
2011 | 564,958 | 28.85% |
77 / 255
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17 | 2nd | |
2016 | 1,019,057 | 50.26% as part of RHDP |
77 / 255
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2nd | ||
2021 | 602,201 | 22.54% with EDC |
73 / 255
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4 | 2nd |
See also
- Eburnean Democratic Bloc, splinter group formed in 1949 [12]
- Youth of the African Democratic Rally of Ivory Coast
- Patrick Achi
References
- ^ a b Cahoon, Ben. "Côte d'Ivoire". worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- ^ "Côte d'Ivoire - Political Parties - Elections". perspective.usherbrooke.ca. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- ^ "Felix Houphouet-Boigny, Ivory Coast's Leader Since Freedom in 1960, Is Dead", NYT, December 8, 1993.
- LCCN 90005878.
- ^ "Cote d'Ivoire: Ousted president accuses party of staging "putsch" against him", AFP (nl.newsbank.com), February 29, 2000.
- ^ "Ivorian former ruling party wants coup leader to stick to "transition period"", Radio France Internationale (nl.newsbank.com), April 11, 2000.
- ^ "COTE D'IVOIRE: Nineteen register as presidential candidates", IRIN, August 18, 2000.
- ^ "COTE D'IVOIRE: Ex-interior minister chosen as PDCI presidential candidate", IRIN, August 21, 2000.
- ^ "Cote d'Ivoire: Former President Bedie calls for presidential election boycott", AFP (nl.newsbank.com), October 10, 2000.
- ^ "La nouvelle alliance contre Gbagbo" Archived 2021-06-25 at the Wayback Machine, rfi.fr, 19 May 2005 (in French).
- ^ "Côte d'Ivoire: Former political foes strike pact to oust Gbagbo", IRIN, 18 May 2005.
- ^ Gbagbo, Laurent. Côte d'Ivoire, Pour une alternative démocratique. Paris: L'Harmattan, 1983.
External links
- PDCI-RDA website (in French)
- PDCI-RDA website (in French)