Party for Democracy and Progress (Mali)
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The Party for Democracy and Progress (French: Parti pour la Démocratie et le Progrès, PDP) is a political party in Mali led by Mady Konaté.
History
The party was established in 1991,April 1992 presidential elections it nominated Idrissa Traoré as its candidate. Traoré finished fifth out of nine candidates with 7.1%^ of the vote.[3] The local elections in the same year saw the party win 40 of the 751 seats across the country.[4]
Traoré was the party's candidate again in the
2002 presidential elections saw the party nominate Mady Konaté as its candidate, but he received just 0.7% of the vote.[3]
The party did not contest the
2013 parliamentary elections.[5]
References
- ^ Africa South of the Sahara 2003 Psychology Press, p652
- ^ Directory of Political Parties Archived 2014-05-02 at the Wayback Machine Ministry of the Interior
- ^ a b Elections in Mali African Elections Database
- ^ a b Susanna D. Wing (2008) Constructing Democracy in Transitioning Societies of Africa: Constitutionalism and Deliberation in Mali, Palgrave Macmillan, p92
- ^ Participation status of political parties in the 2013 legislative elections[permanent dead link] Ministry of the Interior
