Sudanese Union – African Democratic Rally
Sudanese Union – African Democratic Rally Union Soudanaise-Rassemblement Démocratique Africain | |
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African Democratic Rally | |
The Sudanese Union – African Democratic Rally (US-RDA) (French: Union Soudanaise-Rassemblement Démocratique Africain) was a political party in Mali.
History
The party was formed in 1945 by
African Democratic Rally (RDA), the interterritorial coalition of anti-colonial political parties active in French West Africa
.
The
1957 elections saw the US-RDA win 57 of the 70 seats. Shortly after the elections, the Union of the Populations of Bandiagara merged into the US-RDA, giving it a total of 64 seats.[1]
When Konaté died in 1958, Keita gained full control of the party.
The
Elections
were held in 1964, but with no opposition, the party retained all 80 seats.
Following a coup in 1968 by Moussa Traoré, the party was banned. Over the next two decades, the US-RDA remained underground until re-emerging in 1990, when it joined the growing democratic movement against Traoré's dictatorship, becoming part of the Alliance for Democracy in Mali (ADEMA).
In the
1992 presidential elections. He finished in second place in the first round of voting, but was beaten by ADEMA's Alpha Oumar Konaré
in the run-off by 69% to 31%.
The
April 1997 elections
.
In 1998 the party split into two factions, one of which followed
2002 parliamentary elections as part of the Convergence for Alternation and Change
alliance, which won 10 seats.
The party joined the
2007 parliamentary elections
. The alliance won 113 seats, of which the US-RDA took one.
In August 2010 it merged with the Bloc for Democracy and African Integration to form the Malian Union for the African Democratic Rally.[2]
Electoral history
Presidential elections
| Election | Party candidate | Votes | % | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Baba Hakib Haidara | 76,840 | 7.0% | Lost 
|
| 1997 | Seydou Kouyate | 26,565 | 1.6% | Lost
|
| 2002 | Did not Participate | |||
| 2007 | ||||
National Assembly elections
| Election | Party leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946–47 | Modibo Keïta | 100% | 2 / 30
|
 2
|
3rd
| |
| 1952 | 101,902 | 100% | 13 / 40
|
11
|
2nd
| |
| 1957 | 435,976 | 62.14% | 57 / 70
|
44
|
1st
| |
| 1959 | 515,869 | 76.0% | 80 / 80
|
23
|
 1st
| |
| 1964 | 2,106,788 | 99.0% | 80 / 80
|
1st
|
1st
| |
1979
|
One-party state rule from 1976 to 1991 | |||||
1982
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1985
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1988
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1992
|
Mamadou Bamou Touré | 172,998 | 17.6% | 8 / 129
|
8
|
2nd
|
1997 (Apr)
|
126,271 | 7.83% | Invalidated | 2nd
| ||
1997 (Jul)
|
Boycotted | 0 / 147
|
 8
|
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2002
|
as part of CFAAC | 10 / 160
|
10
|
3rd
| ||
2007
|
as part of AFDAP | 1 / 160
|
9
|
12th
| ||
References
- ^ Elections in Mali African Elections Database
- ^ Mali: Defunct political parties Archived 2014-04-13 at the Wayback Machine EISA
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