The National Alliance for Development and Democracy (, AND) is a

political alliance A parliamentary group, parliamentary caucus or political group is a group consisting of members of different political parties or independent politicians with similar ideologies. Some parliamentary systems allow smaller political parties, who a ...

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. Its current president is Valentin Aditi Houde and is supportive of the

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government.

History

The AND was formed on 31 May 2014,Alliance nationale pour la démocratie et le développement : Un grand regroupement politique est né
La Presse du Jour, 2 June 2014 as an alliance of 17 parties. It received 7.6% of the vote in the 2015 parliamentary elections, winning five seats.Les FCBE arrivent en tête du scrutin législatif avec 32 sièges
24 Heures, 2 May 2015

Member parties

Member parties include: *Citizen's Union for the Homeland *Democratic Rally of Benin *Forces of Progress *Mission of Young Patriots for Development *Mobilisation of United Forces for Development *Movement for the Republic and Ethics *Movement of Reflection and Action for Development *Movement for Democracy and Solidarity *Mouvement La Conscience Missité *Party of Renovation for Solidarity and Progress *Rally for a United Benin *

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*Sentinel of the Republic *Union for Work and Democracy *Union of Democratic Forces for Development *Union of Movements and Association of

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*Vision and Hope for an Emergent Benin

References

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