The Party for Unity and Rally (french: Parti de l'Unité et du Rassemblement; PUR) is an Islamist

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Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣� ...

. The party was founded in 1998 and is led by Cheikh Mouhamadou Moustapha Sy. The party won three seats at the 2017 parliamentary election. In September 2021 it joined

Ousmane Sonko Ousmane Sonko (born 12 october 1974) is a Senegalese politician. He is a former chief tax inspector in Senegal, and an advocate for reformation in the Senegalese tax system. Sonko was the youngest candidate to run in the 2019 presidential elect ...

's Liberate the People alliance. During the following year the coalition contested first the 2022 local elections, winning in several major cities including

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, and later the 2022 national election, gaining 56 seats and becoming the second biggest coalition in the

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. Its colours are green and white; its symbol is two doves facing each other.

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*Ed Van Hoven, « The Nation Turbaned? The Construction of Nationalist Muslim Identities in Senegal », ''Journal of Religion in Africa'', vol. 30, fasc. 2, May 2000, p. 225-248 Political parties in Senegal Political parties established in 1998 1998 establishments in Senegal Islamic democratic political parties Conservative parties in Africa {{Senegal-party-stub