The Rally for Democracy and Progress (french: Rassemblement pour la Démocratie et le Prògres, RDP) is a political party in

Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Ma ...

History

The party was established in October 1990 by expatriate Malians living in

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,Pascal James Imperato & Gavin H. Imperato (2008) ''Historical Dictionary of Mali'', Scarecrow Press, p252 and was officially registered on 19 April 1991. In the country's first multi-party elections since independence in 1992 it won four seats in the

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later in the year it nominated Almamy Sylla as its candidate. Sylla finished fourth with 9.4% of the vote. Sylla was the party's presidential candidate again in the 1997 elections, but received only 1% of the vote. The party then boycotted the July 1997 parliamentary elections following the annulment of the April elections, in which it had received 2% of the vote. The boycott led to a split in the party, with moderates breaking away to form the National Rally for Democracy, which did run in the elections, winning one seat. The 2002 presidential elections saw Sylla run again, but his vote share was reduced to 0.6%. The party contested the 2013 parliamentary elections,Participation status of political parties in the 2013 legislative elections
Ministry of the Interior but failed to win a seat.

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{{Malian political parties Political parties in Mali Political parties established in 1990