Rewmi ( in Wolof""Former Senegalese Premier returns to ruling party, but insists on presidency"
African Press Agency, February 1, 2007. Retrieved February 2, 2007. ) is a political party in

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

. It is led by

Idrissa Seck Idrissa Seck (born August 9, 1959) is a Senegalese politician who was Prime Minister of Senegal from November 2002 to July 2004. He was a leading member of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) and was considered a protégé of President Abdoulay ...

, after he founded it in 2006.

History

The party boycotted the June 2007 parliamentary election.Diadie Ba
"Senegal's opposition to boycott elections"
Reuters (''IOL''), April 2, 2007. Retrieved June 9, 2007.

run in the 2012 presidential election but finished fifth and decided to endorse

Macky Sall Macky Sall (, wo, Maki Sàll, fuc, 𞤃𞤢𞤳𞤭 𞤅𞤢𞤤‎, italic=no, Maki Sal; born 11 December 1961) is a Senegalese politician who has been President of Senegal since April 2012. He was re-elected President in the first round voti ...

for the second round. Following that, the party joined

United in Hope United in Hope ( wo, Benno Bokk Yaakaar, BBY; french: Unis par l'espoir) is a political coalition in Senegal led by President Macky Sall's Alliance for the Republic party. The coalition managed to obtain a majority in the National Assembly both ...

coalition for the

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, that resulted in the coalition winning a majority of the seats. However just a year later the national secretariat of the party unanimously decided to quit the alliance over several disagreements between Idrissa Seck and Macky Sall. in 2019 Idrissa Seck contested for the third time the

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as main opponent of Macky Sall, and finished second with 20.51% of the votes, its best performance up to that moment. Following the outbreak of the

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, with Senegal registering its first case on 2 March 2020, Idrisa Seck started talks with other opposition forces and Macky Sall in order to find a common plan to face the pandemic. This culminated with Idrissa Seck being nominated president of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council on 1 November 2020 and Rewmi officially joining the government with two of his members being assigned ministerial positions, putting an end to the conflict between Idrissa Seck and Macky Sall. Rewmi contested both the 2022 local elections and the 2022 national election back as member of the

coalition, but registered defeats in its historic stronghold of Thiés leaving Idrissa Seck in a weakened position and possibly close to withdrawing from political life.

Electoral results

Presidential elections

National Assembly elections

References

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