The Union for Democracy and Freedom (, UDL) was a political party in

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

History

The UDL was established in 1989,L'Union pour la démocratie et les libertés communique
Le Matin, 13 February 2012 and ran in the first multi-party

elections An election is a formal group decision-making process whereby a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated ...

since independence in 1991, receiving just 0.1% of the vote and failing to win a seat. The

1997 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1997. Africa * 1997 Algerian legislative election * 1997 Burkinabé parliamentary election * 1997 Cameroonian parliamentary election * 1997 Cameroonian presidential election * 1997 Chadian parliamenta ...

saw the party increase its vote share to 0.5%, winning a single seat in the

People's National Assembly The People's National Assembly (; abbreviated APN) is the lower house of the Algerian Parliament. It is composed of 407 members directly elected by the population. Of the 407 seats, 8 are reserved for Algerians living abroad. Members of the Peo ...

.Elections held in 1997
IPU The party lost its seat in the

2002 elections The following elections occurred in the year 2002. * 2002 Bahraini parliamentary election * 2002 Comorian presidential election * 2002 East Timorese presidential election * 2002 Fijian municipal election * 2002 Hong Kong Chief Executive election * ...

. It supported President

Abdelaziz Bouteflika Abdelaziz Bouteflika (; ; 2 March 1937 – 17 September 2021) was an Algerian politician and diplomat who served as the seventh president of Algeria from 1999 to his resignation in 2019. Before his stint as an Algerian politician, Bouteflika s ...

in the 2004 presidential elections, before ceasing to function in 2005.

References

{{Algerian political parties Defunct political parties in Algeria Political parties established in 1989 1989 establishments in Algeria Political parties disestablished in 2005 2005 disestablishments in Algeria