The Convention of Christian Democrats (French: Convention des Démocrates Chrétiens) is a political party in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The party won 10 out of 500 seats in the parliamentary elections. In the 19 January 2007 Senate elections, the party won 3 out of 108 seats.
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