United Democratic Forces (Republic of The Congo)

The United Democratic Forces (Forces Démocratiques Unies) was an alliance of political parties in the Republic of the Congo, led by Denis Sassou-Nguesso. Sassou-Nguesso, presidential candidate of both the Congolese Labour Party and the FDU, won the presidential election of 10 March 2002 with 89.4% of the vote. In the parliamentary election held on 26 May and 20 June 2002, the FDU won 30 out of 153 seats.


Political parties in the Republic of the Congo
Parliament
  • Congolese Party of Labour (47)
  • Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development (11)
  • Pan-African Union for Social Democracy (11)
  • Action Movement for Renewal (5)
  • Movement for Solidarity and Development (3)
  • Club 2002 (3)
  • Take Action for Congo (3)
  • New Democratic Forces (3)
  • Patriotic Union for Democracy and Progress (2)
  • Rally for Democracy and Social Progress (2)
  • Union for the Republic (2)
  • Union for Progress (2)
  • Union for Democracy and the Republic (1)
  • Union of Democratic Forces (1)
  • Movement for Democracy and Progress (1)
  • Youth in Movement (1)
  • Citizen Rally (1)
  • The Life Party (1)
Other parties
  • Convention for Democracy and Salvation
  • United Democratic Forces
  • Union for Democratic Renewal
  • Rally for Democracy and Development
  • Portal:Politics
  • List of political parties
  • Politics of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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