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The Rally for Democracy and Progress ( French: Rassemblement pour la Démocratie et le Progrès, RDP) is a political party in Benin.
The party was established in 1995 as the Rally for Democracy and Pan-Africanism (Rassemblement pour la Démocratie et le Panafricanisme, RDP), [1] and was led by Dominique Houngninou. [2] In the parliamentary elections that year it received 1.4% of the vote, winning one seat, [3] taken by Houngninou. [4] In the 1999 elections its vote share fell to 0.9%, but Houngninou retained his seat. [5] [6]
By the 2003 elections it had become the Rally for Democracy and Progress. It joined the Presidential Movement (MP), with Houngninou again retaining his seat as the MP won a total of 52 seats. [7] [8]
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The Rally for Democracy and Progress ( French: Rassemblement pour la Démocratie et le Progrès, RDP) is a political party in Benin.
The party was established in 1995 as the Rally for Democracy and Pan-Africanism (Rassemblement pour la Démocratie et le Panafricanisme, RDP), [1] and was led by Dominique Houngninou. [2] In the parliamentary elections that year it received 1.4% of the vote, winning one seat, [3] taken by Houngninou. [4] In the 1999 elections its vote share fell to 0.9%, but Houngninou retained his seat. [5] [6]
By the 2003 elections it had become the Rally for Democracy and Progress. It joined the Presidential Movement (MP), with Houngninou again retaining his seat as the MP won a total of 52 seats. [7] [8]