Union for Democracy and Progress

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The Union for Democracy and Progress (Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès) is a political party in Mauritania.

In the parliamentary election held on 19 and 26 October 2001, the party won 8.1% of the popular vote and 3 out of 81 seats. In the parliamentary election held on 19 November and 3 December 2006, it won 3 out of 95 seats; in the Senate election held on 21 January and 4 February 2007, it won 1 out of 56 seats.

The UDP is led by Naha Mint Mouknass, and it is the only political party in Mauritania that is headed by a woman.^[1]

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