Union for Democratic Renewal (Senegal)

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The Union for Democratic Renewal (Union pour le renouveau démocratique) is a political party in Senegal. It was founded by Djibo Leyti Kâ, a former minister under President Abdou Diouf who broke with the then-ruling Socialist Party, in 1998.

In the parliamentary election held on 29 April 2001, the party won 3.7% of the popular vote and 3 out of 120 seats. It joined the government under President Abdoulaye Wade in April 2004.^[1] It participated in the parliamentary election of 3 June 2007 as part of the Sopi Coalition.

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