Rally of Progressive National Democrats

Rally of Progressive National Democrats
Rassemblement des Démocrates Nationaux Progressistes
Leader Mirlande Manigat
Founder Leslie Manigat
Founded 1979
Headquarters Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Ideology Haitian nationalism
Christian democracy
Conservatism
Political position Centre-right
International affiliation Centrist Democrat International
Regional affiliation Christian Democrat Organization of America
Colors      Green
Chamber of Deputies
0 / 99
Senate
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Politics of Haiti
Political parties
Elections

The Rally of Progressive National Democrats (Rassemblement des Démocrates Nationaux Progressistes, RDNP) is a political party in Haiti.

History

The RDNP was founded in 1979 by then exiled president Leslie Manigat.[1] It was registered officially as political party in 25 May 1987, but only on the 15th of July 1987 was it recognized by the electoral authorities.[2] In the Haitian presidential election in 1988, Leslie Manigat wins with 50,2% of the popular vote, and elected President; in the parliamentary elections, in 1990, RDNP elected only one seat in Senate; in Haitian presidential elections in February 2006, its candidate Leslie Manigat won 12.4% of the popular vote. In the 2006 Senate elections the party picked up 10.7% of the popular vote yet only 1 out of 30 Senators. In the 2006 Chamber of Deputies elections, the party won 4 out of 99 seats.[3] In the Haitian presidential elections of 28 November 2010, the RDNP presented as candidate Mirlande Manigat, wife of the RDNP's founder. She won the first round by carrying 31.37%, and in the second ballot with Michel Martelly she lost with only 31,74%. However in the Parliamentary elections the RDNP lost the seat that it had in the Chambers.

References

  1. ↑ "Le Rassemblement des Démocrates Nationaux Progressistes fête ses 30ans" (in French). MetropoleHaiti.com. 1 June 2009.
  2. ↑ "Partis Politiques Enregistrés et Reconnus" (in French). HaitiCulture.ch.
  3. ↑ http://www.refworld.org/docid/51dd1b654.html