Alliance of the Forces of Progress | |
Leader: | Moustapha Niasse |
Foundation: | 13 August 1999 |
Founder: | Moustapha Niasse |
Split: | Socialist Party |
Ideology: | Social democracy |
Position: | Centre-left |
National: | Jàmm ak Njariñ |
Country: | Senegal |
Headquarters: | Dakar |
Website: | http://www.afp-senegal.org/ |
The Alliance of the Forces of Progress (fr|Alliance des forces de progrès) is a political party in Senegal.
In the parliamentary election held on 29 April 2001, the party won 16.1% of the popular vote and 11 out of 120 seats. The party's founder, Moustapha Niasse, won 16.8% of the vote in the 2000 presidential election, coming in third place. Along with most other opposition parties, the AFP boycotted the parliamentary election of 3 June 2007.
In the 2017 parliamentary elections, the party fought the election as part of the Benno Bokk Yakaar coalition, supporting President Macky Sall.[1] The coalition won 125 seats, including a seat for Moustapha Niasse.[2]
Election | Party candidate | First Round | Second Round | Result | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
2000 | Moustapha Niasse | 280,538 | 16.77% | Lost | ||
2007 | 203,129 | 5.93% | Lost | |||
2012 | 357,330 | 13.20% | Lost |
Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2001 | Moustapha Niasse | 303,150 | 16.13% | New | 2nd | ||
2007 | Election boycotted | 11 | |||||
2012 | Moustapha Niasse | 1,040,899 | 53.06% | 119 | 1st | ||
2017 | 1,637,761 | 49.47% | 26 | 1st | |||
2022 | 1,518,137 | 46.56% | 43 | 1st |