Union of Mobutist Democrats

The Union of Mobutist Democrats (French: Union des Démocrates Mobutistes, UDEMO) is a political party in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is chaired by Nzanga Mobutu, a son of former Zairian president Mobutu Sese Seko.^[4][5][6]

Union of Mobutist Democrats Union des Démocrates Mobutistes
Abbreviation	UDEMO
Chairman	Nzanga Mobutu
Founded	8 January 2007 (2007-01-08)
Headquarters	545 Kimbondo Avenue, Bandalungwa, Kinshasa
Ideology	Congolese nationalism[1] Liberal conservatism[2] Christian democracy[3]
Political position	Centre-right[1]
Colours	Green and yellow
National Assembly	0 / 500
Senate	1 / 108
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Electoral history

Presidential elections

Year	Candidate	Votes	%	Rank	Ref.
2006	Nzanga Mobutu	808,397	4.77%	4th	[6][7]
2011		285,273	1.57%	6th	[7][8]

Senate elections

Year	Seats	+/−	Ref.
2007	1 / 108		[9]
2019	1 / 109		[citation needed]
2024	1 / 109		[citation needed]

Parliamentary elections

Year	Seats	+/−	Ref.
2006	9 / 500		[5][7]
2011	2 / 500	7	[7][10]
2018	1 / 500	2	[citation needed]
2023	0 / 500	1	[citation needed]

References

Citations

1. Nzongola-Ntalaja, Georges. "The Democratic Republic of Congo: From Party-State to Multi-Party Politics." Review of African Political Economy, vol. 23, no. 70, 1996, pp. 379–390.
2. EISA. "The Founding Elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Highly Fragmented Party System." Journal of African Elections, vol. 6, no. 1, 2007.
3. Academia. "Parliamentary and Presidential Elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 2006." Academia.edu, 2006.
4. BBC News 2006.
5. Vander Weyden 2007, p. 209.
6. ISS Africa 2011.
7. African Elections Database 2012.
8. Budeli & Mangu 2013, p. 140.
9. CEI 2007.
10. Budeli & Mangu 2013, p. 142.

Sources

Journal articles

• Budeli, Mpfariseni; Mangu, Andre Mbata B. (2013). "Towards democratic consolidation in Africa? A look at the 28 November 2011 elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo". International Journal of Liability and Scientific Enquiry. 6 (1/2/3): 132. doi:10.1504/IJLSE.2013.057755. ISSN 1741-6426.
• Reyntjens, Filip (2007). "Briefing: Democratic Republic of Congo: Political Transition and Beyond". African Affairs. 106 (423): 307–317. doi:10.1093/afraf/adm018. ISSN 0001-9909. JSTOR 4496443.
• Vander Weyden, Patrick (1 June 2007). "Founding Elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Highly Fragmented Party System". Journal of African Elections. 6 (1): 203–218. doi:10.20940/jae/2007/v6i1a10. ISSN 1609-4700.

News and magazine articles

• "A Changing Political Landscape in the DRC". Institute for Security Studies. 11 May 2011.
• "Profile: Congo opposition candidates". BBC News. 25 July 2006.

Reports

• "DECISION N° 001/CEI/BUR/07 DU 20 JANVIER 2007 PORTANT ANNONCE DES RESULTATS PROVISOIRES DE L'ELECTION DES SENATEURS DU 19 JANVIER 2007 EN REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO" [DECISION NO. 001/CEI/BUR/07 OF 20 JANUARY 2007 ANNOUNCING THE RESULTS PROVISIONAL ELECTION OF SENATORS OF 19 JANUARY 2007 IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO] (PDF) (in French). Commission Électorale Indépendante de République Democratique du Congo. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2007.

Websites

• "Elections in Congo-Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo)". African Elections Database. 10 October 2012.

External links

• Union of Mobutist Democrats on Twitter