Democratic National Rally

The Democratic National Rally (Arabic: التجمع الوطني الديمقراطي, romanized: al-Tajammuʻ al-Waṭanī al-Dīmuqrāṭī; French: Rassemblement national démocratique, RND) is a political party in Algeria. The party held its Second Congress on 15–17 May 2003.^[2]

Democratic National Rally التجمع الوطني الديموقراطي
Secretary-General	Mustapha Yahi
Founded	21 February 1997
Headquarters	Les Asphodèles 10, Ben Aknoun, Algiers
Youth wing	RND Youth
Ideology	Populism Economic liberalism[1] Liberal conservatism Algerian nationalism
Political position	Centre-right
International affiliation	Centrist Democrat International
Colors	Blue   Green   Red
Council of the Nation	21 / 144
People's National Assembly	58 / 407
People's Provincial Assemblies	527 / 2,004
Municipalities	451 / 1,540
People's Municipal Assemblies	6,521 / 24,876
Website
rnd.dz
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History

The RND was founded on 21 February 1997 in the midst of the Algerian Civil War for supporters of Liamine Zéroual, former head of ground forces of the Algerian military who had been elected president less than two years earlier (16 November 1995).^[3] Zéroual had run as an independent and won 60% of votes cast. In the Algerian Parliamentary elections held on 5 June 1997 the RND received more votes than any other party 156 out of 380 seats. In the next parliamentary elections five years later it came in third polling only 9.5% of the vote, winning 47 of 380 seats in the Algerian Parliament. In the 2007 election it obtained 10.33% of the vote and 61 seats out of the 389 seats. It is part of the presidential alliance, a three party political alliance created in 2005, the other two parties being the former sole legal party, the National Liberation Front, and the Movement for the Society of Peace.

The Georgetown University Berkley Center describes the RND as having "replaced" the FLN as the Algerian "state party" temporarily for the 1995 and 1997 elections "after the FLN was defeated by the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) in the 1991-1992 national legislative elections". That election was canceled by a military coup and the civil war that followed killed as many 200,000 Algerians,^[4] but once the Islamist insurgents were pacified to a large degree, the "FLN regained its place as the majority and ruling party".^[5]

RND Secretary-General Ahmed Ouyahia was appointed as prime minister on 23 June 2008.^[6]

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
2004	Abdelaziz Bouteflika	8,651,723	84.99%	Elected Y
2019	Azzedine Mihoubi	619,225	7.28%	Lost N

People's National Assembly elections

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position
1997	Ahmed Ouyahia	3,533,434	33.7%	156 / 380	156	1st
2002		610,461	8.2%	47 / 389	109	3rd
2007		597,712	10.44%	62 / 386	15	2nd
2012		524,057	6.86%	68 / 462	6	2nd
2017		964,560	14.91%	97 / 462	32	2nd
2021	Tayeb Zitouni (1965) [fr]	198,758	4.31%	58 / 407	39	3rd

See also

• Category:Democratic National Rally politicians

References

1. DIMINISHING RETURNS: ALGERIA'S 2002 LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS (PDF) (Report). ICG Middle East Briefing. Algiers/Brussels: International Crisis Group. 24 June 2002. p. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2020 – via ETH Zurich.
2. "RND - Historique" Archived 7 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine, RND website, 10 October 2006 (in French).
3. Esposito, John L.; Shahin, Emad El-Din (1 August 2018). Islam and Politics Around the World. Oxford University Press. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-19-090041-0. Archived from the original on 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
4. Ajami, Fouad (27 January 2010). "The Furrows of Algeria". New Republic. Archived from the original on 4 June 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
5. "National Rally for Democracy (RND)". Berkley Center. Archived from the original on 19 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
6. "Ahmed Ouyahia Secrétaire Général du RND Chef du Gouvernement" Archived 1 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine, RND website, 24 June 2008 (in French).