Union for the Presidential Majority (Djibouti)

This article is about Djiboutian political party. For the French political party, see Union for a Popular Movement.

The Union for the Presidential Majority (French: Union pour la Majorité Présidentielle UMP) is the ruling political coalition in Djibouti. The coalition supports the Presidency of Ismaïl Omar Guelleh.^[2]

Union for the Presidential Majority Union pour la Majorité Présidentielle
Leader	Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
President	Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed
Founded	2003
Headquarters	Djibouti City
Ideology	Social democracy
Political position	Left-wing[1]
National Assembly	58 / 65
Party flag
Website
ump.dj
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The coalition originally formed to contest the 2003 parliamentary election, and support Guelleh in the 2005 presidential election.^[3]

The coalition is composed of four parties; the RPP, the FRUD, the PSD, and the UPR.^[4]

Members

Name		Ideology	Leader	Joined
	People's Rally for Progress Rassemblement populaire pour le Progrès	Issa interests	Ismaïl Omar Guelleh	2003
	Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy Front pour la Restauration de l'Unité et de la Démocratie	Afar interests	Ali Mohamed Daoud	2003
	Social Democratic People's Party Parti Populaire Social Démocrate	Social democracy	Moumin Bahdon Farah	2003
	Union of Reform Partisans Union des Partisans de la Réforme	Social democracy	Ibrahim Chehem Daoud	2008

Former Members

Name		Ideology	Time
	National Democratic Party Parti National Démocratique	Social democracy	2003-2011

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election	Party candidate	Votes	%	Result
2005	Ismaïl Omar Guelleh	144,433	100%	Elected Y
2011		89,942	80.63%	Elected Y
2016		111,389	87.07%	Elected Y
2021		155,291	97.30%	Elected Y

National Assembly elections

Election	Patry leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Result
2003	Ismaïl Omar Guelleh	53,293	62.7%	65 / 65		1st	Supermajority government
2008		103,463	94.06%	65 / 65		1st	Supermajority government
2013		74,016	61.5%	55 / 65	10	1st	Supermajority government
2018		105,278	87.83%	57 / 65	2	1st	Supermajority government
2023		159,658	93.68%	58 / 65	1	1st	Supermajority government

References

1. Djibouti - législative - Élections 2013
2. http://www.ump.dj/article.php?ID=1%5B%5D
3. "Djibouti - Political Party flags". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
4. http://www.ump.dj/article.php?ID=5%5B%5D