DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF CôTE D'IVOIRE - AFRICAN DEMOCRATIC RALLY

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The 'Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire - African Democratic Rally' (French: ''Parti Démocratique de la Côte d'Ivoire - Rassemblement Démocratique Africain'', 'PDCI-RDA') is a political party in Côte d'Ivoire. From independence in 1960 to 1990 it was the only legal party, and was led by President Félix Houphouët-Boigny. In 1990 the first multi-party elections took place, but the party remained in power. When Houphouët-Boigny died in 1993 he was replaced by Henri Konan Bédié. The party lost power when Bédié was ousted in a December 1999 coup.
At the last legislative elections, 10 December 2000 and 14 January 2001, the party won 94 out of 225 seats.
On May 18 2005, the PDCI and the Rally of the Republicans (RDR), despite a history of hostility towards one another, signed an agreement to form a coalition, the Rally of Houphouétistes for Democracy and Peace, along with two smaller parties, the Union for Democracy and Peace in Côte d'Ivoire (UDPCI) and the Movement of the Forces of the Future (MFA), ahead of the presidential election then planned for October 2005.^[1][2] This election was delayed and is now planned for late 2007 or early 2008.

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1. "La nouvelle alliance contre Gbagbo", rfi.fr, May 19, 2005 .
2. "COTE D'IVOIRE: Former political foes strike pact to oust Gbagbo", IRIN, May 18, 2005.