Front for Democracy and the Republic

The Front for Democracy and the Republic (French: Front pour la démocratie et la république) is an opposition coalition in Mali that fought the presidential election on 29 April 2007 and the parliamentary election of 1 July and 22 July 2007. The FDR is an umbrella organisation, bringing together 16 independent political parties and groups.^[1] It rejected the official results of the election, according to which incumbent president Amadou Toumani Touré won with about 71% of the vote, and alleged fraud, unsuccessfully asking the Constitutional Court to annul the election.^[2][3][4] On 19 May, the leading FDR candidate, National Assembly president Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita, said that the group would abide by the court's decision to confirm Touré's victory^[5] and would concentrate on the July 2007 parliamentary election.^[6]

Of the eight candidates who fought the presidential election, four were affiliated with the FDR alliance:

• Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita (RPM)
• Tiébilé Dramé (PARENA)
• Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga (Convergence 2007)
• Mamadou Blaise Sangaré (Social Democratic Convention)

The parties and other organisations were:

• Rally for Mali (RPM)
• Party for National Rebirth (PARENA)
• Social Democratic Convention (CDS-Mogotiguiya)
• Concertation démocratique
• COPP
• DPM
• Faso
• MPDD
• PARI
• PER
• PRDDM
• RDR
• RDT
• RJP
• Convergence 2007
• ADJ

In the July 2007 parliamentary election, the FDR won a total of 15 out of 147 seats: 11 for the RPM and four for PARENA.^[7]