Union for the Development of the Comoros

The Union for the Development of the Comoros (French: Union pour le Développement des Comores, UPDC; Arabic: الاتحاد لتنمية جزر القمر, romanized: Alaitihad litanmiat juzur alqamar) is a political alliance in the Comoros. The party's president is Mohamed Halifa.^[1]

Union for the Development of the Comoros
President	Mohamed Halifa
Founded	February 2013
Politics of Comoros Political parties Elections

History

The UPDC was established in February 2013 as an alliance of parties that supported President Ikililou Dhoinine.^[2] It was initially named the Rally for Democracy in the Comoros (Rassemblement pour la Démocratie aux Comoros, Radeco), but was later renamed Union for the Development of the Comoros.^[2]

In the 2015 parliamentary elections the UPDC emerged as the largest party, winning eight of the 24 directly elected seats.^[3] Mohamed Ali Soilihi was the party's candidate for the 2019 presidential elections, finishing fourth with 4% of the vote.