Alliance of the Forces of Progress (Senegal)

Alliance of the Forces of Progress
Alliance of the Forces of Progress
Leader	Moustapha Niasse
Founder	Moustapha Niasse
Founded	13 August 1999
Split from	Socialist Party
Headquarters	Dakar
Ideology	Social democracy
Political position	Centre-left
National affiliation	Jàmm ak Njariñ
Website
	http://www.afp-senegal.org/
	Politics of Senegal; Political parties; Elections;

The Alliance of the Forces of Progress (French: Alliance des forces de progrès) is a political party in Senegal.

Founded13 August 1999

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In the parliamentary election held on 29 April 2001, the party won 16.1% of the popular vote and 11 out of 120 seats. The party's founder, Moustapha Niasse, won 16.8% of the vote in the 2000 presidential election, coming in third place. Along with most other opposition parties, the AFP boycotted the parliamentary election of 3 June 2007.

In the 2017 parliamentary elections, the party fought the election as part of the Benno Bokk Yakaar coalition, supporting President Macky Sall.^[1] The coalition won 125 seats, including a seat for Moustapha Niasse.^[2]

Election	Party candidate	First Round		Second Round		Result
Election	Party candidate	Votes	%	Votes	%	Result
2000	Moustapha Niasse	280,538	16.77%	N/a		Lost N
2007		203,129	5.93%	N/a		Lost N
2012		357,330	13.20%	N/a		Lost N

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Status
2001	Moustapha Niasse	303,150	16.13%	11 / 120	New	2nd	Opposition
2007	Election boycotted			0 / 120	11	N/a	Extra-parliamentary
2012^[a]	Moustapha Niasse	1,040,899	53.06%	119 / 150	119	1st	Coalition (United in Hope)
2017^[a]		1,637,761	49.47%	125 / 165	26	1st	Coalition (United in Hope)
2022^[a]		1,518,137	46.56%	82 / 165	43	1st	Coalition (United in Hope)
2024^[b]		330,865	9.13%	7 / 165	75	3rd	Opposition

Electoral history