Social Democratic Convention
Political party in Mali
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The Social Democratic Convention (French: Convention sociale démocrate; CDS), known as CDS-Mogotiguiya, was a political party in Mali led by Mamadou Blaise Sangaré. According to Sangaré, who founded the party, it was established on 7 January 1996 at Tabacoro, on the road to Ségou.[1]
Social Democratic Convention Convention sociale démocrate | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | CDS |
| Leader | Mamadou Blaise Sangaré |
| Founder | Mamadou Blaise Sangaré |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Dissolved | 13 May 2025 |
Electoral history
In the 1997 parliamentary election the CDS won four of the 147 seats in the National Assembly.[2] Sangaré contested the 2002 presidential election, receiving 34,603 votes (2.21%),[2] and the 2007 presidential election, in which he stood for the Front for Democracy and the Republic (FDR) coalition and won 35,776 votes (1.58%) in a contest won by the incumbent president, Amadou Toumani Touré.[3] For the 2018 election the party fielded no candidate of its own and instead backed the re-election of the incumbent president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta.[1]
Dissolution
On 7 May 2025 Mali's transitional military government, led by Assimi Goïta, suspended the activities of all political parties, citing reasons of public order.[4] The parties, including the CDS, were dissolved by decree on 13 May 2025, ending multi-party politics in the country.[5]