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{{short description|Political party in Chad}}{{Infobox political party
| name             = Rally for Democracy and Progress
| native_name      = {{lang|ar|التجمع للديمقراطية والتقدم}} <br /> Rassemblement pour la démocracie et le progrès
| colorcode        = {{party color|Rally for Democracy and Progress (Chad)}}
| president        = Mahamat Allahou Taher
| foundation       = December 1991
| headquarters     = [[N'Djamena]]
| country          = Chad
| founder          = [[Lol Mahamat Choua]]
| legalised        = 16 March 1992
| slogan           = ''Dignité, Justice, Travail''
| seats1_title     = Seats in the [[National Assembly (Chad)|National Assembly]]
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|8|188|{{party color|Rally for Democracy and Progress (Chad)}}}}
}}

The '''Rally for Democracy and Progress''' ({{langx|ar|التجمع من أجل الديمقراطية والتقدم}}, {{langx|fr|Rassemblement pour la démocratie et le progrès}}) is a [[political party]] in [[Chad]], led by [[Lol Mahamat Choua]].

The party was founded by Choua in December 1991 and was among the first batch of political parties to be legalized in March 1992.<ref>''Political Parties of the World'' (7th edition, 2009), ed. Bogdan Szajkowski, page 114.</ref> 

In the [[Chadian parliamentary election, 2002|parliamentary election]] held on 21 April 2002, the party, allied to the ruling [[Patriotic Salvation Movement]], won 12 out of 155 seats.

However, since the [[2005 Chad constitutional referendum]], which would allow President [[Idriss Déby]] to eliminate presidential terms, the RDP has been part of the opposition.


==Election results==
===National Assembly elections===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
! rowspan="2" |Election
!rowspan=2|Party leader
!Votes
!%
!Votes
!%
!rowspan=2|Seats
!rowspan=2|+/–
!rowspan=2|Position
!rowspan=2|Result
|-
!colspan=2|First round
!colspan=2|Second round
|-
![[1997 Chadian parliamentary election|1997]]
|rowspan=3 |[[Lol Mahamat Choua]]
|84,372
|6.69%
|13,140%
|1.72%
|{{Composition bar|3|125|{{party color|Rally for Democracy and Progress (Chad)}}}}
|New
|4th
|{{no2|Opposition}}
|-
![[2002 Chadian parliamentary election|2002]]
|
|
| colspan="2" {{N/A}}
|{{Composition bar|10|155|{{party color|Rally for Democracy and Progress (Chad)}}}}
|{{increase}} 7
|{{increase}} 2nd
|{{partial|Support}}
|-
![[2011 Chadian parliamentary election|2011]]
|colspan=4|{{Small|in alliance with [[Patriotic Salvation Movement|MPS]] and [[National Rally for Development and Progress|RNDP]]}}
|{{Composition bar|33|187|{{party color|Rally for Democracy and Progress (Chad)}}}}
|{{increase}} 23
|{{steady}} 2nd
|{{yes2|[[Patriotic Salvation Movement|MPS]]–RDP–[[National Rally for Development and Progress|RNDP]]}}
|-
![[2024 Chadian parliamentary election|2024]]
|Mahamat Allahou Taher
|242,821
|6.05%
| colspan="2" {{N/A}}
|{{Composition bar|8|188|{{party color|Rally for Democracy and Progress (Chad)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 25
|{{decrease}} 3rd
|{{partial|Support}}
|}


==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Chadian political parties}}

[[Category:1991 establishments in Chad]]
[[Category:Political parties in Chad]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1991]]

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