Party for Democracy and Progress (Mali)

The Party for Democracy and Progress (, PDP) is a political party in Mali led by Mady Konaté.

History The party was established in 1991,Africa South of the Sahara 2003 Psychology Press, p652 and officially registered on 25 April that year.Directory of Political Parties Ministry of the Interior It party received 5.1% of the vote in the February 1992 parliamentary elections, winning two seats. In the April 1992 presidential elections it nominated Idrissa Traoré as its candidate. Traoré finished fifth out of nine candidates with 7.1%^ of the vote.Elections in Mali African Elections Database The local elections in the same year saw the party win 40 of the 751 seats across the country.Susanna D. Wing (2008) Constructing Democracy in Transitioning Societies of Africa: Constitutionalism and Deliberation in Mali, Palgrave Macmillan, p92

Traoré was the party's candidate again in the 1997 presidential elections, but his vote share was reduced to 1.2%. The party retained its two seats in the parliamentary elections, running in alliance with ADEMA. In the local elections held in 1998–99 the party won 96 of the 10,545 seats available. The 2002 presidential elections saw the party nominate Mady Konaté as its candidate, but he received just 0.7% of the vote.

The party did not contest the 2013 parliamentary elections.Participation status of political parties in the 2013 legislative elections Ministry of the Interior

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