The Alliance for Democracy and Progress (, ADP) is a political party in the Central African Republic.
History The party was established in October 1991.CAR: Parties with seats in the 2005 National Assembly EISA In October 1992, Jean-Claude Conjugo, then their leader, was killed by government forces during a union-organized demonstration. It won six seats in the National Assembly in the 1993 general elections, and joined Jean-Luc Mandaba's coalition government.Elections held in 1993 IPU
In the next parliamentary elections in 1998 the ADP was part of the Union of Forces for Peace (UFAP),Elections in the Central African Republic African Elections Database which opposed President Ange-Félix Patassé. The ADP won five seats, and UFAP gained a majority of 55 of the 109 seats in the National Assembly. However, the ruling Movement for the Liberation of the Central African People was able to form a government after the defection of a UFAP MP.Tom Lansford (2014) Political Handbook of the World 2014, CQ Press, p249
The 2005 general elections saw the ADP win two seats, whilst its presidential candidate Olivier Gabirault finished last in a field of 11 candidates with 0.6% of the vote. The party put forward nine candidates for the National Assembly in the 2011 general elections,CAR: Number of National Assembly candidates by party in the 2011 election EISA but failed to win a seat.
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