Rally for Culture and Democracy

Political party in Algeria

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The Rally for Culture and Democracy (Berber languages: Agraw i Yidles d Tugdut; Arabic: التجمع من أجل الثقافة والديمقراطية; French: Rassemblement pour la Culture et la Démocratie, RCD) is a political party in Algeria. It promotes secularism (laïcité) and has its principal power base in Kabylia, a major Berber-speaking region. Some consider it to take the position of a liberal party for the Berber-speaking population in Algerian politics.

History and profile

The Rally for Culture and Democracy was founded by Saïd Sadi in 1989.^[3]^[4] He was a presidential candidate in 1995, winning 9.3 percent of the popular vote.

In 1997, the party won 19 of 390 seats. The RCD boycotted the 2002 elections. Saïd Sadi was a candidate again in the 2004 presidential election and won 1.9 percent of the vote. The party participated in the 2007 legislative elections, winning 3.36% of the vote and 19 seats.

Regional strength

In the 2007 legislative election, support for the RCD was higher than its national average (3.36%) in the following provinces:

Province	Percentage
Tizi Ouzou Province	34.28%
Béjaïa Province	17.51%
Bouïra Province	9.09%
Algiers Province	8.58%
Illizi Province	7.31%
Tipaza Province	6.89%
Guelma Province	4.83%
Boumerdès Province	4.55%
Saïda Province	4.30%
Sétif Province	4.25%
Aïn Defla Province	3.43%

References

^ "3 Algerian parties call for election boycott". Associated Press. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
^ Zartman, Jonathan K., ed. (19 March 2020). Conflict in the Modern Middle East: An Encyclopedia of Civil War, Revolutions, and Regime Change. ABC-CLIO. p. 254. ISBN 9781440865039. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
^ Augustus Richard Norton (2001). Civil society in the Middle East. 2 (2001). BRILL. p. 83. ISBN 90-04-10469-0. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
^ "Leftist Parties of Algeria". Broad Left. Retrieved 7 May 2016.