# Comorian Union for Progress > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Comorian_Union_for_Progress > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Comorian_Union_for_Progress.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comorian_Union_for_Progress > Source revision: 1330861421 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Political party in the Comoros Comorian Union for Progress اتحاد جزر القمر من أجل التقدم Union Comorienne pour le Progrès Udzima Founded 1982; 44 years ago (1982) Dissolved 1996; 30 years ago (1996) Merged into National Rally for Development Headquarters Moroni Ideology Nationalism Politics of Comoros Political parties Elections The **Comorian Union for Progress** ([Comorian](/source/Comorian_language): *Udzima*, lit. *Unity*;[1] [French](/source/French_language): *Union Comorienne pour le Progrès*, UCP) is a political party in the [Comoros](/source/Comoros). ## History In 1978, [French](/source/France) mercenary [Bob Denard](/source/Bob_Denard) staged a [coup d'etat](/source/1978_Comorian_coup_d'%C3%A9tat) against the [socialist](/source/Socialism) government of [Ali Soilih](/source/Ali_Soilih), bringing [Ahmed Abdallah](/source/Ahmed_Abdallah) back to power. In February 1982, Abdallah banned all existing political parties and created the UCP. In [subsequent elections](/source/Comorian_legislative_election%2C_1982) a month later, the UCP won 37 of 38 seats in the [National Assembly](/source/Assembly_of_the_Union_of_the_Comoros), with the other seat going to an independent. In the [1987 parliamentary elections](/source/Comorian_legislative_election%2C_1987) the UCP won all 42 seats. Another coup by Denard in 1989 brought [Said Mohamed Djohar](/source/Said_Mohamed_Djohar), who was also part of the UCP. Multi-party politics was introduced in 1990 and Djohar was [elected](/source/Comorian_presidential_election%2C_1990) President. However, Djohar renounced the party in 1991. The party boycotted the [1992 parliamentary elections](/source/Comorian_legislative_election%2C_1992) in protest at the government's refusal to update the voter roll.[2] However, it did contest the [early elections](/source/Comorian_legislative_election%2C_1993) the following year, winning two seats.[3] The party was dissolved in October 1996 when it merged into the [National Rally for Development](/source/National_Rally_for_Development).[4] However, the party was later reformed, and contested the [2015 parliamentary elections](/source/Comorian_legislative_election%2C_2015), failing to win a seat. It nominated Said Ahmed Said Ali as its candidate for the [2016 presidential elections](/source/Comorian_presidential_election%2C_2016), but he failed to progress beyond the [Grande Comore](/source/Grande_Comore) primary, only receiving 0.5% of the vote. ## Electoral history ### Presidential elections Election Party candidate Votes % Votes % Result First Round Second Round 1984 Ahmed Abdallah 99.4% Elected Y 1990 Said Mohamed Djohar 44,845 23.1% 103,000 55.1% Elected Y 1996 Omar Tamou 13.3% Lost N Mtara Maécha 38.7% 2016 Said Ahmed Said Ali 573 0.52% Lost N ### Assembly elections Election Votes % Seats +/– Position Result 1982 37 / 37 37 1st Sole legal party 1987 42 / 42 5 1st Sole legal party 1992 Boycotted 0 / 42 42 Extra-parliamentary 1993 2 / 42 2 5th Opposition 2015 2,713 1.51% 0 / 24 10th Extra-parliamentary ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Martin Ottenheimer & Harriet Ottenheimer (1994) *Historical Dictionary of the Comoro Islands*, Scarecrow Press, p85 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Elections held in 1992](http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2069_92.htm) IPU 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Elections held in 1993](http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2069_93.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304123111/http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2069_93.htm) March 4, 2016, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) IPU 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Comoros islands: Constitutional referendum](https://www.africaintelligence.fr/ION/politics/1996/10/12/constitutional-referendum,39722-ART)[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*] African Intelligence, 12 October 1996 v t e Political parties in the Comoros Parliamentary Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros (31) Party for the Reform of Institutions (1) Independents (1) Extra-parliamentary Comorian Union for Progress Democratic Rally of the Comoros Islands' Fraternity and Unity Party Juwa Party National Front for Justice Orange Party Party for the Comorian Agreement Rally for an Alternative of Harmonious and Integrated Development Rally for Democracy and Renewal Union for the Development of the Comoros Defunct Camp of the Autonomous Islands Comorian Democratic Union Comorian Party for Democracy and Progress Comorian Popular Front Democratic Front of the Comoros Democratic Rally of the Comorian People Dialogue Proposition Action Maecha Bora Movement for Democracy and Progress Movement for Renewal and Democratic Action Movement for the Comoros National Rally for Development National Union for Democracy in the Comoros Nguzo Party for National Salvation Rally for Change and Democracy Realising Freedom's Capability Twamaya Union of Democrats for Development Portal:Politics List of political parties Politics of Comoros This Comoros-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Comoros-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3AComoros-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Comoros-stub) This article about an African political party is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Africa-party-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3AAfrica-party-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Africa-party-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Comorian Union for Progress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comorian_Union_for_Progress) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comorian_Union_for_Progress?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.