# National Rally for Development

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The **National Rally for Development** ([French](/source/French_language): *Rassemblement National pour le Développement*, RND) was a political party in the [Comoros](/source/Comoros).

## History

The RND was established on 6 October 1996 as a merger of the [National Union for Democracy in the Comoros](/source/National_Union_for_Democracy_in_the_Comoros), [Maecha Bora](/source/Maecha_Bora), [Realising Freedom's Capability](/source/Realising_Freedom's_Capability), the [Comorian Union for Progress](/source/Comorian_Union_for_Progress) and the [Rally for Democracy and Renewal](/source/Rally_for_Democracy_and_Renewal).[1] The founding of the RND had been suggested by President [Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim](/source/Mohamed_Taki_Abdoulkarim) in August 1996 following his victory in the [presidential elections](/source/1996_Comorian_presidential_election) earlier in the year.[2]

The party won 36 of the 43 seats in the [Assembly of the Union](/source/Assembly_of_the_Union_of_the_Comoros) in the [December 1996 parliamentary elections](/source/1996_Comorian_parliamentary_election), although the elections were boycotted by most opposition parties.

Despite its landslide victory, the party began to suffer internal splits. Following the [1999 coup](/source/1999_Comorian_coup_d'%C3%A9tat) one faction supported the new regime headed by [Azali Assoumani](/source/Azali_Assoumani), whilst another called for the reinstatement of temporary head of state [Tadjidine Ben Said Massounde](/source/Tadjidine_Ben_Said_Massounde).

In the [2002 presidential elections](/source/2002_Comorian_presidential_election) [Mtara Maécha](/source/Mtara_Ma%C3%A9cha) stood as the RND–Renewal candidate, finishing fifth out of nine candidates with 8% of the vote, whilst Azali emerged victorious.

Prior to the [2004 parliamentary elections](/source/2004_Comorian_parliamentary_election) the RND joined the [Camp of the Autonomous Islands](/source/Camp_of_the_Autonomous_Islands) alliance, which was opposed to Azali. The alliance won 12 of the 18 elected seats and all 15 of the indirectly-elected seats

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Comoros islands: Constitutional referendum](http://www.africaintelligence.fr/ION/politics/1996/10/12/constitutional-referendum,39722-ART) African Intelligence, 12 October 1996

1. **[^](#cite_ref-TL_2-0)** Tom Lansford (2015) *Political Handbook of the World 2015*, CQ Press

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