{{infobox political party |name = Union for the Development of the Comoros |president = Mohamed Halifa |founded = February 2013 |position = |colorcode = {{party color|Union for the Development of the Comoros}} |country = Comoros }}
{{Politics of Comoros}}
The '''Union for the Development of the Comoros''' ({{langx|fr|Union pour le Développement des Comores}}, UPDC; {{Langx|ar|الاتحاد لتنمية جزر القمر|translit=Alaitihad litanmiat juzur alqamar}}) is a [[political alliance]] in the [[Comoros]]. The party's president is [[Mohamed Halifa]].<ref>[http://en.indian-ocean-times.com/Comoros-Controversy-surrounding-the-election-commission-on-the-eve-of-the-start-of-the-campaign-for-parliamentary-and_a4947.html Comoros: Controversy surrounding the election commission on the eve of the start of the campaign for parliamentary and municipal elections] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121154237/http://en.indian-ocean-times.com/Comoros-Controversy-surrounding-the-election-commission-on-the-eve-of-the-start-of-the-campaign-for-parliamentary-and_a4947.html |date=2015-01-21 }} Indian Ocean Times, 15 December 2014</ref>
==History== The UPDC was established in February 2013 as an alliance of parties that supported President [[Ikililou Dhoinine]].<ref name=TL>Tom Lansford (2014) ''Political Handbook of the World 2014'', CQ Press, p307</ref> It was initially named the '''Rally for Democracy in the Comoros''' (''Rassemblement pour la Démocratie aux Comoros'', Radeco), but was later renamed Union for the Development of the Comoros.<ref name=TL/>
In the [[2015 Comorian parliamentary election|2015 parliamentary elections]] the UPDC emerged as the largest party, winning eight of the 24 directly elected seats.<ref>[http://www.comores-actualites.com/non-classe/comores-elections-resultats-de-la-ceni-pour-le-2eme-tour/ Comorian elections: CENI results for the second round!] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331045649/http://www.comores-actualites.com/non-classe/comores-elections-resultats-de-la-ceni-pour-le-2eme-tour/ |date=2019-03-31 }} Comores Actualités, 26 February 2015 {{in lang|fr}}</ref> [[Mohamed Ali Soilihi]] was the party's candidate for the [[2019 Comorian presidential election|2019 presidential elections]], finishing fourth with 4% of the vote.
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{{Comorian political parties}}
[[Category:Political party alliances in the Comoros]] [[Category:2013 establishments in the Comoros]] [[Category:Political parties established in 2013]]
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