The National Rally for Development (french: Rassemblement National pour le Développement, RND) was a political party in the

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History

The RND was established on 6 October 1996 as a merger of the

National Union for Democracy in the Comoros The National Union for Democracy in the Comoros (french: Union Nationale pour la Démocratie aux Comores, UNDC) was a political party in the Comoros. History The UNDC nominated Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim as its candidate for the 1990 presidential ...

, Maecha Bora,

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, the

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and the

Rally for Democracy and Renewal The Rally for Democracy and Renewal (french: Rassemblement pour la Démocratie et le Renouveau, RDR) is a political party in the Comoros. History The RDR was founded in October 1993 by President Said Mohamed Djohar,Comoros islands: Constitutional referendum
African Intelligence, 12 October 1996 The founding of the RND had been suggested by President Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim in August 1996 following his victory in the

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earlier in the year.Tom Lansford (2015) ''Political Handbook of the World 2015'', CQ Press The party won 36 of the 43 seats in the Assembly of the Union in the December 1996 parliamentary elections, although the elections were boycotted by most opposition parties. Despite its landslide victory, the party began to suffer internal splits. Following the 1999 coup one faction supported the new regime headed by

Azali Assoumani Azali Assoumani ( ar, غزالي عثماني; born 1 January 1959) is a Comorian politician and military officer who has served as President of the Comoros since April 2019. He was also president from 2002 to 2006 and 2016 to February 2019. He ...

, whilst another called for the reinstatement of temporary head of state

Tadjidine Ben Said Massounde Tadjidine Ben Said Massounde ( ar, تاج الدين بن سعيد مسوندي, 1933 in Anjouan – February 29, 2004) was a Comoros, Comorian politician. Biography Massounde served as Heads of government of the Comoros, Prime Minister from ...

. In the 2002 presidential elections Mtara Maécha 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 the RND joined the

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alliance, which was opposed to Azali. The alliance won 12 of the 18 elected seats and all 15 of the indirectly-elected seats

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