The Union for Central African Renewal (french: Union pour le renouveau centrafricain, URCA) is a political party in the

Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of th ...

led by Anicet-Georges Dologuélé.

History

The URCA was established on 25 October 2013. Dologuélé was chosen as the party's candidate for the 2015–16 presidential elections; although he finished as the leading candidate in the first round, he was defeated by Faustin-Archange Touadéra in the run-off. In the parliamentary elections it emerged as the joint-largest party in the

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, winning 13 of the 131 seats.Centrafrique: Configuration de la future Assemblée Nationale
RJDH, 9 April 2016

Electoral results

Presidential elections

Parliamentary elections

References

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