Alliance of the Forces of Progress | |
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Leader | Moustapha Niasse |
Founder | Moustapha Niasse |
Founded | 13 August 1999 |
Headquarters | Dakar |
Ideology | Social democracy |
Political position | Centre-left |
National affiliation | United in Hope |
Website | |
http://www.afp-senegal.org/ | |
The Alliance of the Forces of Progress (French: Alliance des forces de progrès) is a political party in Senegal.
In the parliamentary election held on 29 April 2001, the party won 16.1% of the popular vote and 11 out of 120 seats. The party's founder, Moustapha Niasse, won 16.8% of the vote in the 2000 presidential election, coming in third place. Along with most other opposition parties, the AFP boycotted the parliamentary election of 3 June 2007.
In the 2017 parliamentary elections, the party fought the election as part of the Benno Bokk Yakaar coalition, supporting President Macky Sall.[1] The coalition won 125 seats, including a seat for Moustapha Niasse.[2]