The Rally for Culture and Democracy (Berber languages: Agraw i Yidles d Tugdut; Arabic: التجمع من أجل الثقافة والديمقراطية; French: Rassemblement pour la Culture et la Démocratie, RCD) is a political party in Algeria. It promotes secularism (laïcité) and has its principal power base in Kabylia, a major Berber-speaking region. Some consider it to take the position of a liberal party for the Berber-speaking population in Algerian politics.
President | Mohcine Belabbas |
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Founder | Saïd Sadi |
Founded | 1989 |
Split from | Socialist Forces Front |
Headquarters | Algiers |
Ideology | |
Political position | Centre to centre-left[2] |
National affiliation | Forces of the Democratic Alternative |
Colors | Blue |
Council of the Nation | 0 / 144 |
People's National Assembly | 0 / 407 |
People's Provincial Assemblies | 33 / 2,004 |
Municipalities | 37 / 1,540 |
People's Municipal Assemblies | 496 / 24,786 |
Website | |
rcd-algerie | |
The Rally for Culture and Democracy was founded by Saïd Sadi in 1989.[3][4] He was a presidential candidate in 1995, winning 9.3 percent of the popular vote.
In 1997, the party won 19 of 390 seats. The RCD boycotted the 2002 elections. Saïd Sadi was a candidate again in the 2004 presidential election and won 1.9 percent of the vote. The party participated in the 2007 legislative elections, winning 3.36% of the vote and 19 seats.
In the 2007 legislative election, support for the RCD was higher than its national average (3.36%) in the following provinces:
Province | Percentage |
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Tizi Ouzou Province | 34.28% |
Béjaïa Province | 17.51% |
Bouïra Province | 9.09% |
Algiers Province | 8.58% |
Illizi Province | 7.31% |
Tipaza Province | 6.89% |
Guelma Province | 4.83% |
Boumerdès Province | 4.55% |
Saïda Province | 4.30% |
Sétif Province | 4.25% |
Aïn Defla Province | 3.43% |