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Rally for Culture and Democracy | |
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| President | Mohcine Belabbas [ar; fr] |
| Founder | Saïd Sadi |
| Founded | 1989; 35 years ago (1989) |
| Split from | Socialist Forces Front |
| Headquarters | Algiers |
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| Political position | Centretocentre-left[2] |
| National affiliation | Forces of the Democratic Alternative |
| Colors | Blue |
| Council of the Nation |
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| People's National Assembly |
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| People's Provincial Assemblies |
33 / 2,004
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| Municipalities |
37 / 1,540
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| People's Municipal Assemblies |
496 / 24,786
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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 partyinAlgeria. 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.
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% |
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