Front for Democracy and the Republic
The Front for Democracy and the Republic is an opposition coalition in Mali that fought the [Malian Malian presidential election, 2007|presidential election, 2007|presidential election] on 29 April 2007 and the [Malian Malian parliamentary election, 2007|parliamentary election, 2007|parliamentary election] of 1 July and 22 July 2007. The FDR is an umbrella organisation, bringing together 16 independent political parties and groups. It rejected the official results of the election, according to which incumbent president Amadou Toumani Touré won with about 71% of the vote, and alleged fraud, unsuccessfully asking the Constitutional Court to annul the election. On 19 May, the leading FDR candidate, National Assembly president Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita, said that the group would abide by the court's decision to confirm Touré's victory and would concentrate on the July 2007 parliamentary election.
Of the eight candidates who fought the presidential election, four were affiliated with the FDR alliance:
The parties and other organisations were:
- Rally for Mali
- Party for National Rebirth
- Social Democratic Convention
- Concertation démocratique
- COPP
- DPM
- Faso
- MPDD
- PARI
- PER
- PRDDM
- RDR
- RDT
- RJP
- Convergence 2007
- ADJ