The Union of Democratic and Progressive Patriots (French: Union des Patriotes Démocrates et Progressistes, UPDP-Chamoua) is a centrist political party in Niger, founded and led by André Salifou, who has run for president on several occasions.
[1] Since Salifou's position barred him from standing in the 1993 presidential elections, the party nominated Illa Kané as its candidate; he finished fifth in the eight-candidate field with 3% of the vote.
Due to a boycott by the main opposition, the party won four seats, its best-ever result.
[2] In the 1999 general elections that followed another coup, Salifou ran for president again, finishing sixth out of seven candidates with 2% of the vote.
[2] It fared worse in the parliamentary elections, where the party's vote share was only 0.6%, resulting in it losing all four seats.