Alliance of the Forces of Progress (Senegal)

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]

Election	Party candidate	First Round		Second Round		Result
		Votes	%	Votes	%
2000	Moustapha Niasse	280,538	16.77%	—		Lost N
2007		203,129	5.93%	—		Lost N
2012		357,330	13.20%	—		Lost N

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Status
2001	Moustapha Niasse	303,150	16.13%	11 / 120	New	2nd	Opposition
2007	Election boycotted			0 / 120	11	—	Extra-parliamentary
2012[a]	Moustapha Niasse	1,040,899	53.06%	119 / 150	119	1st	Coalition (United in Hope)
2017[a]		1,637,761	49.47%	125 / 165	26	1st	Coalition (United in Hope)
2022[a]		1,518,137	46.56%	82 / 165	43	1st	Coalition (United in Hope)

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