Union for Democratic Renewal (Senegal)

{{short description|Political party in Senegal}}

The Union for Democratic Renewal (Union pour le renouveau démocratique) is a political party in Senegal. It was founded by Djibo Leyti Kâ, a former minister under President Abdou Diouf who broke with the then-ruling Socialist Party, in 1998.

In the April 2001 parliamentary election, URD won 3.67% of the popular vote and three out of 120 seats in the National Assembly.[http://www.afrique-express.com/archive/OUEST/senegal/senegalpol/resultat229.htm "Les résulats des législatives du 29 avril 2001 au Sénégal"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114094526/http://www.afrique-express.com/archive/OUEST/senegal/senegalpol/resultat229.htm |date=November 14, 2007 }}, Afrique Express, N° 229, 16 May 2001 {{in lang|fr}}. It joined the government under President Abdoulaye Wade in April 2004.[http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=49638 "SENEGAL: Another new Prime Minister, but little change"], IRIN, April 23, 2004. It participated in the parliamentary election of 3 June 2007 as part of the Sopi Coalition.