United Hearts Movement

{{short description|Political party in the Central African Republic}}

{{Infobox political party

| name = United Hearts Movement

| native_name = Mouvement cœurs unis

| colorcode = {{party color|United Hearts Movement}}

| logo = United Hearts Movement logo.png

| president = Faustin-Archange Touadéra

| slogan =

| leader =

| founded = 8 November 2018{{cite web |last1=Krock |first1=Fred Bruno |title=Centrafrique : Mouvement Cœurs Unis, parti politique de Touadera prend forme |url=https://corbeaunews-centrafrique.com/centrafrique-mouvement-coeurs-unis-parti-politique-de-touadera-prend-forme/ |website=Corbeau News Centrafrique |access-date=28 December 2020 |language=fr |date=8 November 2018}}

| registered = 28 February 2019{{cite web |title=Mouvement Cœurs Unis |url=https://www.facebook.com/PAGE.OFFICIELLE.M.C.U/posts/2298925060384567 |website=Facebook |access-date=28 December 2020 |date=18 February 2019}}

| ideology = Social democracy{{Cite web |title=PROPOS LIMINAIRE DU PRESIDENT DU MLPC A SON POINT DE PRESSE |url=https://www.centrafrique-presse.info/article/10468/propos-liminaire-du-president-du-mlpc-a-son-point-de-presse |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=www.centrafrique-presse.info |language=fr}}{{Cite web |last=Sango |first=Ndjoni |date=2019-09-04 |title=RCA : le MCU désapprouve les violences armées à Birao |url=https://ndjonisango.com/2019/09/04/rca-le-mcu-desapprouve-les-violences-armees-a-birao/ |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=Ndjoni Sango |language=fr-FR}}

| position = Centre-left

| colors = Blue

| international =

| seats1_title = Seats in the National Assembly

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|40|140|{{party color|United Hearts Movement}}}}

| symbol =

| flag =

| website =

| headquarters = Bangui

| country = the Central African Republic

}}

The United Hearts Movement ({{langx|fr|Mouvement cœurs unis}}, MCU) is a political party in the Central African Republic led by Faustin-Archange Touadéra.

History

The party was formed in November 2018 as a political association by President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, and officially took shape as a political party in early 2019. Touadéra ran under the MCU banner during the 2020–21 general election, which he won in the first round with 53.16% of the votes.{{cite web |last=Davies |first=Pascale |url=https://www.africanews.com/2021/01/04/car-president-touadera-reelected-electoral-commission/ |title=Central African Republic President Touadéra wins re-election |publisher=Africanews |date=4 January 2021 |access-date=12 April 2021}}

Electoral results

=Presidential elections=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! rowspan="2" \|Election ! rowspan="2" \|Candidate !Votes !% !Votes !% ! rowspan="2" \|Result
colspan="2" \|First round ! colspan="2" \|Second round
align="center" \|2020–21 \| align="center" \|Faustin-Archange Touadéra \| align="center" \|318,626 \| align="center" \|53.16% (#1) \| colspan="2" \| N/A \|Elected {{Y}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! rowspan="2" |Election

! rowspan="2" |Candidate

!Votes

! rowspan="2" |Result

colspan="2" |First round

! colspan="2" |Second round

align="center" |2020–21

| align="center" |Faustin-Archange Touadéra

| align="center" |318,626

| align="center" |53.16% (#1)

| colspan="2" | N/A