title: Union for Democracy and National Solidarity
text: # Union for Democracy and National Solidarity
  
  The Union for Democracy and National Solidarity (French: Union pour la Démocratie et la Solidarité Nationale) is an oppositional political party in Benin.
  
  The party's president, Sacca Lafia, was its candidate in the March 2001 presidential election, receiving 1.20% of the vote and fifth place. It was part of the Star Alliance which contested the 1999 and 2003 parliamentary elections. At the Beninese parliamentary election, 2003, the Star Alliance won 3 out of 83 seats.
  
  