The democratic Bloc Senegalese is an old political party Senegal board.

History

It is founded on October 27th 1948 by Léopold Sédar Senghor, following a scission with SFIO. One month later, Senghor itself joins the parliamentary group of the Indépendants of overseas.

At the time of the legislative elections of 1951, the BDS collects 213.182 votes, that is to say 67% of the votes cast. Two members of the party are elected appointed, Senghor and Abbas Guèye, an union leader of the local CGT. The electoral campaign is marked by violent incidents between the BDS and the SFIO.

To increase its influence, the BDS is based largely on the religious authorities and tribal. This capacity to join together many different ethnicities, as well as the personal charisma of Senghor, propels the BDS in the foreground of the political scene sénégalaise of before independence.

In 1956 the BDS gains the municipal elections with Kaolack, Thiès, Louga, Diourbel and Ziguinchor, but loses them with Dakar.

The last full session of the BDS is held on August 18th, 1956. This meeting prepares the fusion of the party with the democratic Union sénégalaise (UDS), the autonomous Mouvement casamançais (MAC) and a fraction of the Senegalese Popular movement directed by Abdoulaye Thiaw, and the creation of a new party, the popular Bloc Senegalese (bps).

Symbols

In the beginning, the three colors of the Senegalese flag symbolize the three political clouts which amalgamated to form the Union progressist sénégalaise. If gold (or yellow) is the color of the Senegalese Popular movement (MPS) and the red that of the Senegalese Parti socialist action (PSAS), it is the green which is the color of the BDS.

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