SWAPO retained control of most authorities in the regional and local elections in November 2010, although voter turnout was 38%-the lowest-ever level in nationwide elections. Opposition disunity is a factor in SWAPO's continued ability to win decisive election victories; the largest opposition party, the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), refused to agree a pact with any party other than the Republican Party. Now that the RDP has found that it cannot make significant progress by itself, the prospects for an electoral pact-to contest the next national elections in November 2014-may have improved.