Politics of Burkina Faso - Political Parties and Elections

Political Parties and Elections

For other political parties see List of political parties in Burkina Faso. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in Burkina Faso.
e • d Summary of the 13 November 2005 Burkina Faso presidential election results
Candidates - Nominating parties Votes %
Blaise Compaoré - Congress for Democracy and Progress (Congrès pour la Démocratie et le Progrès) 1,660,148 80.35
Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara - Union for Rebirth/Sankarist Movement (Union pour la Renaissance/Mouvement Sankariste) 100,816 4.88
Laurent Bado - National Rebirth Party (Parti de la Renaissance Nationale) 53,743 2.60
Philippe Ouédraogo - Party for Democracy and Socialism (Parti pour la Démocratie et le Socialisme) 47,146 2.28
Ram Ouédraogo - Rally of the Ecologists of Burkina 42,061 2.04
Ali Lankoandé - Party for Democracy and Progress/Socialist Party (Parti pour la Démocratie et le Progrès/Parti Socialiste) 35,949 1.74
Norbert Tiendrébéogo - Social Forces Front (Front des Forces Sociales) 33,353 1.61
Soumane Touré - African Independence Party (Parti Africain de l’Indépendance) 23,266 1.13
Gilbert Bouda - Burkinabé Party for Recasting 21,658 1.05
Pargui Emile Paré - Socialist Alliance 17,998 0.87
Hermann Yaméogo - National Union for the Defense of Democracy 15,685 0.76
Toubé Clément Dakio - Union for Democracy and Development 7,741 0.37
Nayabtigungu Congo Kaboré - Movement for Tolerance and Progress 6,706 0.32
Total (Turnout 57.7 %) 2,066,270 100.0
Invalid votes 196,629
Total votes 2,262,899
Registered Voters 3,924,328
e • d Summary of the 6 May 2007 National Assembly of Burkina Faso election results
Parties Votes % Seats +/–
Congress for Democracy and Progress (Congrès pour la Démocratie et le Progrès) 1,373,230 58.9 73 +16
Alliance for Democracy and Federation–African Democratic Rally 249,768 10.7 14 –3
Union for the Republic (Union pour la République) 100,392 4.3 5 +5
Union for Rebirth/Sankarist Movement (Union pour la Renaissance/Mouvement Sankariste) 90,788 3.9 4 +1
Convention of the Democratic Forces of Burkina (Convention des Forces Démocratiques de Burkina) 54,621 2.3 3 +3
Union of Sankarist Parties (Union des Partis Sankarist) 40,609 1.7 2 +2
Party for Democracy and Progress/Socialist Party (Parti pour la Démocratie et le Progrès/Parti Socialiste) 423,820 18.1 2 –8
Rally for the Development of Burkina (Rassemblement pour le Développement du Burkina) 2 +2
Party for Democracy and Socialism (Parti pour la Démocratie et le Socialisme) 2 ±0
National Rebirth Party (Parti de la Renaissance Nationale) 1 –3
African Independence Party (Parti Africain de l'Indépendance) 1 –4
Citizen’s Popular Rally (Rassemblement Populaire des Citoyens) 1 +1
Union for Democracy and Social Progress (Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès Social) 1 +1
Total (turnout 56.4%) 2,520,488 111
Source: African Elections Database

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