LAST ELECTIONS
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Since 1987, the country has been led by Mr. Blaise Compaoré, who seized power from the then president, Mr. Thomas Sankara, in a coup. Mr. Sankara was assassinated in the process. Mr. Compaoré has been elected president three times, most recently in 2005. Under his presidency, he has implemented privatizations and programmes endorsed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Nevertheless, Burkina Faso still is third poorest country in the world according to United Nations statistics.
In the 2002 elections, the ruling Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP) remained the largest party, taking 57 seats in the 111 member National Assembly, but losing almost 50. The remainder went to opposition parties, including the Alliance for Democracy and Federation African Democratic Rally (ADF/RDA, which took 17 seats), and the Party for Democracy and Progress (PDP/PS, which won 10 seats). Mr. Paramanga Ernest Yonli (CDP), who had been Prime Minister since January 2000, was re appointed prime minister.
In the 2007 elections, 3,748 candidates from 50 political parties ran for office. The CDP was led by the National Assembly Speaker and former prime minister, Mr. Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, who had been elected as the party leader in August 2003. It argued that President Compaoré needed a parliamentary majority to continue economic reforms. The main opposition ADF/RDA led by Mr. Gilbert Noël Ouédraogo, supported President Compaoré's economic reform policies. Mr. Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara, who had finished second in the 2005 presidential elections, led the Union for Rebirth Sankarist Movement (UNIR MS). The party pledged to promote the policies implemented by former president Sankara. The Union for the Republic (UPR), a small party led by Mr. Toussaint Abel Coulibaly, pledged to defend the interests of the people living in rural areas.
The elections were held in an atmosphere of relative peace. Approximately 56 per cent (down from 64 per cent in the 2002 elections) of the 4.5 million registered voters turned out at the polls. The Electoral Commission explained that the low turnout was due to the fact that fewer voters had picked up their new electoral card.
Approximately 4,000 observers from the African Union (AU), the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and non governmental organizations (NGOs) monitored the polls. The observers from the AU declared the elections to be free and transparent.
The final results gave an increased majority to the CDP, which took 73 seats, 16 more than in the 2002 elections. The main opposition party (ADF/RDA) followed with 14 seats, losing three. The Union for the Republic (UPR) won 5 seats, while the UNIR MS took four. The remainder went to nine small parties.
On 4 June, the newly elected National Assembly held its first session and re elected Mr. Kaboré (CDP) as Speaker for a second term in office.
On 4 June, President Compaoré appointed former finance minister and Ambassador to the United States, Mr. Tertius Zongo, as the new prime minister. He replaced Mr. Paramanga Ernest Yonli. The new government was sworn in on 10 June.
| Round no 1 (6 May 2007): Election results | ||||
| Number of registered electors | 4'466'354 | |||
| Voters | 2'520'488 (56.43%) | |||
| Blank or invalid ballot papers | 287'260 | |||
| Valid votes | 2'233'228 | |||
| Round no 1: Distribution of votes | ||||||||||
| Political Group | Candidates | Votes | % | |||||||
| Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP) | ||||||||||
| Alliance for Democracy and Federation - African Democratic Rally (ADF/RDA) | ||||||||||
| Union for the Republic (UPR) | ||||||||||
| Union for Rebirth / Sankarist Movement (UNIR-MS) | ||||||||||
| Convention of the Democratic Forces of Burkina (CFD-B) | ||||||||||
| Union of Sankarist Parties (UPS) | ||||||||||
| Party for Democracy and Progress (PDP/PS) | ||||||||||
| Rally for the Development of Burkina (RDB) | ||||||||||
| Party for Democracy and Socialisme (PDS) | ||||||||||
| Citizen's Popular Rally (RPC) | ||||||||||
| Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) | ||||||||||
| Party for National Renewal (PAREN) | ||||||||||
| African Independence Party (PAI) | ||||||||||
| Round no 1: Distribution of seats | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political Group | Total | National list | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP) | 73 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alliance for Democracy and Federation - African Democratic Rally (ADF/RDA) | 14 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Union for the Republic (UPR) | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Union for Rebirth / Sankarist Movement (UNIR-MS) | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Convention of the Democratic Forces of Burkina (CFD-B) | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Union of Sankarist Parties (UPS) | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party for Democracy and Progress (PDP/PS) | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rally for the Development of Burkina (RDB) | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party for Democracy and Socialisme (PDS) | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizen's Popular Rally (RPC) | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party for National Renewal (PAREN) | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| African Independence Party (PAI) | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- CENI (22.05.2007)
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- National Assembly (07.08.2007)
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