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Flag of Burkina Faso Source for election date

At stake in this election:

  • The office of President of Burkina Faso

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President Blaise COMPAORE
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Ernest Paramanga YONLI
  • Assembly: Burkina Faso has a unicameral National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale) with 111 seats.

Description of electoral system:

  • The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
  • In the National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale) 111 members are elected by popular vote to serve 5-year terms.

Main Candidates in the Presidential race:

  • Blaise COMPAORE
    Party: Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP)
  • Bénéwendé Stanislas SANKARA
    Party: Unionb for Rebirth / Sankarist Movement / (UNIR / MS)
  • Laurent BADO
    Party: Party for National Rebirth / (PAREN)
  • Philippe OUEDRAOGO
    Party: Party for Social Democracy / (PDS)
  • Ram OUEDRAOGO
    Party: Rally of the Ecologists of Burkina (RDEB) / Rassemblement des Eologistes du Burkina
  • Ali LANKOANDE
    Party: Party for Democracy and Progress / PDP/PS
  • Norbert Michel TIENDREBEOGO
    Party: Front of Social Forces / Front des forces sociales (FFS)
  • Soumane TOURE
    Party: African Independence Party / Parti Africain de l'Indépendance (PAI)
  • Gilbert BOUDA
    Party: Parti burkinabe pour la refondation (PBR)
  • Pargui Emile PARE
    Party: Socialist Alliance / Alliance socialiste (AS)
  • Hermann YAMEOGO
    Party: National Union for Democracy and Development (UNDD)
  • Toubè Clément DAKIO
    Party: Independent Candidate
  • Nayabtigungu Congo KABORE
    Party: Movement for Tolerance and Progress / Mouvement pour la Tolérance et le Progrès (MTP)

Last Presidential election:

  • Presidential elections were last held on November 15, 1998. Blaise COMPAORE was reelected president with 87.5% percent of the vote.

Population and number of registered voters:

  • Population: 13,925,313 (July 2005 est.)
  • Registered Voters: 3,924,328 (November 2005 )

Last Updated on 12/19/2005

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