At stake in this election:       

• The office of President of Burkina Faso

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Roch Marc Christian KABORÉ (since 29 December 2015)
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Christophe Joseph Marie DABIRÉ (since 24 January 2019)
• Assembly: Burkina Faso has a National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) with 127 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
• Prime Minister is appointed by the president with the approval of the parliament.
• In the National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) 127 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms.**

**In the National Assembly, 111 members are elected by proportional representation in 45 multi-member constituencies having between 2 and 9 seats, and 16 members are elected by proportional representation in a nationwide constituency.

Main candidates in this election:

* The Constitutional Court affirmed 13 candidates for this race.

• Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
  • Party: People's Movement for Progress (MPP)
• Tahirou Barry
  • Party: MCR
• Zéphirin Diabré
  • Party: Union for Progress and Change (UPC)
• Me Farama Ségui Ambroise
  • Party: OPA-BF
• Monique Yeli Kam
  • Party: MRF
• Ablassé Ouédraogo
  • Party: otherwise Faso
• Eddie Komboïgo
  • Party: Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP)
• Gilbert Noël Ouédraogo
  • Party: ADF-RDA
• Kadré Desiré Ouédraogo
  • Party: Acting together
• Do Pascal Sessouma
  • Party: Burkina vision
• Abdoulaye Soma
  • Party: Soleil d'Avenir
• Claude Aimé Tassembedo
  • Party: Independent
• Yacouba Isaac Zida
  • Party: MPS