| Parliament name (generic / translated) |
Parlement / Parliament |
| Structure of parliament |
Unicameral |
| BACKGROUND |
| Dates of election / renewal (from/to) |
2 December 2012 |
| Purpose of elections |
President Blaise Compaoré's Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP) won the elections taking 70 of the 127 seats at stake. It called on voters' support for the party so as to "consolidate democracy and the rule of law" under President Compaoré, who has been in power since 1987. The Union for Progress and Change (UPC, established in 2010 by former Finance Minister Zéphirin Diabré) took 19 seats and the Alliance for Democracy and Federation - African Democratic Rally (ADF/RDA, which was represented in the outgoing government) took 18. The remaining seats went to 10 parties which won fewer than four seats each. UPC leader Zéphirin Diabré and the Union pour la Renaissance-Parti Sankariste (UNIR-PS) denounced electoral fraud and irregularities.
On 31 December President Compaoré re-appointed Mr. Luc Adolphe Tiao (CDP) as Prime Minister. The new Government comprised the CDP and three smaller parties in lieu of the ADF/RDA.
The elections had been due by May 2012 but were postponed to 2 December to allow for the introduction of a biometric electoral card and to coincide with municipal elections. |
Date of previous elections: 6 May 2007
Date of dissolution of the outgoing legislature: Not applicable.
Timing of election: Delayed elections
Expected date of next elections: December 2017
Number of seats at stake: 127 (full renewal)
Number of candidates: Over 3,000
Percentage of women candidates: Not available.
Number of parties contesting the election: 74
Number of parties winning seats: 13
Alternation of power: No
Number of parties in government: 4
Names of parties in government: Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP), the National Union for Democracy and Development (UNDD), the Union for Progress and Reform (UPR) and the Other Burkina - Party for Socialism and Radical Reform (which did not win any parliamentary representation).
Date of the first session of the new parliament: 28 December 2012
Name of the new Speaker: Mr. Soungalo Appolinaire Ouattara (Congress for Democracy and Progress) |
| STATISTICS |
| Voter turnout |
| Round no 1 | 2 December 2012 |
Number of registered electors
Voters
Blank or invalid ballot papers
Valid votes |
4'365'153
3'315'795 (75.96%)
299'416
3'016'379 |
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Notes
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| Distribution of seats |
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Round no 1
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| Political Group |
Total
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| Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP) |
70
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| Union for Progress and Change (UPC) |
19
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| Alliance for Democracy and Federation - African Democratic Rally (ADF/RDA) |
18
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| Union for the Republic (UPR) |
5
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| Union for Rebirth - Sankarist Party (UNIR-PS) |
4
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| Convention of the Democratic Forces of Burkina (CFD-B) |
3
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| Party for Democracy and Socialism-Builders' Party (PDS-Mètba) |
2
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| Organisation for Democracy and Work (ODT) |
1
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| National Union for Democracy and Development (UNDD) |
1
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| Alternative Faso |
1
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| Rally for the Development of Burkina (RDB) |
1
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| National Convention for the Progress of Burkina (CNPB) |
1
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| Rally for Democracy and Socialism (RDS) |
1
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| Distribution of seats according to sex |
Men
Women
Percent of women |
107
20
15.75%
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| Distribution of seats according to age |
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| Distribution of seats according to profession |
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| Comments |
| Source: National Assembly (18.01.2013, 12.12.2013, 01.01.2014) |
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