2002 Burkinabé parliamentary election

2002 Burkinabé parliamentary election

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All 111 seats in the National Assembly 56 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	70.45% ( 26.38 pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– CDP Blaise Compaoré 58.85 73 +16 ADF-RDA Gilbert Noël Ouédraogo 10.71 14 −3 PDP/PS Ali Lankoandé 4.30 5 New PAI Soumane Touré 3.89 4 +1 CFD – 2.34 3 New PAREN Tahirou Barry 3.28 2 0 CPS Ernest Nongma Ouédraogo 2.51 2 −8 UNIR/PS Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara 2.09 2 New PDS Philippe Ouédraogo 1.74 2 +2 CNDP – 1.29 1 −3 FPC – 1.15 1 +1 UDPI – 1.03 1 +1 UPL – 0.83 1 −4 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by constituency Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Paramanga Ernest Yonli CDP Paramanga Ernest Yonli CDP

Parliamentary elections were held in Burkina Faso on 5 May 2002. The result was a victory for the ruling Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP), which won 57 of the 111 seats in the National Assembly.

Electoral system

Following electoral reforms introduced since the 1997 elections, the 111 members of the National Assembly were elected in two sections: 90 seats were elected using regional lists in 13 constituencies, whilst the remaining 21 were elected on a national list. ^[1]

Campaign

A total of 3,540 candidates registered to contest the elections, with 30 political parties participating. ^[1]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				National	Regional	Total	+/–
	Congress for Democracy and Progress	862,119	49.52	11	46	57	–44
	Alliance for Democracy and Federation – African Democratic Rally	219,543	12.61	3	14	17	+13
	Party for Democracy and Progress / Socialist Party	122,100	7.01	2	8	10	+4
	African Independence Party (Touré)	63,031	3.62	1	4	5	New
	Coalition of Democratic Forces	61,936	3.56	1	4	5	0
	National Rebirth Party	47,477	2.73	1	3	4	New
	Sankarist Pan-African Convention	45,745	2.63	1	2	3	0
	Union for Rebirth / Sankarist Party	42,599	2.45	1	2	3	New
	Party for Democracy and Socialism	37,836	2.17	0	2	2	0
	National Convention of Progressive Democrats	34,379	1.97	0	2	2	New
	Patriotic Front for Change	16,852	0.97	0	1	1	New
	Union of Democrats and Independent Progressives	14,438	0.83	0	1	1	New
	Alliance for Progress and Freedom	6,637	0.38	0	1	1	New
	Other parties	166,345	9.55	0	0	0	–
Total		1,741,037	100.00	21	90	111	0
Valid votes		1,741,037	92.45
Invalid/blank votes		142,243	7.55
Total votes		1,883,280	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,673,185	70.45
Source: IDEA

Aftermath

Following the elections, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré of the CDP was elected President of the National Assembly, defeating Marlène Zebango of the Alliance for Democracy and Federation – African Democratic Rally by a vote of 77–22. ^[1]

References

1. Augustin Loada & Carlos Santiso Landmark elections in Burkina Faso: Towards democratic maturity? Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine International IDEA