Burkinabé parliamentary election, 2002

Last updated March 17, 2019

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 and 57 of the 111 seats in the National Assembly.

Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa. It covers an area of around 274,200 square kilometres (105,900 sq mi) and is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north; Niger to the east; Benin to the southeast; Togo and Ghana to the south; and Ivory Coast to the southwest. The July 2018 population estimate by the United Nations was 19,751,651. Burkina Faso is a francophone country, with French as the official language of government and business. Roughly 40% of the population speaks the Mossi language. Formerly called the Republic of Upper Volta (1958–1984), the country was renamed "Burkina Faso" on 4 August 1984 by then-President Thomas Sankara. Its citizens are known as Burkinabé. Its capital is Ouagadougou.

The Congress for Democracy and Progress was the ruling political party in Burkina Faso until the overthrow of Blaise Compaoré in the year 2014.

The Unicameral National Assembly is Burkina Faso's legislative body. In 1995, it became the lower house of a bicameral Parliament, but the upper house was abolished in 2002. The upper house was to have been restored under the name "Senate" in the June 2012 constitutional amendments. This revision was never executed due to an extended and unresolved political confrontation over the Senate's establishment, which left the country effectively with a unicameral legislature as of the October 2014 constitutional crisis.

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
Party	Votes	%	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	7.02	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 Movement	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	–
Invalid/blank votes	142,243	–	–	–	–	–
Total	1,883,280	100	21	90	111	0
Registered voters/turnout	2,673,185	70.4	–	–	–	–
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]

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References

1 2 3 Augustin Loada & Carlos Santiso Landmark elections in Burkina Faso: Towards democratic maturity? International IDEA

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