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The Voltaic Progressive Front (French : Front Progressiste Voltaïque, FPV) was a political party in Upper Volta.
The party was established in 1977 as the Voltaic Progressive Union (Union Progressiste Voltaïque, UPV) by dissidents from several parties. [1] The UPV received 16% of the vote in the April 1978 parliamentary elections, winning nine seats. [2] [1] It nominated Joseph Ki-Zerbo as its candidate in the presidential elections in May. Ki-Zerbo finished last in the four-man field with 16% of the vote.
In 1979 the party was renamed the Voltaic Progressive Front. It was banned in November 1980. [1]
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