Party for Democracy and Progress / Socialist Party

Party for Democracy and Progress / Socialist Party

The Party for Democracy and Progress / Socialist Party ( _fr. Parti pour la Démocratie et le Progrès / Parti Socialiste) is a political party in Burkina Faso (former Upper Volta.

It was founded in May 2001 by merger of the Party for Democracy and Progress with the Burkinabè Socialist Party.

At the legislative elections, 5 May 2002, the party won 7.5 % of the popular vote and 10 out of 111 seats. In the presidential election of 13 November 2005, its candidate Ali Lankoandé won 1.74 % of the popular vote.

The party was defeated in the 2007 parliamentary elections, winning just 2 seats.


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