2002 Burkinabé parliamentary election

2002 Burkinabé parliamentary election
Burkina Faso
← 1997
5 May 2002
2007 →

All 111 seats in the National Assembly
56 seats needed for a majority
Turnout70.45% (Increase 26.38 pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
CDP Blaise Compaoré 49.49 73 +16
ADF-RDA Gilbert Noël Ouédraogo 12.60 17 0
PDP/PS Ali Lankoandé 7.01 10 New
CFD 4.38 5 New
PAI Soumane Touré 3.62 5 +2
PAREN Tahirou Barry 2.73 4 +2
CPS Ernest Nongma Ouédraogo 2.63 3 −7
UNIR/PS Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara 2.45 3 New
PDS Philippe Ouédraogo 2.41 2 +2
CNDP 2.02 2 −2
UDPI 1.04 1 +1
FPC 0.97 1 +1
APL 0.67 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

PartyVotes%Seats
NationalRegionalTotal
Congress for Democracy and Progress862,11949.49114657
Alliance for Democracy and Federation – African Democratic Rally219,54312.6031417
Party for Democracy and Progress / Socialist Party122,1007.012810
Coalition of Democratic Forces76,3334.38145
African Independence Party63,0313.62145
National Rebirth Party47,4772.73134
Sankarist Pan-African Convention45,7452.63123
Union for Rebirth / Sankarist Party42,5992.45123
Party for Democracy and Socialism42,0392.41022
National Convention of Progressive Democrats35,1072.02022
FFS33,9171.95000
UNDP20,3131.17000
CAD18,9001.08000
PNP18,1921.04000
Union of Democrats and Independent Progressives18,0531.04011
Patriotic Front for Change16,8520.97011
Alliance for Progress and Freedom11,6310.67011
PPDS11,4380.66000
RDP9,1850.53000
GDP5,5280.32000
RPP/G5,3210.31000
PSU3,6850.21000
PNR/JV3,1440.18000
UDD3,0170.17000
UPD/PT2,7670.16000
RDR2,6640.15000
PFID4400.03000
MDR3940.02000
PBR3150.02000
PDN1870.01000
Total1,742,036100.002190111
Valid votes1,741,03792.45
Invalid/blank votes142,2437.55
Total votes1,883,280100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,935,28564.16
Source: CENI

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