2007 Burkinabé parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Burkina Faso on 6 May 2007.^[1] The result was a victory for the ruling Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP), which won 73 of the 111 seats in the National Assembly.

2007 Burkinabé parliamentary election

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All 111 seats in the National Assembly 56 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	56.43% ( 14.02 pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– CDP Blaise Compaoré 58.85 73 +16 ADF-RDA Gilbert Noël Ouédraogo 10.71 14 −3 UPR Toussaint Abel Coulibaly 4.30 5 New UNIR/PS Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara 3.89 4 +1 CFD – 2.34 3 −2 PDS Philippe Ouédraogo 3.28 2 0 PDP/PS Ali Lankoandé 2.51 2 −8 RDB Celestin Saidou Compaoré 2.09 2 New UPS – 1.74 2 +2 PAREN Laurent Bado 1.29 1 −3 RPC – 1.15 1 +1 UDPS – 1.03 1 +1 PAI – 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 Tertius Zongo CDP

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Congress for Democracy and Progress	1,373,078	58.85	73	+16
	Alliance for Democracy and Federation – African Democratic Rally	249,766	10.71	14	–3
	Union for the Republic	100,392	4.30	5	+5
	Union for Rebirth / Sankarist Party	90,705	3.89	4	+1
	Party for Democracy and Socialism	76,525	3.28	2	0
	Party for Democracy and Progress / Socialist Party	58,455	2.51	2	–8
	Convention of Democratic Forces	54,621	2.34	3	+3
	Rally for the Development of Burkina	48,865	2.09	2	+2
	National Union for Democracy and Development	44,113	1.89	0	–
	Union of Sankarist Parties	40,608	1.74	2	+2
	National Rebirth Party	30,030	1.29	1	–3
	Citizen's Popular Rally	26,758	1.15	1	+1
	Union for Democracy and Social Progress	23,918	1.03	1	+1
	African Independence Party	19,267	0.83	1	–4
	Movement for the People and Socialism/Federal Party	16,734	0.72	0	–
	Rally of the Ecologists of Burkina	11,481	0.49	0	–
	Republican Party for Integration and Solidarity	10,324	0.44	0	–
	Alliance for Progress and Freedom	5,466	0.23	0	–1
	ACP	5,363	0.23	0	–
	Party for Concord and Progress of Faso	5,192	0.22	0	–
	Organisation for Democracy and Labour	4,384	0.19	0	–
	National Union for Independence and Solidarity	3,486	0.15	0	–
	Ecologist Party for the Development of Burkina	3,150	0.14	0	–
	Patriotic Front for Change	3,084	0.13	0	–1
	Social Union of Burkina	3,016	0.13	0	–
	Alliance for Democracy of Faso	2,630	0.11	0	–
	Republican Democratic Front	2,609	0.11	0	–
	Alliance of Revolutionary Democrats	2,412	0.10	0	–
	Group of Patriotic Democrats	2,298	0.10	0	–
	Union of Patriots for Development	2,075	0.09	0	–
	National Convention for Change	1,470	0.06	0	–
	Democratic Union of Faso	1,363	0.06	0	–
	Greens of Faso	1,318	0.06	0	–
	Citizens League of Builders	1,163	0.05	0	–
	National Council for Renaissance-Sankarist Movement	1,105	0.05	0	–
	Party of Independent Forces for Development	930	0.04	0	–
	Movement for Tolerance and Progress	923	0.04	0	–
	Party for the Protection of the Environment/Nature Convention	855	0.04	0	–
	Union of Progressive Forces	620	0.03	0	–
	Burkinabé Liberal Party	428	0.02	0	–
	Union of Democratic Peasants for Progress	387	0.02	0	–
	Unified Socialist Party	372	0.02	0	–
	Party of Progress for National Renewal	371	0.02	0	–
	Cultural Activity Movement for Political Ennoblement	327	0.01	0	–
	National Union for Democracy and Progress	310	0.01	0	–
	Pan-African Movement of Faso	219	0.01	0	–
	New Social Democracy	197	0.01	0	–
Total		2,333,163	100.00	111	0
Valid votes		2,333,163	92.57
Invalid/blank votes		187,260	7.43
Total votes		2,520,423	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,466,354	56.43
Source: CENI