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The Independent National Electoral Commission (Céni) announced the preliminary results of the legislative elections on Saturday night, Sunday 29 November. The People’s Movement for Progress, part of the re-elected President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, received 56 deputies. But it has no absolute majority, set at 64 seats. This means that he must rely on the other parties in the party alliance for the majority of the president.
as reported from Ouagadougou, Yaya Boudani
President’s winner On 22 November, with 57.87% of the vote in the first round, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré saw his party, the People’s Movement for Progress, come first in the legislative election, the preliminary results of which were announced by Ceni.
The MPP received 56 deputies, in total not enough to have an absolute majority in the National Assembly. This is actually set at 64 deputies. President Kaboré’s party will therefore need to work to consolidate its alliance with the other member parties of the presidential alliance.
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Case of Zéphirin Diabré’s UPC
Eddie Komboïgo was able to occupy the chair of the opposition leader with the 20 deputies for his party, the Congress for Democracy and Progress. The new era of democracy, a member party for the president’s majority, surprises with 13 seats.
UPC for Zéphirin Diabré, the current opposition leader, falls and is in fourth position with 12 deputies. The Union pour la renaissance / Mouvement Sankariste, chaired by Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara, won five seats, according to these preliminary results. The movement for the future Burkina Faso wins four seats for its first participation in the election.
ADF / RDA, Patriotic Rally for Integrity and Party for Development and Change each have three seats. As for the Agir Ensemble movement, which supported Kadré Desiré Ouedraogo’s candidacy for presidential election, it won two seats as deputies.
Of the 126 parties, groups and groups of independents competing for the 127 seats for deputies, only 15 could get at least one seat.
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