{"iso":"BF","name":"Burkina Faso","flag":"\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddeb","vote":"National Assembly \u00b7 official result, not competitive","model":"noncomp","updated":"2020-11-22","source":"2020 election result, official count","credit":"No regular published national polling. Shares are the national-list party vote at the National Assembly election of 22 November 2020, official results as published by the electoral commission CENI, the last vote before the coups of 2022. The junta extended the transition by five years in 2024 and no election is scheduled.","shares":{"MPP":34.6,"CDP":13.3,"UPC":10.2,"NTD":5.6,"ADF":2.5,"UNIR":2.5,"RPI":2.4,"OTH":28.9},"polls":[],"parties":{"MPP":{"name":"Mouvement du Peuple pour le Progr\u00e8s","color":"#E67E22","name_en":"People's Movement for Progress"},"CDP":{"name":"Congr\u00e8s pour la D\u00e9mocratie et le Progr\u00e8s","color":"#2E86C1","name_en":"Congress for Democracy and Progress"},"UPC":{"name":"Union pour le Progr\u00e8s et le Changement","color":"#8E44AD","name_en":"Union for Progress and Reform"},"NTD":{"name":"Nouveau Temps pour la D\u00e9mocratie","color":"#16A085","name_en":"New Era for Democracy"},"ADF":{"name":"ADF/RDA","color":"#C0392B","name_en":"Alliance for Democracy and Federation"},"UNIR":{"name":"UNIR/PS","color":"#7B241C","name_en":"Union for Rebirth, Sankarist Party"},"RPI":{"name":"Rassemblement Patriotique pour l'Int\u00e9grit\u00e9","color":"#F1C40F","name_en":"Patriotic Rally for Integrity"},"OTH":{"name":"Other parties","color":"#9a9a9a"}},"primer":{"system":"Military junta","head_of_state":"Interim President Captain Ibrahim Traor\u00e9, in power since the September 2022 coup","head_of_government":"Interim Prime Minister Jean Emmanuel Ou\u00e9draogo","legislature":"Appointed 71-member Transitional Legislative Assembly. The elected National Assembly was dissolved in 2022.","electoral_system":"Under the suspended framework, deputies were elected by proportional representation on provincial and national lists. Elections are suspended under the junta.","government_now":"Traor\u00e9 leads a transition extended by five years in 2024, with no vote scheduled and large parts of the territory outside government control amid a jihadist insurgency.","context":"Burkina Faso quit ECOWAS with Mali and Niger to form the Alliance of Sahel States and has aligned with Russia while expelling French forces. The 2020 results shown predate the two coups of 2022.","sources":"Cross-checked against the English-language MediaWiki encyclopedic record via its public API, 2 July 2026."},"parties_info":{"MPP":["Mouvement du Peuple pour le Progr\u00e8s","People's Movement for Progress","Big-tent centre-left party founded in 2014 by defectors from Compaor\u00e9's CDP; party of president Roch Kabor\u00e9 (2015-2022) and the largest force in the last elected parliament, sidelined since the 2022 coups."],"CDP":["Congr\u00e8s pour la D\u00e9mocratie et le Progr\u00e8s","Congress for Democracy and Progress","Former ruling party of long-time strongman Blaise Compaor\u00e9 (1987-2014); centre-right, it became the main opposition after 2020."],"UPC":["Union pour le Progr\u00e8s et le Changement","Union for Progress and Change","Liberal/centrist opposition party led by Z\u00e9phirin Diabr\u00e9; the third-largest party in the 2020 legislature."],"NTD":["Nouveau Temps pour la D\u00e9mocratie","New Time for Democracy","Party of Vincent Dabilgou, allied to Kabor\u00e9's presidential majority; it jumped to 13 seats in 2020."],"ADF":["ADF/RDA","Alliance for Democracy and Federation \u2013 African Democratic Rally","One of Burkina Faso's oldest parties, liberal/centrist; a small opposition presence."],"UNIR":["UNIR/PS","Union for Rebirth \u2013 Sankarist Party","Left-wing Sankarist party inspired by Thomas Sankara, led by B\u00e9n\u00e9wend\u00e9 Sankara; a small opposition bloc."],"RPI":["Rassemblement Patriotique pour l'Int\u00e9grit\u00e9","Patriotic Rally for Integrity","Minor party that won a few seats in 2020."],"OTH":["Other parties","","A dozen small parties and lists that shared the remaining seats; all parliamentary activity is suspended under the military junta ruling since 2022."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"National Assembly","as_of":"2020 election","total":127,"seats":{"MPP":56,"CDP":20,"UPC":12,"NTD":13,"ADF":3,"UNIR":5,"RPI":3,"OTH":15}},"has_geo":true,"geo_meta":{"kind":"admin1","source":"Natural Earth 10m admin-1 states/provinces (nvkelso/natural-earth-vector), retrieved 2026-07-02","note":"Region set and any internationally-disputed territories follow the Natural Earth source dataset. Far overseas/outlying territories may fall outside the primary map frame."}}