Presidential election in Burkina Faso 2010
The presidential election in Burkina Faso 2010 took place on November 21, 2010 in the West African state of Burkina Faso . The incumbent President Blaise Compaoré won the election with more than 80% of all votes cast and thus even increased a few fractions of a percentage compared to the 2005 presidential election . Compaoré has ruled Burkina Faso unchallenged since a military coup against then President Thomas Sankara in 1987. Since the introduction of the multi-party system in 1991, he has won every presidential election without encountering any serious opposition, and this generally expected result has been confirmed for a fourth term. In the run-up, it was less the foreseeable victory of the president than the amount of voter turnout under these conditions that was open . Not even half of the country's approximately 7 million eligible voters had registered to vote.
The candidate with the next highest number of votes was former Foreign Minister Hama Arba Diallo , who received 8.2% of the vote. Opposition parties complained that the voter cards only listed the surname and date of birth, which in Burkina Faso, where a large number of people have the same surname, enables massive electoral fraud.
Candidates
The following stood for election:
- Blaise Compaore , the incumbent
- Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara , candidate already in 2005
- Pargui Emile Pare , candidate already in 2005
- Boukary Kabore , army commander
- Hama Arba Diallo , former Foreign Minister
- Ouampoussoga François Kaboré , hydrogeologist
- Maxime Kaboré
Results
| Candidates | be right | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blaise Compaoré - Congrès pour la democratie et le progress | 1,358,941 | 80.2 | |
| Hama Arba Diallo - Parti pour la Démocratie et le Progrès , PDP | 138,666 | 8.2 | |
| Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara - Union pour la renaissance / Mouvement sankariste | 107,377 | 6.3 | |
| Boukari Kaboré - Pan-African Sankarist Union / Progressive Movement | 39,029 | 2.3 | |
| Maxime Kaboré | 24,888 | 1.5 | |
| Pargui Emile Paré - People's Movement for Socialism / Federal Party | 14,461 | 0.9 | |
| Ouampoussoga François Kaboré - Parti pour la Démocratie et le Progrès / Parti Socialiste | 10,909 | 0.6 | |
| total (turnout 54.9%) | 1,694,271 | 100.0 | |
| invalid votes (4.7%) | 84,422 | ||
| Total votes | 1,778,693 | ||
| registered voters | 3,239,777 | ||
| Source: Adam Carr's Election Archive | |||
swell
- ↑ taz article from November 26, 2010 "Over 80% for Blaisé Compaore"
- ↑ france24.com
- ↑ kas.de
- ↑ http://www.brandonsun.com/world/breaking-news/burkina-fasos-long-serving-president-re-elected-by-landslide-election-commission-says-110645724.html?viewAllComments=y ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. brandonsun.com, taken on November 27, 2010
- ↑ afp
