Presidential election in Burkina Faso 2015
On November 29, 2015, presidential elections were held in the West African state of Burkina Faso . On the same day, the citizens of the country were called to elect a new parliament . The election was considered the first in several decades where the outcome was completely open. In the first ballot, Roch Marc Kaboré received an absolute majority of almost 53.5%.
prehistory
Just over a year before the election, in October 2014 , President Blaise Compaoré , who originally came to power in a coup in 1987 and was later elected four times, sought to run for a fifth time through a constitutional amendment in 2015. Large-scale protests led to the intervention of the military , which dissolved parliament, ousted the government and forced Compaoré to resign. The following regulation under Michel Kafando as interim president and Isaac Zida as interim premier was planned from the outset for a period of one year. Then new elections should take place, which should enable a return to democratic order. The deadline was October 11, 2015. In mid-September 2015, the presidential guard, which was scheduled to be dissolved, rose and deposed the state leadership. The coup failed after a week, and the election date was finally postponed to November 29th.
Candidates
A total of 14 applicants were eligible, including two women. Roch Marc Kaboré , Zéphirin Diabré and Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara were considered promising applicants in advance . Representatives of the transitional government were not accepted as candidates, as was the transitional president Kafando.
Results
| Candidates | Political party | be right | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roch Marc Kaboré | Mouvement du peuple pour le progress (MPP) | 1,668,169 | 53.49 |
| Zéphirin Diabré | Union for progress and change (UPC) | 924.811 | 29.65 |
| Barry Tahirou | Parti de la Renaissance Nationale (PAREN) | 96,547 | 3.09 |
| Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara | Union pour la Renaissance / Parti Sankariste (UNIR / PS) | 86,459 | 2.77 |
| Ablassé Ouedraogo | Le Faso Autrement (FA) | 60.134 | 1.93 |
| Saran Sérémé | Parti pour le development et le change (PDC) | 53,900 | 1.73 |
| Victorien Barnabé Wendkouni Tougouma | Mouvement Africain des Peuples (MAP) | 50,893 | 1.63 |
| Jean-Baptiste Natama | Independently | 42,497 | 1.36 |
| Isaaka Zampaligré | Independently | 38.064 | 1.22 |
| Adama Kanazoé | Independently | 37,766 | 1.21 |
| Ram Ouédraogo | Rassemblement des Écologistes du Burkina Faso (RDE-BF) | 21,161 | 0.68 |
| Maurice Denis Salvador Yameogo | Rassemblement des Democrates pour le Faso (RDF) | 15,266 | 0.49 |
| Boukaré Ouédraogo | Independently | 15.007 | 0.48 |
| Françoise Toé | Independently | 8,111 | 0.26 |
Of the 5.5 million eligible voters, around 3.3 million exercised their right to vote, making the turnout around 60%.
literature
- Katrin Gänsler: I choose and I stay . TAZ, November 29, 2015
- Markus M. Haefliger: Burkinabe people flock to the urns . NZZ, November 29, 2015
- Burkina Faso votes . Süddeutsche Zeitung, November 29, 2015
Web links
- National Electoral Commission website (French)
- Preliminary official final result on the website of the Election Commission, PDF file, 82 kB (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kaboré elected president in the first round . Zeit Online, December 1, 2015, accessed on the same day
- ↑ Markus M. Haefliger: The Ancien Régime stretches its head: In Burkina Faso the military seizes power NZZ, September 17, 2015, accessed on November 29, 2015
- ^ Power struggle in Burkina Faso: Putschists and army sign peace agreement . Spiegel Online, September 23, 2015, accessed November 30, 2015
