Burkina Faso: President Kaboré's party does not obtain legislative majority

Burkinabè President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré after having voted in the presidential and legislative elections, November 22, 2020. AP - Sophie Garcia

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (Céni) proclaimed the provisional results of the legislative elections on the night of Saturday to Sunday, November 29.

The People's Movement for Progress, the party of re-elected President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, obtained 56 deputies.

But it does not have an absolute majority, set at 64 seats.

This means that he will have to rely on the other parties of the party alliance for the presidential majority.

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With our correspondent in Ouagadougou,

Victorious in the presidential election

of November 22 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 elections, the provisional results of which were communicated by the Ceni.

The MPP obtains 56 deputies, that is to say an insufficient total to have the absolute majority within the national assembly.

This is, in fact, set at 64 deputies.

President Kaboré's party will therefore have to work to consolidate its alliance with the other member parties of the presidential alliance.

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Fall of Zéphirin Diabré's UPC

Eddie Komboïgo could occupy the chair of the leader of the opposition with the 20 deputies of his party, the Congress for Democracy and Progress.

The New Time for Democracy, a party that is part of the presidential majority, surprised by winning 13 seats.

The UPC of Zéphirin Diabré, the current leader of the opposition, falls and finds itself in fourth position with 12 deputies.

The Union pour la renaissance / Mouvement Sankariste, chaired by Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara, won five seats, according to these provisional results.

The Movement for the Burkina Faso of the Future wins four seats for its first participation in the elections.

The ADF / RDA, the Patriotic Rally for Integrity and the Party for Development and Change each won three seats.

As for the Agir ensemble movement, which supported Kadré Desiré Ouedraogo's candidacy for the presidential election, it obtained two seats as deputies.

Out of the 126 parties, formations and groupings of independents which were in competition for the 127 seats of deputies, only 15 were able to obtain at least one seat.

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