2020 Burkinabé general election

General elections are scheduled to be held in Burkina Faso on 22 November 2020 to elect the President and National Assembly.[1]

2020 Burkinabé presidential election
22 November 2020 (2020-11-22)
 
Nominee Roch Marc Christian Kaboré Zéphirin Diabré Eddie Komboïgo
Party MPP UPC CDP
 
Nominee Tahirou Barry
Party PRN
President before election

Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
People's Movement for Progress

 Elected President

TBD

Burkina Faso
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Electoral system

The President is elected using the two-round system;[2] if no candidate receives a majority of the vote in the first round, a second round will be held.

The 127 members of the National Assmebly are elected by proportional representation; 111 are elected from 45 multi-member constituencies with between two and nine seats, with 16 elected from a single nationwide constituency.[3]

Campaign

In February 2019 former Prime Minister Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo announced that he would contest the presidential elections.[4]

References
  1. 2020 African election calendar EISA
  2. Burkina Faso: Election for President IFES
  3. Burkina Faso: Election for Assemblée Nationale (Burkinabe National Assembly) IFES
  4. Burkina Faso: Former Prime Minister to contest 2020 poll Africa News, 18 February 2019
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