Party for Democracy and Progress / Socialist Party

The Party for Democracy and Progress / Socialist Party (French: Parti pour la Démocratie et le Progrès / Parti Socialiste) is a political party in Burkina Faso (former Upper Volta).

Party for Democracy and Progress/Socialist Party
FoundedMay 2001
Merger ofParty for Democracy and Progress
Burkinabè Socialist Party
IdeologySocialism
Democratic socialism
Social democracy
Political positionLeft-wing

It was founded in May 2001 by merger of the Party for Democracy and Progress with the Burkinabè Socialist Party.

In the parliamentary election held on 5 May 2002, the party won 7.5% of the popular vote and 10 out of 111 seats. In the presidential election of 13 November 2005, its candidate Ali Lankoandé won 1.74% of the popular vote.

The party won two seats in the 2007 parliamentary election.

In the 2010 presidential election, the PDP/PS candidate Ouampoussoga François Kaboré won .6% of the popular vote.

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