A constitutional referendum was held in the

Republic of Upper Volta The Republic of Upper Volta (french: République de Haute-Volta) was a landlocked West African country established on 11 December 1958 as a self-governing colony within the French Community. Before becoming autonomous, it had been part of the ...

on 27 November 1977. It followed the 1974 military coup, and would restore multi-party democracy. The new constitution retained the

presidential system A presidential system, or single executive system, is a form of government in which a head of government, typically with the title of president, leads an executive branch that is separate from the legislative branch in systems that use separati ...

of government, and limited the number of political parties to three (the three with the highest number of votes in the forthcoming

parliamentary elections A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

would keep their status and other parties disbanded). It was approved by 98.70% of voters with a 71.6% turnout.Elections in Burkina Faso
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Results

References

{{Burkinabe elections 1977 1977 referendums 1977 in Upper Volta Constitutional referendums