The Union for Progress and Reform (, UPC) is a political party in

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...

. The party describes itself as non-ideological.

History

The UPC was established by

Zéphirin Diabré Zéphirin Diabré (born 26 August 1959) is a Burkinabé politician. He served in the Government of Burkina Faso as Minister of Finance from 1994 to 1996. Biography Diabré is an economist by training and holds a doctorate in management scienc ...

in 2010 after he left the ruling

Congress for Democracy and Progress The Congress for Democracy and Progress (french: Congrès pour la Démocratie et le Progrès, ''CDP'') was the ruling party in Burkina Faso from 1996 until the overthrow of Blaise Compaoré in 2014. History The party was founded in February 199 ...

(CDP).Tom Lansford (2014) ''Political Handbook of the World 2014'', CQ Press, p203Last elections
IPU It finished third in the popular vote in the 2012 parliamentary elections with 11%, winning 19 of the 127 seats in the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repre ...

, becoming the second-largest party after the CDP. In the 2015 general elections it received 21% of the vote, winning 33 seats. Its presidential candidate

finished second with 30% of the vote.

References

2010 establishments in Burkina Faso Centrist parties in Africa Liberal International Liberal parties in Africa Political parties established in 2010 Political parties in Burkina Faso {{BurkinaFaso-party-stub