The Voltaic Democratic Movement (in
French: ''Mouvement Démocratique Voltaïque'') was a
political party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...
in
Upper Volta, led by
Gérard Kango Ouédraogo Gérard Kango Ouédraogo (French pronunciation: eʁaʁ kɑ̃ɡo wedʁaɔɡo September 19, 1925 – July 1, 2014) was a Burkinabé statesman and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) from 13 February 1971 to 8 ...
. MDV was founded in 1955.
In the
1957 territorial assembly elections MDV came second with 26 seats. After the elections it formed a government together with the
Unified Democratic Party. That government didn't last though, and MDV joined the
Voltaic Solidarity
Voltaic Solidarity (in French: ''Solidarité Voltaïque'') was a political alliance in Upper Volta formed after the territorial elections in . SV was constituted by the Social Party for the Emancipation of the African Masses (PSEMA), African Popu ...
(SV) grouping instead. Thus it lost government power.
In 1958 MDV, along with the rest of SV, merged into the
African Regroupment Party (PRA).
References
*Englebert, Pierre. ''La Revolution Burkinabè''. Paris: L'Harmattan, 1986.
Defunct political parties in Burkina Faso
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