National Union for the Defense of Democracy

National Union for Democracy and Development (in French: ''Union Nationale pour la Démocratie et le Développement'') was a

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in Upper Volta. The UNDD is led by

Hermann Yaméogo Hermann Yaméogo (born August 27, 1948) is a Burkinabé politician and leader of the National Union for Democracy and Development (UNDD). Although he decided to boycott the 13 November 2005 presidential elections a month prior to the poll, his na ...

, the son of former president

Maurice Yaméogo Maurice Yaméogo (31 December 1921 – 15 September 1993) was the first President of the Republic of Upper Volta, now called Burkina Faso, from 1959 until 1966. "Monsieur Maurice" embodied the Voltaic state at the moment of independence. However ...

. In the 1978 presidential elections UNDD launched

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as its candidate. Ouédraogo got around 250,000 votes in the first round (2nd place) and 552,956 votes (43.8%) in the second. In the parliamentary elections held same year UNDD came second. In 2005 the party, refounded took part in the

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of 13 November, where its candidate

won 0.76% of the popular vote. Defunct political parties in Burkina Faso {{BurkinaFaso-party-stub