Organization for Popular Democracy – Labour Movement (french: Organisation pour la Démocratie Populaire - Mouvement du Travail) was the ruling 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 ...

. It was founded in April 1989 by the

Union of Burkinabè Communists Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Union (band), an American rock group ** ''Un ...

, the

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(OMR) and factions from

Communist Struggle Union - The Flame Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...

and

Burkinabè Communist Group Burkinabè Fulfulde: ''Burkinabè'') may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Burkina Faso, a nation in West Africa * A person from Burkina Faso, or of Burkinabe descent. For information about the Burkinabè people, see: ** Demographics of ...

as a party based on

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, but strongly pragmatic, adopting the free market in its economic plan. It renounced Marxism–Leninism in March 1991.''Political Parties of the World'' (6th edition, 2005), ed. Bogdan Szajkowski, page 96. In February 1996 the ODP-MT became a founding organization of the

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 ...

. AIn the

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held on May 24, 1992, it won 48.2% of the popular vote and 70 out of 107 seats. The ODP-MT was led by Arsène Bongnessan Yé, Nabaho Kanidoua and

Roch Marc Christian Kaboré Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (; born 25 April 1957) is a Burkinabé banker and politician who served as the President of Burkina Faso from 2015 until he was deposed in 2022. He was the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso between 1994 and 1996 and Pre ...

. It published ''Yeelen''.

Electoral history

Presidential elections

National Assembly elections

References

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