The Party for Democracy and Progress / Socialist Party (french: Parti pour la Démocratie et le Progrès / Parti Socialiste) is a
political party
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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 t ...
(former
Upper Volta).
It was founded in May 2001 by merger of the
Party for Democracy and Progress with the
Burkinabè Socialist Party.
In the
parliamentary election
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held on 5 May 2002, the party won 7.5% of the popular vote and 10 out of 111 seats. In the
presidential election
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Elections by country
Albania
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Chile
The p ...
of 13 November 2005, its candidate
Ali Lankoandé won 1.74% of the popular vote.
The party won two seats in the
2007 parliamentary election.
In the
2010 presidential election, the PDP/PS candidate
Ouampoussoga François Kaboré won .6% of the popular vote.
Former member parties of the Socialist International
Political parties established in 2001
Political parties in Burkina Faso
Social democratic parties in Burkina Faso
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