Unified Democratic Party (in French: ''Parti Démocratique Unifié''), was, despite its name, not 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 ...

but an electoral alliance of two parties, the Voltaic Democratic Party (PDV-RDA) and the

Social Party for the Emancipation of the African Masses Social Party for the Emancipation of the African Masses (in French: ''Parti Social pour l'Émancipation des Masses Africaines'') was a political party in Upper Volta, led by Joseph Conombo and Henri Guissou. PSEMA was founded in 1955 following a ...

(PSEMA), ahead of the 1957 territorial assembly elections in Upper Volta. PDU won 33 out of 70 seats. After the elections PDU formed a government together with the

Voltaic Democratic Movement The Voltaic Democratic Movement (in French: ''Mouvement Démocratique Voltaïque'') was a political party in Upper Volta, led by Gérard Kango Ouédraogo. MDV was founded in 1955. In the 1957 territorial assembly elections MDV came second with ...

(MDV). PDU held seven ministries and MDV five. The unity proved short-lived. PSEMA and MDV revolted against the vice-president Ouezzine Coulibaly and formed an opposition bloc,

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 ...

. Thus PDU was no more.

Sources

* Englebert, Pierre. ''La Revolution Burkinabè''. Paris: L'Harmattan, 1986. Defunct political party alliances in Burkina Faso Political parties established in 1958 1958 establishments in Upper Volta Political parties with year of disestablishment missing {{BurkinaFaso-party-stub