2002 Burkinabé parliamentary election

none Burkina Faso 1997 2007 5 May 2002 All 111 seats in the National Assembly 56 70.45% ( 26.38 pp) Congress for Democracy and Progress Blaise Compaoré 57 49.49 73 ADF-RDA Gilbert Noël Ouédraogo 17 12.60 17 PDP/PS Ali Lankoandé New 7.01 10 CFD #0067FE – New 4.38 5 PAI Soumane Touré 3 3.62 5 PAREN Tahirou Barry 2 2.73 4 CPS #A52D2D Ernest Nongma Ouédraogo 10 2.63 3 Union for Rebirth / Sankarist Party Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara New 2.45 3 Party for Democracy and Socialism Philippe Ouédraogo 0 2.41 2 CNDP #010081 – 4 2.02 2 UDPI #00AA88 – 0 1.04 1 FPC #88AA00 – 0 0.97 1 APL #8800AA – 5 0.67 1 300px Results by constituency Prime Minister Paramanga Ernest Yonli Congress for Democracy and Progress Paramanga Ernest Yonli Congress for Democracy and Progress Parliamentary elections were held in Burkina Faso on 5 May 2002. The result was a victory for the ruling Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP), which won 57 of the 111 seats in the National Assembly. According to the Journal of Democracy, "The elections were acknowledged by the opposition and international observers to be much freer and fairer than in the past."2002 Election Watch https://doi.org/10.1353/jod.2002.0066 Journal of Democracy 13 4 180–182 10.1353/jod.2002.0066 1086-3214 subscription Electoral system Following electoral reforms introduced since the 1997 elections, the 111 members of the National Assembly were elected in two sections: 90 seats were elected using regional lists in 13 constituencies, whilst the remaining 21 were elected on a national list.Augustin Loada & Carlos Santiso Landmark elections in Burkina Faso: Towards democratic maturity? https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234628/http://archive.idea.int/burkina/policy_brief.pdf 2016-03-03 International IDEA Campaign A total of 3,540 candidates registered to contest the elections, with 30 political parties participating. Results National Regional Total +/– Congress for Democracy and Progress 862119 11 46 57 Alliance for Democracy and Federation – African Democratic Rally 219543 3 14 17 Party for Democracy and Progress / Socialist Party 122100 2 8 10 Coalition of Democratic Forces 76333 1 4 5 African Independence Party 63031 1 4 5 National Rebirth Party 47477 1 3 4 Sankarist Pan-African Convention 45745 1 2 3 Union for Rebirth / Sankarist Party 42599 1 2 3 Party for Democracy and Socialism 42039 0 2 2 National Convention of Progressive Democrats 35107 0 2 2 FFS 33917 0 0 0 UNDP 20313 0 0 0 CAD 18900 0 0 0 PNP 18192 0 0 0 Union of Democrats and Independent Progressives 18053 0 1 1 Patriotic Front for Change 16852 0 1 1 Alliance for Progress and Freedom 11631 0 1 1 PPDS 11438 0 0 0 RDP 9185 0 0 0 GDP 5528 0 0 0 RPP/G 5321 0 0 0 PSU 3685 0 0 0 PNR/JV 3144 0 0 0 UDD 3017 0 0 0 UPD/PT 2767 0 0 0 RDR 2664 0 0 0 PFID 440 0 0 0 MDR 394 0 0 0 PBR 315 0 0 0 PDN 187 0 0 0 21 90 111 0 1741037 142243 2935285 CENI Aftermath Following the elections, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré of the CDP was elected President of the National Assembly, defeating Marlène Zebango of the Alliance for Democracy and Federation – African Democratic Rally by a vote of 77–22. References Category:Parliamentary elections in Burkina Faso Burkina Faso Category:2002 in Burkina Faso Category:May 2002 in Africa