1978 Upper Voltan presidential election

Election of Sangoulé Lamizana Upper Volta 1965 Upper Voltan presidential election 1965 14 May 1978 (first round)28 May 1978 (second round) 1991 Burkinabé presidential election 1991 presidential Sangoulé Lamizana 1971.png Sangoulé Lamizana Independent(UDV–RDA) 711,722 56.28% Macaire Ouédraogo UNDD 552,954 43.72% 275px First round results by region 275px Second round results by region 2 President Sangoulé Lamizana Independent Sangoulé Lamizana Independent Presidential elections were held in the Republic of Upper Volta on 14 May 1978, with a second round on 28 May after no candidate won more than 50% in the first round. They were the country's first multi-party presidential elections, the previous elections in 1965 having Maurice Yaméogo as the sole candidate. They were also the first presidential elections held under a revised Constitution adopted a year earlier. Incumbent president Sangoulé Lamizana ran as an independent with the support of the Voltaic Democratic Union–African Democratic Rally. Lamizana was the leading candidate in the first round, before winning with 56% of the vote in the second round.Elections in Burkina Faso https://web.archive.org/web/20111011151029/http://africanelections.tripod.com/bf.html 2011-10-11 African Elections Database Voter turnout was 35% in the first round and 44% in the second. Dieter Nohlen Bernard Thibaut Michael Krennerich Elections in Africa: A Data Handbook https://books.google.com/books?id=9v1MnKYHSLoC 1999-07-22 OUP Oxford 978-0-19-829645-4 Background In 1966, Yaméogo was ousted after a general strike in opposition to his rule, and was replaced by a provisional military government led by Lamizana. In 1970, a new Constitution was ratified, which was later revised by a referendum held in 1977. The first parliamentary elections were held under the revised Constitution on 30 April 1978, with the first round of the presidential elections being held two weeks later. Results Sangoulé Lamizana Independent 425302 711722 Macaire Ouédraogo National Union for the Defence of Democracy 254465 552954 Joseph Ouédraogo Rejectors Front–African Democratic Rally 167160 Joseph Ki-Zerbo Voltaic Progressive Union 162031 19695 18870 1283546 2924785 2947527 African Elections Database References Category:Presidential elections in Burkina Faso Upper Volta Category:1978 in Upper Volta