1997 Burkinabé parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Burkina Faso on 11 May 1997, after the National Assembly completed its first full term since independence.Burkina Faso: Elections held in 1997 Inter-Parliamentary Union The result was a victory for the Congress for Democracy and Progress, which won 101 of the 111 seats in the National Assembly.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 just 44.1%.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p134 0-19-829645-2 Following the election, the Supreme Court annulled the results in four constituencies. The election was re-run in those wards on 19 June, all of which were won by the CDP. Results Congress for Democracy and Progress 1449082 101 +8 Party for Democracy and Progress 213620 6 New African Democratic Rally 136006 2 –4 Alliance for Democracy and Federation 156325 2 –2 Burkinabé Socialist Party 38005 0 –1 African Independence Party 31381 0 –2 Burkinabé Socialist Bloc 27493 0 0 Social Forces Front 16597 0 New Group of Patriotic Democrats 12652 0 0 Party for Progress and Social Development 11408 0 New Union of Greens for the Development of Burkina 9437 0 0 Movement for Tolerance and Progress 7117 0 0 New Social Democracy 2855 0 0 83887 +4 4982621 Nohlen et al. References Category:Parliamentary elections in Burkina Faso Burkina Faso Parliamentary