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Parliamentary elections were held in Burkina Faso on May 24, 1992, to elect all 107 members of the Assembly of People's Deputies. These were the first parliamentary elections held in the country after 1978, and the first to be held under the Constitution of 1991.[1]
In 1991 President Blaise Compaoré had allowed some openings towards a multi-party system, various political parties (many of them in alliance with the President's Organization for Popular Democracy - Labour Movement, ODP-MT) were established. But opposition parties were not satisfied with the pace of reforms. They called on the formation a sovereign national conference, which would govern the country until the holding of elections. Compaoré refused to bow to this demand, and presidential elections were held in December (boycotted by the opposition, and held amid violent protests).[2]
The parliamentary election had initially been called for January 9, 1991, but were postponed. However, between January and May the unity of the Coordination of Democratic Forces opposition coalition fell apart. Many of its constituents decided to contest the May 1992 election.[2] In the end 27 political parties took part in the election. However, only four parties had candidates in all provinces.[1] Voter participation stood at [3]33.8%, which represented an increase from the 25% participation in the presidential election. According to international observers the elections were largely free and fair, whereas opposition parties claimed that there had been massive fraud.[2][4]
The overwhelming majority of the elected MPs, 101 out of 107, were male.[1] The new parliament had 17 teachers/school inspectors, 12 executives, 12 professors, 12 engineers, 5 physicians, 5 jurists, 5 economists and 5 businessmen, whilst the remaining 34 MPs belonged to other professional categories.[1]
After the elections, Youssouf Ouedraogo of ODP-MT became Prime Minister of the country. On June 20, 1992, a new seven-member cabinet was presented to the public.[1]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organization for Popular Democracy – Labour Movement | 590,808 | 48.5 | 78 |
| National Convention of Progressive Patriots-Social Democratic Party | 146,530 | 12.0 | 12 |
| African Democratic Rally | 138,168 | 11.3 | 6 |
| Alliance for Democracy and Federation | 105,950 | 8.7 | 4 |
| African Independence Party | 50,418 | 4.1 | 2 |
| Burkinabé Socialist Bloc | 28,667 | 2.4 | |
| Group of Patriotic Democrats | 22,820 | 1.9 | |
| Movement for Tolerance and Progress | 22,050 | 1.8 | |
| Burkinabé Socialist Party | 1 | ||
| Movement for Progressive Democrats | 1 | ||
| Movement for Socialist Democracy | 1 | ||
| Rally of Social-Democrat Independents | 1 | ||
| Union of Social Democrats | 1 | ||
| New Social Democracy | |||
| Union of Greens for the Development of Burkina | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 40,962 | - | - |
| Total | 1,260,107 | 100 | 107 |
| Source: Nohlen et al | |||
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