National Assembly of Burkina Faso
National Assembly Assemblée nationale | |
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7th National Assembly | |
Type | |
Type | |
Leadership | |
Vacant since 24 January 2022 | |
Seats | 127 |
Elections | |
Proportional representation | |
Last election | 22 November 2020 |
Meeting place | |
Parliament Building,Ouagadougou | |
Website | |
www | |
Constitution | |
Constitution of Burkina Faso |
TheunicameralNational Assemblyis thelegislative bodyofBurkina Faso.In 1995, it became thelower houseof abicameral parliament,but theupper house(Chamber of Representatives) was abolished in 2002. The upper house was to have been restored under the name "Senate"in the June 2012 constitutional amendments.[1]This revision was never executed due to an extended and unresolved political confrontation over the Senate's establishment, which left the country effectively with a unicameral legislature as of the October 2014 constitutional crisis.[2]
On 30 October 2014, as part of the2014 Burkinabé uprising,protesters stormed the parliament building and set fire to it, in anger at the parliament's decision to amend theConstitution of Burkina Fasoto abolish term limits, which would have effectively paved the way forPresident Blaise Compaoréto remain in office for another five-year term.[3]
On 24 January 2022, during theJanuary 2022 Burkinabé coup d'état,PresidentKaboréwas detained and deposed by the military.[4]After the announcement, the military declared that the parliament and government had been dissolved.[5]In its place a transitional legislative assembly was sworn in on 22 March 2022.[6]It was also dissolved on 30 September after acoup d'étatagainst interim PresidentPaul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba.[7]A new transitional legislative assembly was sworn in on 11 November.[8]
Electing the National Assembly
[edit]Burkina Fasois divided into 45electoral provinceswithin their 13 regions. Each province elects between two and nine representatives, and these representatives are members ofpolitical parties.There are 111 members of the National Assembly elected to represent provinces, and 16 nationally elected, totaling 127.[9]
In Burkina Faso, the National Assembly is elected by aproportional representation system.[9]Proportional representation in Burkina Faso means thateach voter marks one partyon theballot,and after tallying the votes, the top parties chosen are elected to the Assembly. Each electoral province has a simple electoralquotient.This is the number of valid votes counted divided by the number ofseatsavailable. If a party wins a seat by the electoral quotient, usually half of the votes, then the remainder of the seats are transferred to a "rest" category, which are compared to the other votes gathered. For example, in the province ofBoulkiemde,theMPP(People's Movement for Progress) received 29,445 votes, which is 35.1% of the total votes of the province.[10]Boulkiemde elects four representatives to their legislature, so their electoral quotient is 21002 votes (84007÷4). This means that the MPP will receive one seat from the electoral quotient. The remaining votes are transferred to another category, which is compared among the other candidates. These remaining votes in Boulkiemde won the MPP another seat in the legislature, since the remaining votes (8443) are the second highest compared to the rest of the parties (CDP=16968,UPC=8099). Thus, since the MPP received 35.1% of the votes, they received 50% of the seats due to the electoral quotient.
Electionsare led by teachers in Burkina Faso, who are not allowed to be a member of any political party. The ballot has a name, acronym, or symbol of the party and a space for voters to mark.[11]The ballots are placed inenvelopes,and then placed inballot boxes.The leader of theelection officialsensures that thesealis not broken beforecounting all of the votes.The teachers who are trained as election officials becomecounting officials.[11]Invalid ballots include those that have no marks, more than one mark, or ballots not in an envelope. The ballots are sent to thedistrict levelafter counting them, where the winner of alegislative seatwill be determined based on the number of votes. The districts are divided by one seat per 100,000 people, so the capital,Ouagadougou,has nine seats.
2015 National Assembly elections
[edit]In the2015 parliamentary election,thePeople's Movement for Progressparty received 51.3% of the national vote, winning 55 seats. TheUnion for Progress and Change(UPC) received 20.5% of the vote, which won them 33 seats. TheCongress for Democracy and Progressparty won 18 seats with 13.2% of the vote, and theNew Alliance of Fasoparty received two seats, with 4.1% of the vote.
Results by electoral province: 111 seats
[edit]Electoral province | Total votes | Seats | Party | Votes | Proportion of vote | Party | Votes | Proportion of vote | Party | Votes | Proportion of vote | Party | Votes | Proportion of vote |
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Bale | 41073 | 2 | MPP | 19371 | 0.471624 | UPC | 9812 | 0.238892 | ||||||
BAM | 63247 | 2 | MPP | 25934 | 0.410043 | CDP | 11145 | 0.176214 | ||||||
Banwa | 42014 | 2 | MPP | 19941 | 0.474628 | Unir/PS | 6268 | 0.149188 | ||||||
Bazega | 50346 | 2 | MPP | 17870 | 0.354944 | UPC | 11301 | 0.224467 | ||||||
Bougouriba | 18450 | 2 | MPP | 5694 | 0.308618 | UPC | 5445 | 0.295122 | ||||||
Boulgou | 127210 | 4 | MPP | 22695 | 0.178406 | UPC (2) | 67552 | 0.531027 | CDP | 8696 | 0.068359 | |||
Boulkiemde | 84007 | 4 | MPP | 29445 | 0.350507 | CDP | 16968 | 0.201983 | UPC | 8099 | 0.096409 | |||
Comoe | 69488 | 2 | MPP | 25270 | 0.36366 | UPC | 11242 | 0.161783 | ||||||
Fada Gourma | 58041 | 2 | MPP | 18357 | 0.316276 | UPC | 15554 | 0.267983 | ||||||
Ganzourgou | 69710 | 2 | MPP (2) | 52913 | 0.759045 | 0 | ||||||||
Gnagna | 91655 | 3 | MPP | 29178 | 0.318346 | UPC | 27498 | 0.300016 | NTD | 10377 | 0.113218 | |||
Houet | 225085 | 6 | MPP (2) | 69802 | 0.310114 | CDP | 26360 | 0.117111 | UPC | 45534 | 0.202297 | UNIR | 9376 | 0.041655 |
Ioba | 42233 | 2 | MPP | 12751 | 0.30192 | UPC | 14623 | 0.346246 | ||||||
Kadiogo | 617782 | 9 | MPP (3) | 213179 | 0.345072 | UPC (2) | 150492 | 0.2436 | UNIR/PS | 38896 | 0.062961 | CDP | 56143 | 0.090878 |
Kenedougou | 53261 | 2 | MPP | 19093 | 0.35848 | UPC | 17611 | 0.330655 | ||||||
Komondjari | 20159 | 2 | MPP | 9462 | 0.469369 | UPC | 6862 | 0.340394 | ||||||
Kossi | 48419 | 2 | MPP | 15154 | 0.312976 | UPC | 9888 | 0.204217 | ||||||
Kompienga | 18401 | 2 | CDP | 5205 | 0.282865 | UPC | 6409 | 0.348296 | ||||||
Koulpelogo | 53070 | 2 | MPP | 18170 | 0.342378 | UPC | 13445 | 0.253345 | ||||||
Kouritenga | 77784 | 2 | MPP | 32552 | 0.418492 | UPC | 18014 | 0.23159 | ||||||
Kourweogo | 25441 | 2 | MPP | 7360 | 0.289297 | CDP | 4933 | 0.1939 | ||||||
Leraba | 27966 | 2 | MPP | 9355 | 0.334513 | UPC | 7818 | 0.279554 | ||||||
Lorum | 34287 | 2 | MPP | 9878 | 0.288098 | MDA | 11170 | 0.325779 | ||||||
Mouhoun | 51444 | 2 | MPP | 19909 | 0.387003 | UPC | 11099 | 0.215749 | ||||||
Nahouri | 44028 | 2 | MPP | 13832 | 0.314164 | UPC | 12941 | 0.293927 | ||||||
Namentenga | 56533 | 2 | MPP | 23028 | 0.407337 | CDP | 9969 | 0.176339 | ||||||
Nayala | 34643 | 2 | MPP | 15171 | 0.437924 | CDP | 7259 | 0.209537 | ||||||
Noumbiel | 14842 | 2 | MPP | 4924 | 0.331761 | UPC | 4193 | 0.282509 | ||||||
Oubritenga | 49117 | 2 | MPP | 11986 | 0.24403 | CDP | 26189 | 0.533196 | ||||||
Oudalan | 52303 | 2 | MPP | 16194 | 0.309619 | UBN | 15745 | 0.301034 | ||||||
Passore | 65708 | 3 | MPP | 18252 | 0.277774 | CDP | 10648 | 0.16205 | UNIR/PS | 17237 | 0.262327 | |||
Poni | 38461 | 2 | MPP | 10154 | 0.264008 | UPC | 11294 | 0.293648 | ||||||
Sanguie | 56181 | 2 | MPP | 14621 | 0.260248 | NAFA | 17605 | 0.313362 | ||||||
Sanmatenga | 112624 | 4 | MPP | 31442 | 0.279177 | UPC | 8755 | 0.077737 | RDS | 15794 | 0.140237 | CDP | 21013 | 0.186577 |
Seno | 73007 | 2 | MPP | 17670 | 0.242032 | PDS | 28165 | 0.385785 | ||||||
Sissili | 39556 | 2 | MPP | 15118 | 0.382192 | UPC | 8600 | 0.217413 | ||||||
Soum | 79247 | 2 | MPP | 18583 | 0.234495 | CDP | 20752 | 0.261865 | ||||||
Sourou | 38569 | 2 | MPP | 10875 | 0.281962 | CDP | 9117 | 0.236382 | ||||||
Tapoa | 61826 | 2 | MPP | 28171 | 0.45565 | UPC | 19121 | 0.309271 | ||||||
Tuy | 36948 | 2 | MPP | 17322 | 0.468821 | UPC | 7018 | 0.189943 | ||||||
Yagha | 39735 | 2 | MPP | 12236 | 0.30794 | NTD | 8751 | 0.220234 | ||||||
Yatenga | 138773 | 4 | MPP(2) | 68883 | 0.496372 | ADF-RDA | 22692 | 0.163519 | CDP | 12807 | 0.092287 | |||
Ziro | 28638 | 2 | MPP | 10271 | 0.358649 | LFA | 7028 | 0.245408 | ||||||
Zondoma | 36902 | 2 | MPP | 21655 | 0.586825 | CDP | 6489 | 0.175844 | ||||||
Zoundweogo | 54207 | 2 | CDP | 13097 | 0.241611 | UPC | 26744 | 0.493368 |
National results: 16 seats
[edit]Political party | Number of votes | Number of seats | Proportion of vote |
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ADF-RDA | 96,614 | 1 | 0.030577 |
CDP | 417,058 | 2 | 0.131995 |
MPP | 1,096,814 | 6 | 0.347131 |
NAFA | 130,963 | 1 | 0.041449 |
NTD | 70,374 | 1 | 0.022273 |
PAREN | 59,421 | 1 | 0.018806 |
UNIR/PC | 118,662 | 1 | 0.037555 |
UPC | 648,784 | 3 | 0.205334 |
See also
[edit]- List of presidents of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso
- Chamber of Representatives of Burkina Faso
- History of Burkina Faso
- Politics of Burkina Faso
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