Parliamentary parties

• African Independence Party (Touré)
  African Independence Party (Touré)
  The African Independence Party is a political party in Burkina Faso, led by Soumane Touré. It was formed in 1999 when Touré broke away from the original PAI.Touré's PAI joined the government and obtained the legal recognition to the name PAI....
  
   (Parti Africain de l’Indépendance, PAI (Touré))
• Alliance for Democracy and Federation-African Democratic Rally
  Alliance for Democracy and Federation-African Democratic Rally
  The Alliance for Democracy and Federation–African Democratic Rally is a liberal political party in Burkina Faso, consisting of the Alliance for Democracy and Federation and the former ruling party African Democratic Rally...
  
   (Alliance pour la Démocratie et la Féderation - Rassemblement Démocratique Africain, ADF-RDA)
  • Alliance for Democracy and Federation
    Alliance for Democracy and Federation
    The Alliance for Democracy and Federation is a liberal party in Burkina Faso. It is part of the Alliance for Democracy and Federation-African Democratic Rally , the largest opposition party in the country.-See also:*List of liberal...
    
     (Alliance pour la Démocratie et la Féderation, ADF)
  • African Democratic Rally
    African Democratic Rally (Burkina)
    The African Democratic Rally is a political party in Burkina Faso. It was originally known as the Voltaic Democratic Union-African Democratic Rally and was formed in 1957 as the Voltaic section of the African Democratic Rally .Soon after Independence in 1960, UDV-RDA became the only legal...
    
      (Rassemblement Démocratique Africain, RDA)
• Congress for Democracy and Progress
  Congress for Democracy and Progress
  The Congress for Democracy and Progress is the ruling political party in Burkina Faso. Its President is Roch Marc Christian Kaboré....
  
   (Congrès pour la Démocratie et le Progrès, CDP)
• Convention for Democracy and Federation (Convention pour la Démocratie et la Fédération, CDF)
• Convergence for Social Democracy
  Convergence for Social Democracy (Burkina Faso)
  Convergence for Social Democracy is a sankarist political party in Burkina Faso.It was founded in December 2002 as split from the Union of Independent Democrats and Progressives. It is led by Djéjouma Sanon....
  
   (Convergence pour la Démocratie Sociale, CDS)
• National Convention of Progressive Democrats
  National Convention of Progressive Democrats
  The National Convention of Progressive Democrats is a political party in Burkina Faso The National Convention of Progressive Democrats is a political party in Burkina Faso The National Convention of Progressive Democrats is a political party in Burkina Faso (former Upper Volta.At the last...
  
   (Convention Nationale des Démocrates Progressistes, CNDP)
• National Rebirth Party
  National Rebirth Party
  The National Rebirth Party is a political party in Burkina Faso The National Rebirth Party is a political party in Burkina Faso The National Rebirth Party is a political party in Burkina Faso (former Upper Volta.At the legislative elections, 5 May 2002, the party won 2.7 % of the popular vote...
  
   (Parti de la Renaissance Nationale, PAREN)
• National Union for Democracy and Development
  National Union for Democracy and Development
  The National Union for Democracy and Development is a political party in Burkina Faso ....
  
   (Union Nationale pour la Démocratie et le Développement, UNDD)
• Party for Concord and Progress (Parti pour la Concorde et le Progrès, PCP)
• Party for Democracy and Progress / Socialist Party
  Party for Democracy and Progress / Socialist Party
  The Party for Democracy and Progress / Socialist Party is a political party in Burkina Faso .It was founded in May 2001 by merger of the Party for Democracy and Progress with the Burkinabè Socialist Party....
  
   (Parti pour la Démocratie et le Progrès / Parti Socialiste, PDP/PS)
• Party for Democracy and Socialism
  Party for Democracy and Socialism
  The Party for Democracy and Socialism is a registered political party in Burkina Faso .In 1999 the African Independence Party split, and Soumane Touré formed a parallel PAI...
  
   (Parti pour la Démocratie et le Socialisme, PDS)
• Rally of Democrats for the Faso (Rassemblement des Démocrates pour le Faso, RDF)
• Rally of the Ecologists of Burkina
  Rally of the Ecologists of Burkina
  The Rally of the Ecologists of Burkina is a political party in Burkina Faso.-Background:...
  
   (Rassemblement des Écologistes du Burkina, RDEB)
• Sankarist Democratic Front
  Sankarist Democratic Front
  Sankarist Democratic Front is a sankarist political party in Burkina Faso.It was founded in June 2004 as split from the Sankarist Pan-African Convention. It is led by Fidèle Meng-Néré Kientéga and Inoussa Kaboré....
  
   (Front Démocratique Sankariste, FDS)
• Sankarist Pan-African Convention
  Sankarist Pan-African Convention
  The Sankarist Pan-African Convention is a political party in Burkina Faso The Sankarist Pan-African Convention is a political party in Burkina Faso The Sankarist Pan-African Convention is a political party in Burkina Faso (former Upper Volta. CPS was formed in 2000, through the merger of the...
  
   (Convention Panafricaine Sankariste, CPS)
• Union for Rebirth / Sankarist Movement
  Union for Rebirth / Sankarist Movement
  The Union for Rebirth / Sankarist Movement is a political party in Burkina Faso. At the legislative elections on 5 May 2002, the party won 2.4% of the popular vote and three out of 111 seats. In the presidential election of 13 November 2005, its candidate Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara took second...
  
   (Union pour la Renaissance / Mouvement Sankariste, UNIR/MS)
• Union for the Republic
  Union for the Republic (Burkina Faso)
  The Union for the Republic is a registered political party in Burkina Faso .At the legislative elections, 6 May 2007, the party won 5 out of 111 seats....
  
   (Union pour la République, UPR)
• Union of Patriots for Development (Union des Patriotes pour le Développement, UPD)

Other parties

• African Independence Party
  African Independence Party (Burkina Faso)
  African Independence Party is a political party in Burkina Faso , led by Philippe Ouédraogo.It was a part of the Pan-African communist African Independence Party , which established its branch in Upper Volta in 1963. In 1973 PAI launched the Patriotic League for Development as its open mass front...
  
   (Parti Africain de l’Indépendance, PAI)
• Alliance for Democracy and Progress / Party of National Reconciliation (Alliance pour la Démocratie et le Progrès / Parti de Réconciliation Nationale, ADP/PRN)
• Alliance for Progress and Freedom
  Alliance for Progress and Freedom
  The Alliance for Progress and Freedom is a political party in Burkina Faso .At the last legislative elections, 5 May 2002, the party won 0.7 % of the popular vote and 1 out of 111 seats....
  
   (Alliance pour le Progrès et la Liberté. APL)
• Alliance for Rebirth, Democracy and Integration (Alliance pour la Renaissance, la Démocratie et l’Intégration, ARDI)
• Alliance for the Defense of Democracy and Progress (Alliance pour la Défense de la Démocratie et le Progrès, ADDP)
• Alliance of Progressive Forces (Alliance des Forces Progressistes, AFP)
• Burkinabè Liberal Party (Parti Libéral Burkinabè, PLB)
• Burkinabé Party for Refoundation
  Burkinabé Party for Refoundation
  Burkinabé Party for Refoundation is a Sankarist political party in Burkina Faso, led by Gilbert Bouda....
  
   (Parti Burkinabè pour la Refondation, PBR)
• Citizens’ League of Builders (Ligue Citoyenne des Batisseurs, LCB)
• Convention for Democracy and Freedom (Convention pour la Démocratie et la Liberté, CDL)
• Convergence of Hope
  Convergence of Hope
  Convergence of Hope is a sankarist political party in Burkina Faso. It was founded in July 2004 by the Current of Democrats Faitfuhl to the Ideal of Thomas Sankara that split from the Union for Rebirth/Sankarist Movement in 2003.It is led by Jean-Hubert Bazié.-History:The Current of Democrats...
  
   (Convergence de l'Espoir)
• Democratic and Popular Rally
  Democratic and Popular Rally
  Democratic and Popular Rally is a sankarist political party in Burkina Faso.It is led by Nana Thibaut....
  
   (Rassemblement Démocratique et Populaire, RDP)
• Democratic Awakening of the Masses (Réveil Démocratique des Masses, RDM)
• Democratic Organization for the Defense of Nature (Organisation Démocratique pour la Défense de la Nature, ODDN)
• Democratic Union of Faso (Union Démocratique du Faso, UDF)
• Ecologist Party for the Development of Burkina
  Ecologist Party for the Development of Burkina
  The Ecological Party for the Development of Burkina is a political party in Burkina Faso founded in 2003.The president of the PEDB is Yacouba Touré. The party is a member of the Federation of Green Parties of Africa/Partis Verts de la Fédération en Afrique...
  
   (Parti Ecologiste pour le Développement du Burkina, PEDB)
• Front for Integration and Social Development (Front pour l’Intégration et le Développement Social, F/IDS)
• Group of Patriotic Democrats
  Group of Patriotic Democrats
  The Group of Patriotic Democrats is a registered political party in Burkina Faso .The GDP is a leftist party founded in 1989.Its secretary general is Issa Tiendrebéogo....
  
   (Groupe des Démocrates Patriotes, GDP)
• Group of Republican Democrats (Groupe des Démocrates Républicain, GDR)
• Liberal Party of Burkina (Parti Libéral du Burkina, PLB)
• Movement for Democracy and Rebirth (Mouvement pour la Démocratie et la Renaissance, MDR)
• Movement for Tolerance and Progress
  Movement for Tolerance and Progress
  Movement for Tolerance and Progress is a sankarist political party in Burkina Faso. It was founded in September 1987. It is led by Nayabtigungu Congo Kaboré....
  
   (Mouvement pour la Tolérance et le Progrès, MTP)
• Movement of Progressive Democrats (Mouvement des Démocrates Progressistes, MDP)
• Movement of the Union of the Democratic Peasants for Progress (Mouvement de l’Union des Paysans Démocrates pour le Progrès, M./UPDP)
• National Convention for Renewal / New Era (Convention Nationale pour le Renouveau / Ère Nouvelle, C.N.R./E.N.))
• National Convention of Progressive Democrats
  National Convention of Progressive Democrats
  The National Convention of Progressive Democrats is a political party in Burkina Faso The National Convention of Progressive Democrats is a political party in Burkina Faso The National Convention of Progressive Democrats is a political party in Burkina Faso (former Upper Volta.At the last...
  
   (Convention Nationale des Démocrates Progressistes, CNDP)
• National Democratic Party (Burkina Faso) (Parti Démocratique National, PDN)
• National League for Democracy, the Coalized Movements for Democratic Alternance in Burkina Faso (Ligue Nationale pour la Démocratie, les Mouvements Coalisés pour l’Alternance Démocratique au Burkina Faso, LINAD/MOCLAD/BF)
• National Patriots' Party
  National Patriots' Party
  National Patriots' Party is a Sankarist political party in Burkina Faso. .Its president is Idrissou Kouanda....
  
   (Parti National des Patriotes, PNP)
• National Salvation Front (Front National du Salut, FNS)
• National Union for Democracy and Progress (Union Nationale pour la Démocratie et le Progrès, UNDP)
• National Union for Independence and Solidarity (Union Nationale pour l’Indépendance et la Solidarité, UNIS)
• New Alliance Party (Parti de la Nouvelle Alliance, PNA)
• New Political Rally (Rassemblement Politique Nouveau, RPN)
• New Social Democracy
  New Social Democracy
  New Social Democracy is a political party in Burkina Faso.Its secretary general is Mamadou Samba Barry.At the legislative elections in 1997 it won 0.1 % of the vote and no seats....
  
   (Nouvelle Démocratie Sociale, NDS)
• Organization for Democracy and Labour (Organisation pour la Démocratie et le Travail, ODT)
• Pan-African Movement of Faso (Mouvement Panafricain du Faso, MPF)
• Party for National Unity and Development
  Party for National Unity and Development
  The Party for National Unity and Democracy is a small political party in the West African State of Niger. Its slogan "Salama", is an Arabic loan word meaning "Peace" in the Hausa language...
  
   (Parti pour l'Unité Nationale et le Développement, PUND)
• Party for Progress and Social Development(Parti pour le Progrès et le Développement Social, PPDS)
• Party of Progress and for National Renewal (Parti du Progrès pour le Renouveau National, PPRN)
• Party of the Independent Forces for Development (Parti des Forces Indépendantes pour le Développement, PFID)
• Patriotic Front for Change
  Patriotic Front for Change
  The Patriotic Front for Change is a political party in Burkina Faso The Patriotic Front for Change is a political party in Burkina Faso The Patriotic Front for Change is a political party in Burkina Faso (former Upper Volta.At the last legislative elections, 5 May 2002, the party won 0.5 % of...
  
   (Front Patriotique pour le Changement, FPC)
• Patriotic Movement for Renewal (Mouvement Patriotique pour le Renouveau, MPR)
• Patriotic Movement of the Popular Front and the African Integration (Mouvement Patriotique du Front Populaire et de l’Intégration Africaine, MPFP/IA)
• Patriotic Movement of Young Democrats (Mouvement Patriotique des Jeunes Démocrates, MPJD)
• Patriotic Rally of Faso (Rassemblement Patriotique du Faso, RPF)
• People’s Council for Action (Conseil du Peuple pour l’Action, COPAC)
• People's Movement for Socialism / Federal Party (Mouvement du Peuple pour le Socialisme / Parti Fédéral, MPS/PF)
• Pesants’ and Workers’ Alliance of Burkina (Alliance des Paysans et Ouvriers du Burkina, APOB)
• Progress Party for National Renewal (Parti du Progrès pour le Renouveau National, PPRN)
• Rally for Popular Prosperity (Rassemblement pour la Prospérité Populaire/GWASIFI, RPP/GWASIGI)
• Rally for the Development of Burkina
  Rally for the Development of Burkina
  The Rally for the Development of Burkina is a registered political party in Burkina Faso . It joined in April 2005 the Convention of Democratic Forces together with the Convention for Democracy and Federation and the The Greens of Burkina. The Rally for the Development of Burkina seems to have...
  
   (Rassemblement pour le Développement du Burkina, RDB)
• Rally of Independent Forces / Youth Party of Burkina (Rassemblement des Forces Indépendantes / Parti des Jeunes du Burkina, RFI/PJD)
• Rally of Republicans (Rassemblement des Républicains, RDR)
• Refusal Front (Front de Refus)
• Republican Democratic Front (Front Démocratique Républicain, FDR)
• Republican National Party / Just Way (Parti National Républicain / Juste Voie, PNR/JV)
• Republican Party for Integration (Parti Républicain pour l'Intégration, PARI)
• Social Forces Front
  Social Forces Front
  The Social Forces Front is a political party in Burkina Faso.FFS candidate Norbert Tiendrébéogo ran in the 13 November 2005 presidential election, placing 7th out of 13 candidates with 1.61% of the vote....
  
   (Front des Forces Sociales, FFS)
• Social Union of Burkina (Union Sociale du Burkina, USB)
• Socialist Peasants Party (Parti Socialiste Paysan, PSP)
• The Greens of Burkina (Les Verts du Burkina)
• Unified Socialist Party
  Unified Socialist Party (Burkina Faso)
  Unified Socialist Party is a political party in Burkina Faso. PSU was founded in 2001, following a split from the Burkinabè Socialist Party ....
  
   (Parti Socialiste Unifié, PSU)
• Union for Democracy and Development (Union pour la Démocratie et le Développement, UDD)
• Union of Democratic and Progressive Forces (Uion des Forces Démocratiques et Progressistes, UFDP)
• Union of Democratic Forces (Union des Forces Démocratiques, UFD)
• Union of Democratic Peasants / Labour Party (Union des Paysans Démocrates / Parti du Travail, UPD/PT)
• Union of Independent Democrats and Progressives (Union des Démocrates et Progressistes Indépendants, UDPI)
• Union of Independent Democrats (Union des Démocrates Indépendants, UDI)
• Union of Liberals for Democracy (Union des Libéraux pour la Démocratie)
• Union of Progressive Forces (Union des Forces Progressistes, UFP)
• Union of Republicans (Union des Républicains, UDR)
• Union of the Renewal Forces (Union des Forces pour le Renouveau, UFR)
• Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party
  Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party
  Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party is a communist party in Burkina Faso. It was founded on 1 October 1978, following a split in the Voltaic Communist Organization . PCRV followed the political line of the Albanian Party of Labour, anti-revisionist Marxism-Leninism...
  
   (Parti Communiste Révolutionnaire Voltaïque, PCRV)

Other alliances

• African Convention for Democracy (Convention Africaine pour la Démocratie, CAD)
• Change 2005
  Change 2005
  The Change 2005 is a political alliance in Burkina Faso The Change 2005 is a political alliance in Burkina Faso The Change 2005 is a political alliance in Burkina Faso (former Upper Volta.It was founded in December 2004 by 16 leftist parties:*African Independence Party*Citizens’ League of...
  
   (Alternance 2005)
• Collective of Democratic Mass Organizations and Political Parties
  Collective of Democratic Mass Organizations and Political Parties
  The Collective of Democratic Mass Organizations and Political Parties is a political alliance in Burkina Faso .It was founded in December 1998 by leftist political parties, unions and NGOs.The CODMPP is led by Halidou Ouédraogo....
  
   (Collectif des Organisations Démocratiques de Masse et de Partis Politiques, CODMPP)
• Convention of Democratic Forces
  Convention of Democratic Forces
  The Convention of Democratic Forces is a political alliance in Burkina Faso The Convention of Democratic Forces is a political alliance in Burkina Faso The Convention of Democratic Forces is a political alliance in Burkina Faso (former Upper Volta.It was founded in April 2005 by the Coalition of...
  
   (Convention des Forces Démocratiques, CFD)
• Coordination of Extra-parliamentary Parties (Coordination des Partis Extra Parlementaires, COPEP)
• February 14th Group
  February 14th Group
  The February 14 Group is a political alliance in Burkina Faso The February 14 Group is a political alliance in Burkina Faso The February 14 Group is a political alliance in Burkina Faso (former Upper Volta.It was founded in February 1997 and consists of the following parties.*Front of Social...
  
   (Groupe du 14 Février, G14)
• United Burkinabè Opposition (Opposition Burkinabè Unie, OBU)

Historical parties

• African Popular Movement
  African Popular Movement
  African Popular Movement was a political party in Upper Volta, led by Nazi Boni. MPA was founded in 1955 following a split in the Voltaic Union.In the 1957 Territorial Assembly elections MPA won five seats...
  
   (Mouvement Populaire Africain, MPA)
• Alliance for Democracy and Social Emancipation (Alliance pour la Démocratie et l'Émancipation Sociale, ADES)
• Alliance for Youth and Social Integration (Alliance pour la Jeunesse et l’Intégration Sociale, AJIS)
• Alliance of Republicans for Burkina Faso (Alliance des Républicains du Burkina Faso, ARBF)
• Burkinabè Bolshevik Party
  Burkinabè Bolshevik Party
  Burkinabe Bolshevik Party was a communist party in Burkina Faso. It was led by Hassane Dicko....
  
   (Parti Bolchévique Burkinabè, PBB)
• Burkinabè Communist Group
  Burkinabè Communist Group
  Burkinabè Communist Group was a communist party in Burkina Faso. GCB surged as a split from the Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party in 1983, following the refusal of PCRV to support the revolutionary government of Thomas Sankara.In 1986 GCB signed a declaration, together with the Reconstructed...
  
   (Groupe Communiste Burkinabè, GCB)
• Burkinabè Revolutionary Progressive Party (Parti Progressiste Révolutionnaire Burkinabé, PPRB)
• Burkinabè Socialist Bloc
  Burkinabè Socialist Bloc
  Burkinabé Socialist Bloc was a Sankarist political party in Burkina Faso. BSB was founded in December 1990 by Nongma Ernest Ouédraogo. Ouédraogo became the general secretary of BSB. Ouédraogo had been released from jail the previous year...
  
   (Bloc Socialiste Burkinabè, BSB)
• Burkinabè Socialist Party
  Burkinabè Socialist Party
  Burkinabé Socialist Party was a political party in Burkina Faso. The PSB split from the PAI in the early 1990s. Its leader was Ouindélassida François Ouédraogo....
  
   (Parti Socialiste Burkinabè, PSB)
• Conscience for a Democratic Alternative (Conscience pour une Alternative Démocratique, CAD)
• Current of Democrats Faithful to the Ideal of Thomas Sankara (Courant des Démocrates Fidèles à l'Idéal de Thomas Sankara)
• Democratic Action Group (Groupe de l'Action Démocratique, GAD)
• Democratic Front for Social Wellbeing (Front Démocratique pour le Bien Etre Social, FDBS)
• Democratic Union of Burkina (Union Démocratique du Burkina, UDB)
• Group of Democrats for the Rally of Progressive Forces (Groupe des Démocrates pour le Rassemblement des Forces Progressistes, GDRFP)
• Ecological Party for Progress
  Ecological Party for Progress
  The Ecological Party for Progress was a political party in Burkina Faso. It was led by Charles Salvi Somé. PEP was registered on May 6, 1991. In 1995 PEP merged with the Party for Social Democracy of Valère Somé and the Democratic Action Group, forming the Party for Unified Social Democracy ....
  
   (Parti Écologiste pour le Progrès, PEP)
• Ecological Party for the Development of Burkina (Parti Écologiste pour le Développement du Burkina, PEDB)
• For the Party (Pour le Parti)
• Group for the Unity of Marxist-Leninists (Groupe pour l'Unité des Marxistes-Léninistes, GUML)
• Group of Revolutionary Democrats (Groupe des Démocrates Révolutionnaires, GDR)
• Labour Party of Burkina (Parti du Travail du Burkina, PTB)
• League for African Integration (Ligue pour l’Intégration Africaine, LIA)
• League for Progress and Development (Ligue pour le Progrès et le Développement, LPD)
• Marxist-Leninist Group
  Marxist-Leninist Group
  Marxist-Leninist Group was a communist party in Burkina Faso. It was founded in November 1983 as split from the Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party. In August 1984 it was among the founders of the Union of Burkinabè Communists....
  
   (Groupe Marxiste-Léniniste)
• Movement for Socialist Democracy
  Movement for Socialist Democracy
  Movement for Socialist Democracy was a political party in Burkina Faso. The MDS surged when the Burkinabè Communist Group split in April 1989. In March 1991 it took the name MDS...
  
   (Mouvement pour la Démocratie Socialiste, MDS)
• National Convention of Progressive Patriots / Social Democratic Party (Convention Nationale des Patriotes Progressistes / Parti Social-Démocrate, CNPP/PSD)
• National Liberation Movement (Mouvement de Libération Nationale, MLN)
• National Union for the Defense of Democracy
  National Union for the Defense of Democracy
  National Union for Democracy and Development was a political party in Upper Volta. The UNDD is led by Hermann Yaméogo, the son of former president Maurice Yaméogo....
  
   (Union Nationale pour la Défense de la Démocratie, UNDD)
• Organization for Popular Democracy - Labour Movement
  Organization for Popular Democracy - Labour Movement
  Organization for Popular Democracy - Labour Movement was the ruling political party in Burkina Faso. It was founded in April 1989 by the Union of Burkinabè Communists, the Revolutionary Military Organization and factions from Communist Struggle Union - The Flame and Burkinabè Communist Group as a...
  
   (Organisation pour la Démocratie Populaire - Mouvement du Travail, ODP-MT)
• Party Burkinabè Democratique (Parti Démocratique Burkinabé, PDB)
• Party for Democracy and Progress
  Party for Democracy and Progress (Burkina Faso)
  The Party for Democracy and Progress was a political party in Burkina Faso The Party for Democracy and Progress was a political party in Burkina Faso The Party for Democracy and Progress was a political party in Burkina Faso (former Upper Volta.It was founded in April 1994 after a split in the...
  
   (Parti pour la Démocratie et le Progrès, PDP)
• Party for Democracy and Rally (Parti pour la Démocratie et le Rassemblement, PDR)
• Party for Progress, Freedom and Development (Parti pour le Progrès la Liberté et le Développement, PPLD)
• Party for the Defense of Democracy (Parti pour la Défense de la Démocratie, PDP)
• Party of Action for the Liberalism in Solidarity (Parti de l’Action pour le Libéralisme Solidaire, PACT/LS)
• Party of Independents
  Party of Independents
  Party of Independents , was a political party in Upper Volta, formed through a split in the Voltaic Democratic Union . The party contested the 1970 elections....
  
   (Parti des Indépendents)
• Party of Social Democracy (Parti de la Démocratie Sociale, PDS)
• Party of Social Progress (Parti du Progrès Social, PPS)
• Patriotic League for Development
  Patriotic League for Development
  Patriotic League for Development was an open mass front of the African Independence Party in Burkina Faso. LIPAD was founded in September 1973. LIPAD was led by Arba Diallo. The militants of LIPAD were generally called lipadistes....
  
   (Ligue patriotique pour le développement, LIPAD)
• Patriotic Movement for Freedom and Development (Mouvement Patriotique pour la Liberté et le Développement, MPLD)
• People's Unity Party
  People's Unity Party
  People's Unity Party can refer to:*People's Unity Party *People's Unity Party...
  
   (Parti de l’Unité Populaire, PUP)
• Popular Action Grouping
  Popular Action Grouping
  Popular Action Grouping , was a political party in Upper Volta. GAP contested the 1970 elections, without any significant result.Source: Englebert, Pierre. La Revolution Burkinabè. Paris: L'Harmattan, 1986....
  
   (Groupement d'Action Populaire)
• Popular and Democratic Rally Thomas Sankara (Rassemblement Démocratique et Populaire Thomas Sankara, RDP)
• Posadist Fourth International Group (Groupe Quatrième Internationale Posadiste)
• Rally of Independent Social Democrats (Rassemblement des Socio-démocrates Indépendants, RSI)
• Regroupment of Communist Officers (Regroupement des Officiers Communistes, ROC)
• Republican Party for Liberty
  Republican Party for Liberty
  Republican Party for Liberty was a political party in Upper Volta . PRL was founded in 1959 by Nazi Boni as a reaction to the attempts by the Voltaic Democratic Union to create a one-party state...
  
   (Parti Républicain pour la Liberté, PRL)
• Republican Party of Burkina (Parti Républicain du Burkina, PRB)
• Revolutionary and Democratic Alliance (Alliance Démocratique et Révolutionnaire, ADR)
• Revolutionary Military Organization (Organisation Militaire Révolutionnaire, OMR)
• Revolutionary Party of Young Democrats of Burkina (Parti Révolutionnaire des Jeunes Démocrates du Burkina, PRJDB)
• Revolutionary Socialist Party (Parti Révolutionnaire Socialiste, PRS)
• Revolutionary Workers Party of Burkina (Parti Révolutionnaire des Travaillistes du Burkina, PRTB)
• Revolutionary Workers' Party (Parti Ouvrier Révolutionnaire, POR)
• Sankarist Movement (Mouvement Sankariste)
• Social Party for the Emancipation of the African Masses
  Social Party for the Emancipation of the African Masses
  Social Party for the Emancipation of the African Masses was a political party in Upper Volta, led by Joseph Conombo and Henri Guissou...
  
   (Parti Social pour l'Émancipation des Masses Africaines)
• Union for Democracy and Social Progress
  Union for Democracy and Social Progress
  The Union for Democracy and Social Progress is one of major contemporary political parties in Democratic Republic of the Congo along with MLC. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous operation in Democratic Republic of the Congo...
  
   (Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès Social, UDPS)
• Union of Burkinabè Communists
  Union of Burkinabè Communists
  Union of Burkinabè Communists was a communist party in Burkina Faso. UCB was founded in August 1984 by the Group for the Unity of Marxists-Leninists , the Marxist-Leninist Group and one other group.In...
  
   (Union des Communistes Burkinabè)
• Union of Communist Struggles
  Union of Communist Struggles
  Union of Communist Struggles was a Communist party in the country now known as Burkina Faso. ULC was formed out of a split of the Voltaic Communist Organization . It was constituted on 14 October 1979. ULC promoted 'Popular and Democratic Revolution' .In 1981 ULC dissolved...
  
   (Union de Luttes Communistes)
• Union of Communist Struggles - Reconstructed
  Union of Communist Struggles - Reconstructed
  Union of Communist Struggles - Reconstructed was a communist party in Burkina Faso. ULC-R was formed in 1983 as a continuation of the Union of Communist Struggles . Generally ULC-R was simply called 'ULC'...
  
   (Union de Luttes Communistes - Reconstruite)
• Union of Communist Struggles - The Flame
  Union of Communist Struggles - The Flame
  Union of Communist Struggles - The Flame was a communist party in Burkina Faso. ULC-La Flamme was founded in February 1987 by split from the majority of the Union of Communist Struggles - Reconstructed...
  
   (Union de Luttes Communistes - La Flamme)
• Union of Democrats and Patriots of Burkina (Union des Démocrates et Patriotes du Burkina, UDPB)
• Union of Greens for the Development of Burkina Faso (Union des verts pour le Développement du Burkina; UVDB)
• Union of Social Democrats
  Union of Social Democrats
  Union of Social Democrats is an all-Russian non-governmental organization founded on October 20, 2007 by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev....
  
   (Union des Sociaux-Démocrates, UDS)
• Union of the Democratic Left (Union de la gauche démocratique, UGD)
• Union of the Progressive Forces of Burkina (Union des Forces Progressistes du Burkina, UFPB)
• United Party of Social Democracy (Parti de la Démocratie Sociale Unifié, PDSU)
• Voltaic Communist Organization
  Voltaic Communist Organization
  Voltaic Communist Organization was a communist party in the country now known as Burkina Faso. It was founded in 1971 out of the student milieu. In 1978 OCV split in two, the pro-China Communist Struggle Union and the pro-Albanian Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party ....
  
   (Organisation Communiste Voltaique, OCV)
• Voltaic Democratic Movement
  Voltaic Democratic Movement
  Voltaic Democratic Movement was a political party in Upper Volta, led by Gérard Kango Ouédraogo. MDV was founded in 1955....
  
   (Parti Social pour l'Émancipation des Masses Africaines)
• Voltaic Democratic Union (Mouvement Démocratique Voltaïque)
• Voltaic Labour Party
  Voltaic Labour Party
  Voltaic Labour Party , was a centre-left political party in Upper Volta. PTV contested the 1970 elections, without any significant result....
  
   (Parti Travailliste Voltaïque)
• Voltaic Progressive Front (Front Progressiste Voltaïque, FPV)
• Voltaic Progressive Union (Union Progressiste Voltaïque, UPV)
• Voltaic Regroupment Movement
  Voltaic Regroupment Movement
  Voltaic Regroupment Movement, was a political party in Upper Volta. It contested the 1970 elections....
  
   (Mouvement de Regroupement Voltaïque)
• Voltaic Union
  Voltaic Union
  Voltaic Union was a political party in Upper Volta. It was formed soon after World War II on the initiative of the French governor Albert Mouragues, and Mouragues was accused of interference in the June 1948 local elections on behalf of the party...
  
   (Union Voltaïque)

Historical alliances

• Coalition of Democratic Forces
  Coalition of Democratic Forces
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   (Coalition des Forces Démocratiques, CFD)
• Dialogue of the Burkinabè Opposition
  Dialogue of the Burkinabè Opposition
  The Dialogue of the Burkinabé Opposition was a political alliance in Burkina Faso The Dialogue of the Burkinabé Opposition was a political alliance in Burkina Faso The Dialogue of the Burkinabé Opposition was a political alliance in Burkina Faso (former Upper Volta.It was founded in January 2002...
  
   (Concertation de l'Opposition Burkinabé, COB)
• Convention of Progress Forces
  Convention of Progress Forces
  The Convention of Progress Forces was a political alliance in Burkina Faso The Convention of Progress Forces was a political alliance in Burkina Faso The Convention of Progress Forces was a political alliance in Burkina Faso (former Upper Volta.It was founded in January 1994 by the following...
  
   (Convention des Forces du Progrès, CFP)
• Democratic Forces for Progress
  Democratic Forces for Progress
  The Democratic Forces for Progress was a political alliance in Burkina Faso The Democratic Forces for Progress was a political alliance in Burkina Faso The Democratic Forces for Progress was a political alliance in Burkina Faso (former Upper Volta.It existed in the early 1990s and consisted of...
  
   (Forces Démocratiques pour le Progrès, FDP)
• Popular Front
  Popular Front (Burkina Faso)
  The Popular Front was a political alliance in Burkina Faso.The FP was founded in October 1987 by that country's current President, Blaise Compaoré, immediately after he came to power in a military coup d'état...
  
   (Front Populaire)
• Revolutionary National Council (Conseil National Révolutionnaire, CNR)
• Sankarist Front (Front Sankariste)
• Unified Democratic Party
  Unified Democratic Party
  Unified Democratic Party , was, despite its name, not a political party but an electoral alliance of two parties, the Voltaic Democratic Union and the Social Party for the Emancipation of the African Masses , ahead of the 1958 territorial assembly elections in Upper Volta...
  
   (Parti Démocratique Unifié, PDU)
• United Forces (Forces Unies, FU)
• Union of Sankarist Forces (Union des Forces Sankaristes, UFS)
• Voltaic Solidarity
  Voltaic Solidarity
  Voltaic Solidarity was a political alliance in Upper Volta formed after the territorial elections in 1957. SV was constituted by the Social Party for the Emancipation of the African Masses , African Popular Movement and the Voltaic Democratic Movement...
  
   (Solidarité Voltaïque, SV)

See also

• List of political parties