National Assembly of Burkina Faso

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The unicameral National Assembly of Burkina Faso is the country's legislative body. In 1995, it became the lower house of a bicameral Parliament, but the upper house (Chamber of Representatives) was abolished in 2002.

1 Latest election
2 Past composition
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Latest election

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**Summary of the 6 May 2007 **National Assembly of Burkina Faso** election results**
Parties	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Congress for Democracy and Progress (Congrès pour la Démocratie et le Progrès)	1,373,230	58.9	73	+16
Alliance for Democracy and Federation–African Democratic Rally	249,768	10.7	14	–3
Union for the Republic (Union pour la République)	100,392	4.3	5	+5
Union for Rebirth/Sankarist Movement (Union pour la Renaissance/Mouvement Sankariste)	90,788	3.9	4	+1
Convention of the Democratic Forces of Burkina (Convention des Forces Démocratiques de Burkina)	54,621	2.3	3	+3
Union of Sankarist Parties (Union des Partis Sankarist)	40,609	1.7	2	+2
Party for Democracy and Progress/Socialist Party (Parti pour la Démocratie et le Progrès/Parti Socialiste)	423,820	18.1	2	–8
Rally for the Development of Burkina (Rassemblement pour le Développement du Burkina)			2	+2
Party for Democracy and Socialism (Parti pour la Démocratie et le Socialisme)			2	±0
National Rebirth Party (Parti de la Renaissance Nationale)			1	–3
African Independence Party (Parti Africain de l'Indépendance)			1	–4
Citizen’s Popular Rally (Rassemblement Populaire des Citoyens)			1	+1
Union for Democracy and Social Progress (Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès Social)			1	+1
Total (turnout 56.4%)	2,520,488		111
Source: African Elections Database

[edit] Past composition

The past National Assembly, formed following elections held on 5 May 2005, has a total of 111 members. Members are elected by direct popular vote in multi-member constituencies (21 from one national constituency and 90 from 13 regional constituencies - 2 to 10 per region) using the party-list proportional representation system. All members serve five-year terms

Political party distribution in the current National Assembly is as follows: