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People's Movement for Progress

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People's Movement for Progress
Mouvement du Peuple pour le Progrès
AbbreviationMPP
LeaderRoch Marc Christian Kaboré (detained under house arrest since January 2022)[1]
PresidentAlassane Bala Sakandé
Founded25 January 2014 (2014-01-25)
Split fromCongress for Democracy and Progress
IdeologySocial democracy
Progressivism
Political positionCentre-left
International affiliationProgressive Alliance
Socialist International
Website
mpp-burkina.org

The People's Movement for Progress (French: Mouvement du Peuple pour le Progrès, MPP)[2][3] is a political party in Burkina Faso that was founded on 25 January 2014 by former Congress for Democracy and Progress member Roch Marc Christian Kaboré. Kaboré ran as the party's presidential candidate in the 2015 general election and was elected in the first round of voting; the MPP also won a plurality of seats in the National Assembly of Burkina Faso. It is a full member of the Progressive Alliance and Socialist International.[4][5] On January 24, 2022, Kaboré was deposed as Burkina Faso President and arrested following a military coup.[6][7]

Electoral history

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Presidential elections

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Election Party candidate Votes % Result
2015 Roch Marc Christian Kaboré 1,668,169 53.49% Elected Green tickY
2020 1,645,229 57.74% Elected Green tickY

National Assembly elections

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Election Party leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Outcome
2015 Roch Marc Christian Kaboré 1,096,814 34.71%
55 / 127
Increase 55 Increase 1st Minority government
2020 968,980 34.59%
56 / 127
Increase 1 Steady 1st Minority government

References

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  1. ^ "Burkina Faso restores constitution, names coup leader president". Al Jazeera. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Roch Marc Christian Kaboré à la tête d'un nouveau parti d'opposition", Jeune Afrique, 26 January 2014 (in French).
  3. ^ "Blaise wants compromise", Africa Confidential, volume 55, number 3, 7 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Parties and Organizations". progressive-alliance.info. Progressive Alliance. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  5. ^ "SI Member Parties in Government". www.socialistinternational.org. Socialist International. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Burkina Faso President Kabore 'detained' by mutinous soldiers". Al Jazeera. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  7. ^ AFP (24 January 2022). "Burkina Faso president arrested by mutinous soldiers: security sources". France 24. Retrieved 5 February 2022.