Party for Democracy and Progress / Socialist Party
Political party in Burkina Faso
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The Party for Democracy and Progress / Socialist Party (French: Parti pour la Démocratie et le Progrès / Parti Socialiste) is a political party in Burkina Faso (former Upper Volta).
Party for Democracy and Progress/Socialist Party | |
|---|---|
| Founded | May 2001 |
| Dissolved | 29 January 2026 |
| Merger of | Party for Democracy and Progress Burkinabè Socialist Party |
| Ideology | Socialism Democratic socialism Social democracy |
| Political position | Left-wing |
It was founded in May 2001 by merger of the Party for Democracy and Progress with the Burkinabè Socialist Party.
In the parliamentary election held on 5 May 2002, the party won 7.5% of the popular vote and 10 out of 111 seats.[citation needed] In the presidential election of 13 November 2005, its candidate Ali Lankoandé won 1.74% of the popular vote.[1]
The party won two seats in the 2007 parliamentary election.
In the 2010 presidential election, the PDP/PS candidate Ouampoussoga François Kaboré won .6% of the popular vote.
