Burkina Faso: Legislative Election, 6 May 2007

At stake in this election:

• 111 seats in the National Assembly

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: Blaise COMPAORE (1987-2014)
• Head of Government: Paramanga Ernest YONGLI (2000-2007)
• Assembly: Burkina Faso has a unicameral National Assembly composed of 111 seats with members serving 5-year terms.

Description of electoral system:

• Members of the National Assembly are directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote.

Last Election:

• Previous elections for the National Assembly were held on 5 May 2002. The Congress for Democracy and Progress won the most seats with 57, followed by the Alliance for Democracy and Federation – African Democratic Rally with 17 and the Party for Democracy and Progress – Socialist Party with 10. Numerous other parties took seats as well; see the link above to access the information for this election and see all parties that won seats.

Population and number of registered voters:

·         Population: 15,061,127 (2007)

·         Registered Voters: 4,466,354 (2007)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 7,602,173 (2007)

·         Is Burkina Faso a signatory to CEDAW: No

·         Has Burkina Faso ratified CEDAW: Yes, accession (14 October 1987)

·         Gender Quota: Yes[1]

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 13 (following 2007 parliamentary elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 183 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: N/A 

Disability Data:

·         Is Burkina Faso a signatory to CRPD: Yes (23 May 2007)

·         Has Burkina Faso ratified CRPD: Yes (23 July 2009)

·         Population with a disability: 1,843,647[2]