The Voltaic Progressive Front ( French : Front Progressiste Voltaïque , FPV) was a political party in Upper Volta .
3-567: The party was established in 1977 as the Voltaic Progressive Union ( Union Progressiste Voltaïque , UPV) by dissidents from several parties. The UPV received 16% of the vote in the April 1978 parliamentary elections , winning nine seats. It nominated Joseph Ki-Zerbo as its candidate in the presidential elections in May. Ki-Zerbo finished fourth in the four-man field with 16% of the vote. In 1979
6-653: A result of the 1974 military coup . A total of 367 candidates contested the elections. The result was a victory for the Voltaic Democratic Union–African Democratic Rally , which won 28 of the 57 seats in the National Assembly . Voter turnout was just 38.3%. The new constitution also limited the number of political parties to three, meaning that only the three largest parties in the Assembly were allowed to continue existing, resulting in
9-572: The party was renamed the Voltaic Progressive Front. It was banned in November 1980. This article about a Burkinabè political party is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Upper Voltan parliamentary election, 1978 Parliamentary elections were held in Upper Volta on 30 April 1978. They followed a constitutional referendum the previous year, which came about as
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