Union for Progress and Reform
Political party in Burkina Faso
The Union for Progress and Reform (French: Union pour le Progrès et le Changement, UPC) is a political party in Burkina Faso. The party describes itself as non-ideological.[1]
History
The UPC was established by Zéphirin Diabré in 2010 after he left the ruling Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP).[2][3] It finished third in the popular vote in the 2012 parliamentary elections with 11%, winning 19 of the 127 seats in the National Assembly, becoming the second-largest party after the CDP. In the 2015 general elections it received 21% of the vote, winning 33 seats. Its presidential candidate Zéphirin Diabré finished second with 30% of the vote.
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- People's Movement for Progress (55)
- Union for Progress and Reform (33)
- Congress for Democracy and Progress (18)
- Union for Rebirth / Sankarist Party (5)
- ADF–RDA (3)
- New Era for Democracy (3)
- National Rebirth Party (2)
- New Alliance of Faso (2)
- Alternative Faso (1)
- Organisation for Democracy and Labour (1)
- Party for Democracy and Socialism/Metba (1)
- Rally for Democracy and Socialism (1)
- Union for a New Burkina (1)
- Movement for Democracy in Africa (1)
- African Independence Party
- African Independence Party (Touré)
- African Popular Movement
- African Regroupment Party
- Burkinabé Bolshevik Party
- Burkinabé Communist Group
- Burkinabé Socialist Bloc
- Burkinabé Socialist Party
- Citizen's Popular Rally
- Ecological Party for Progress
- Entente Fada N'Gourma
- Independent Party of Burkina
- Kaya Independent Party
- Marxist–Leninist Group
- Movement for Socialist Democracy
- Movement of Progressive Democrats
- National Convention for the Progress of Burkina
- National Convention of Progressive Patriots–Social Democratic Party
- National Liberation Movement
- National Union for the Defence of Democracy
- National Union of Independents
- Organization for Popular Democracy – Labour Movement
- Party for Democracy and Progress
- Party for Democracy and Rally
- Party for Democracy and Socialism
- Party of Independents
- Party of Labour of Burkina
- Patriotic League for Development
- Popular Action Grouping
- Rally for the Development of Burkina
- Rally of Social-Democrat Independents
- Republican Party for Liberty
- Social Party for the Emancipation of the African Masses
- Unified Democratic Party
- Union for Democracy and Social Progress
- Union of Burkinabé Communists
- Union of Communist Struggles
- Union of Communist Struggles – Reconstructed
- Union of Communist Struggles – The Flame
- Union of Social Democrats
- Voltaic Communist Organization
- Voltaic Democratic Movement
- Voltaic Democratic Party
- Voltaic Labour Party
- Voltaic Progressive Front
- Voltaic Regroupment Movement
- Voltaic Union
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