National Assembly of Burkina Faso

The unicameral National Assembly of Burkina Faso is the country's legislative body. In 1995, it became the lower house of a bicameral Parliament, but the upper house (Chamber of Representatives) was abolished in 2002.

Latest election

Past composition

The past National Assembly, formed following elections held on 5 May 2005, has a total of 111 members. Members are elected by direct popular vote in multi-member constituencies (21 from one national constituency and 90 from 13 regional constituencies - 2 to 10 per region) using the party-list proportional representation system. All members serve five-year terms

Political party distribution in the current National Assembly is as follows:

• Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP) – 57 seats
• Alliance for Democracy and Federation-African Democratic Rally (ADF-RDA) – 17 seats
• Party for Democracy and Progress/Socialist Party (PDP/PS) – 10 seats
• Coalition of Democratic Forces (CFD) – 5 Seats
• African Independence Party (PAI) – 5 Seats
• National Rebirth Party (PAREN) – 4 Seats
• Sankarist Pan-African Convention (CPS) – 3 Seats
• Union for Rebirth/Sankarist Movement (UNIR/MS) – 3 Seats
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