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Burkina Faso is a one party dominant state with the Congress for Democracy and Progress in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power. A dominant-party system is a party system where only one political party can realistically become the government, by itself or in a coalition government, because all other parties are too weak. ... Politics of Burkina Faso Categories: Burkinese political parties | Politics stubs ...

The parties

• African Independence Party
• Alliance for Democracy and Federation-African Democratic Rally
  • Alliance for Democracy and Federation
  • African Democratic Rally
• Congress for Democracy and Progress
• Movement for Tolerance and Progress
• Party for Democracy and Progress/Socialist Party
• Sankarist Pan-African Convention
• Social Forces Front
• Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party

African Independence Party (in French: Parti Africain de lIndépendance) a communist party in French West Africa (AOF). ... The Alliance for Democracy and Federation-African Democratic Rally (Alliance pour la Démocratie et la Fédération-Rassemblement Démocratique Africain) is a political party in Burkina Faso, consisting out of the Alliance for Democracy and Federation and the African Democratic Rally. ... This article is part of or related to the Liberalism series Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Burkinese political parties ... The African Democratic Rally (Rassemblement Démocratique Africain) is a political party in Burkina Faso. ... Politics of Burkina Faso Categories: Burkinese political parties | Politics stubs ... The Party for Democracy and Progress/Socialist Party (Parti pour la Démocratie et le Progrès/Parti Socialiste) is a political party in Burkina Faso. ... Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party (Parti communiste révolutionnaire voltaïque, PCRV) is a communist party in Burkina Faso. ...

Historical parties

• Burkinabè Communist Group
• Communist Struggle Union
• Party of Independents
• Patriotic League for Development
• Popular Action Grouping
• Reconstructed Communist Struggle Union
• Republican Party for Liberty
• Union of Burkinabè Communists
• Voltaic Communist Organization
• Voltaic Democratic Union
• Voltaic Labour Party
• Voltaic Regroupment Movement

Burkinabè Communist Group (in French: Groupe Communiste Burkinabè) was a communist party in Burkina Faso. ... Communist Struggle Union (Union de lutte communiste, ULC) was a Communist party in the country now known as Burkina Faso. ... Party of Independents (in French: Parti des Independents), was a political party in Upper Volta, formed through a split in the Voltaic Democratic Union (UDV-RDA). ... Patriotic League for Development (Ligue patriotique pour le développement, LIPAD) was an open mass front of the African Independence Party (PAI) in Burkina Faso. ... Popular Action Grouping (in French: Groupement dAction Populaire), was a political party in Upper Volta. ... Communist Struggle Union (in French: Union de Lutte Communiste Reconstruire, ULC) was a communist party in Burkina Faso. ... Republican Party for Liberty (in French: Parti Républicain pour la Liberté) was a political party in Upper Volta. ... Union of Burkinabè Communists (in French: Union des Communistes Burkinabè) was a communist party in Burkina Faso. ... Voltaic Communist Organization (Organisation communiste voltaïque, OCV) was a communist party in the country now known as Burkina Faso. ... Voltaic Democratic Union (UDV) was a political party in present-day Burkina Faso that advocated for the independence of Upper Volta from France. ... Voltaic Labour Party (in French: Parti Travailliste Voltaïque), was a centre-left political party in Upper Volta. ... Voltaic Regroupment Movement(in French: Mouvement de Regroupement Voltaïque), was a political party in Upper Volta. ...

Historical alliances

• Unified Democratic Party
• Voltaic Solidarity

Unified Democratic Party (in French: Parti Démocratique Unifié), was, alhough its name, not a political party but an electoral alliance of two parties, the Voltaic Democratic Union (UDV-RDA) and the Social Party for the Emancipation of the African Masses (PSEMA), ahead of the 1958 territorial assembly elections in... Voltaic Solidarity (in French: Solidarité Voltaïque) was a political alliance in Upper Volta formed after the territorial elections in 1958. ...

See also

• Index of political parties to browse parties by name
• List of political parties to browse parties by country
• List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name
• Membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals