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Change 2005 | |
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Founded | December 2004 |
Ideology |
Big tent Factions Communism Socialism Democratic socialism Social democracy Green politics Sankarism Progressivism Ecologism |
Political position | Centre-left to far-left |
Change 2005 ( French: Alternance 2005) was a political alliance in Burkina Faso (the former Upper Volta), founded to contest the presidential election in 2005. [1] The incumbent, Blaise Compaore, was standing for a third term and was expected to win despite claims that another term in office would be unconstitutional. [2] He was re-elected with 80.35% of the votes. [3]
Alternance 2005 was founded in December 2004 by 16 leftist parties. The grouping had put forward three candidates for the first round of the election: Hermann Yaméogo, president of Union nationale pour la démocratie et le développement (UNDD - National Union for Democracy and Development), Benewendé Stanislas Sankara of Union pour la renaissance/Mouvement sankariste (UNIR/MS - Union for Rebirth/Sankarist Movement) and Philippe Ouédraogo of the Parti africain de l'indépendance (PAI). However, Ouédraogo, later stood as a candidate for his own party, Rassemblement des écologistes du Burkina (RDEB - Rally of the Ecologists of Burkina) which announced its "retirement" from Alternance 2005 and supported its own candidate. [4]
Sankara, an MP, was one of the most prominent opposition figures in the election though few expected him to make an impression. [2] He received 4.88% of the vote.[ citation needed]
The parties forming the alliance were:
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (October 2017) |
Change 2005 | |
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Founded | December 2004 |
Ideology |
Big tent Factions Communism Socialism Democratic socialism Social democracy Green politics Sankarism Progressivism Ecologism |
Political position | Centre-left to far-left |
Change 2005 ( French: Alternance 2005) was a political alliance in Burkina Faso (the former Upper Volta), founded to contest the presidential election in 2005. [1] The incumbent, Blaise Compaore, was standing for a third term and was expected to win despite claims that another term in office would be unconstitutional. [2] He was re-elected with 80.35% of the votes. [3]
Alternance 2005 was founded in December 2004 by 16 leftist parties. The grouping had put forward three candidates for the first round of the election: Hermann Yaméogo, president of Union nationale pour la démocratie et le développement (UNDD - National Union for Democracy and Development), Benewendé Stanislas Sankara of Union pour la renaissance/Mouvement sankariste (UNIR/MS - Union for Rebirth/Sankarist Movement) and Philippe Ouédraogo of the Parti africain de l'indépendance (PAI). However, Ouédraogo, later stood as a candidate for his own party, Rassemblement des écologistes du Burkina (RDEB - Rally of the Ecologists of Burkina) which announced its "retirement" from Alternance 2005 and supported its own candidate. [4]
Sankara, an MP, was one of the most prominent opposition figures in the election though few expected him to make an impression. [2] He received 4.88% of the vote.[ citation needed]
The parties forming the alliance were: