The Voltaic Labour Party (in French: Parti Travailliste Voltaïque), was a centre-left political party in Upper Volta. PTV contested the 1970 elections, without any significant result.

Voltaic Labour Party
Parti Travailliste Voltaïque
FounderFrançois de Salles Kaboré[1]
Founded1970 (1970)[2]
Banned1974[1]
IdeologyCentre-left

PTV functioned as the political branch of the Voltaic Organization of Free Trade Unions (OVSL).

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  2. ^ Simon, Marc (April 1972). "Haute-Volta, une démocratie avortée?" [Upper Volta, an aborted democracy?]. Esprit (413): 868. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  • Englebert, Pierre. La Revolution Burkinabè. Paris: L'Harmattan, 1986.