Organization for Popular Democracy – Labour Movement

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The Organization for Popular Democracy – Labour Movement (French: Organisation pour la Démocratie Populaire - Mouvement du Travail) was the ruling political party in Burkina Faso from 1989 to 1996. It was founded in April 1989 by the Union of Burkinabè Communists, the Revolutionary Military Organization (OMR) and factions from Communist Struggle Union - The Flame and Burkinabè Communist Group as a party based on Marxism, but strongly pragmatic, adopting the free market in its economic plan. It renounced Marxism–Leninism in March 1991.[1]

Organization for Popular Democracy-Labour Movement
Organisation pour la démocratie populaire – Mouvement du travail
AbbreviationODP–MT
LeaderArsène Bongnessan Yé,
Nabaho Kanidoua,
Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
FoundedApril 1989
Dissolved6 February 1996 (1996-02-06)
Merger ofUCB,
OMR,
ULC-LF factions,
GCB factions
Succeeded byCongress for Democracy and Progress
NewspaperYeelen

In February 1996 the ODP-MT merged into the Congress for Democracy and Progress.

In the parliamentary election held on May 24, 1992, it won 48.2% of the popular vote and 70 out of 107 seats.

The ODP-MT was led by Arsène Bongnessan Yé, Nabaho Kanidoua and Roch Marc Christian Kaboré.

It published Yeelen.

Electoral history

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Presidential elections

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Election Party candidate Votes % Result
1991 Blaise Compaoré 750,146 100% Elected  Y

National Assembly elections

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Election Votes % Seats +/– Position Outcome
1992 590,808 48.5%
78 / 107
  78   1st Supermajority government

References

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  1. ^ Political Parties of the World (6th edition, 2005), ed. Bogdan Szajkowski, page 96.