Congress of Democracy and Progress
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Congress for Democracy and Progress
Congrès pour la Démocratie et le Progrès |
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| Leader | Eddie Komboïgo |
| Founder | Blaise Compaoré |
| Founded | 6 February 1996 |
| Ideology |
Big tent Democratic socialism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National Assembly |
18 / 127
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The Congress for Democracy and Progress (French: Congrès pour la Démocratie et le Progrès, CDP) was the ruling political party in Burkina Faso until the overthrow of Blaise Compaoré in 2014.
The party was founded in February 1996 by merger of the Organization for Popular Democracy – Labour Movement and nine parties supportive of it (the National Convention of Progressive Patriots–Social Democratic Party, the Party for Democracy and Rally, the Movement for Socialist Democracy, the Union of Social Democrats, the Group of Revolutionary Democrats, the Rally of Social-Democrat Independents, the Party for Panafricanism and Unity, the Union of Democrats and Patriots of Burkina and the Party of Action for the Liberalism in Solidarity), as well as factions of the Group of Patriotic Democrats and the Burkinabé Socialist Bloc.
From 1992, when the office of Prime Minister was reestablished, until the ouster of Blaise Compaoré in 2014, all Prime Ministers of Burkina Faso were members of the CDP, along with most other national officials, and the party held the most seats in Parliament.
In the parliamentary election held on 5 May 2002, the party won 49.5% of the popular vote and 57 out of 111 seats.
In the 13 November 2005 presidential election, the CDP candidate, President Compaoré, won 80.35% of the popular vote. At the May 2007 parliamentary election, the party expanded its majority, winning 73 seats.
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