2020 Burkinabé general election

General elections are scheduled to be held in Burkina Faso on 22 November 2020 to elect the President and National Assembly.[1]

2020 Burkinabé presidential election

22 November 2020 (2020-11-22)
 
Nominee Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo Tahirou Barry
Party CDP PRN

President before election

Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
People's Movement for Progress

Elected President

TBD

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Electoral system

The President is elected using the two-round system;[2] if no candidate receives a majority of the vote in the first round, a second round will be held.

The 127 members of the National Assmebly are elected by proportional representation; 111 are elected from 45 multi-member constituencies with between two and nine seats, with 16 elected from a single nationwide constituency.[3]

Campaign

In February 2019 former Prime Minister Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo announced that he would contest the presidential elections.[4]

References

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