1978 Upper Voltan presidential election

Presidential elections were held in the Republic of Upper Volta on 14 May 1978, with a second round on 28 May after no candidate won more than 50% in the first round. They were the country's first multi-party presidential elections, the previous elections in 1965 having Maurice Yaméogo as the sole candidate. The result was a victory for independent candidate Sangoulé Lamizana, who was backed by the Voltaic Democratic Union-African Democratic Rally and won 56.3% of votes in the second round.[1] Voter turnout was 35.2% in the first round and 43.6% in the second.[2]

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Background

In 1966, Yaméogo left office after a general strike in opposition to his rule, and was replaced by a provisional military government led by Lamizana. In 1970, a new Constitution was ratified, which was later revised and ratified in 1977. After the passage of the new constitution in 1977, a presidential election was held in 1978.

Results
CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Sangoulé LamizanaIndependent425,30242.15711,72256.28
Macaire OuédraogoNational Union for the Defence of Democracy254,46525.22552,95443.72
Joseph OuédraogoRejectors Front–African Democratic Rally167,16016.57
Joseph Ki-ZerboVoltaic Progressive Union162,03116.06
Total1,008,958100.001,264,676100.00
Valid votes1,008,95898.091,264,67698.53
Invalid/blank votes19,6951.9118,8701.47
Total votes1,028,653100.001,283,546100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,924,78535.172,947,52743.55
Source: African Elections Database

References
  1. Elections in Burkina Faso African Elections Database
  2. Dieter Nohlen; Bernard Thibaut; Michael Krennerich (1999-07-22). Elections in Africa: A Data Handbook. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-829645-4.
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