Union for Progress and Reform

Union for Progress and Reform Union pour le Progrès et le Changement
Leader	Zéphirin Diabré
Founded	2010
Ideology	Big tent Liberal democracy[1]
Political position	Centre
Continental affiliation	Africa Liberal Network
International affiliation	Liberal International (Observer)
National Assembly	12 / 127
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Zéphirin Diabré and other UPC members in Ouagadougou in October 2017

The Union for Progress and Reform (French: Union pour le Progrès et le Changement, UPC) is a political party in Burkina Faso. The party describes itself as non-ideological.[1]

History

The UPC was established by Zéphirin Diabré in 2010 after he left the ruling Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP).[2][3] It finished third in the popular vote in the 2012 parliamentary elections with 11%, winning 19 of the 127 seats in the National Assembly, becoming the second-largest party after the CDP. In the 2015 general elections it received 21% of the vote, winning 33 seats. Its presidential candidate Zéphirin Diabré finished second with 30% of the vote.

References

1. About UPC- Union pour le Progrès et le Changement Official UPC Facebook page
2. Tom Lansford (2014) Political Handbook of the World 2014, CQ Press, p203
3. "IPU PARLINE database: BURKINA FASO (Assemblée nationale), Last elections". archive.ipu.org. Retrieved 2025-01-15.