The Voltaic Progressive Front (French: Front Progressiste Voltaïque, FPV) was a political party in Upper Volta, which has been known as Burkina Faso since August 1984.
History
The party was established in 1977 as the Voltaic Progressive Union (Union Progressiste Voltaïque, UPV) by dissidents from several parties.[1] The UPV received 16% of the vote in the April 1978 parliamentary elections, winning nine seats.[2][1] It nominated Joseph Ki-Zerbo as its candidate in the presidential elections in May. Ki-Zerbo finished fourth in the four-man field with 16% of the vote.
In 1979 the party was renamed the Voltaic Progressive Front. It was banned in November 1980.[1]
