1998 Burkinabé presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Burkina Faso on 15 November 1998. They were boycotted by the major opposition parties and resulted in a victory for incumbent President Blaise Compaoré. Voter turnout was 56.1%.^[1]

Results


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Blaise Compaoré	Congress for Democracy and Progress	1,996,151	87.53
	Ram Ouédraogo	Union of Greens for the Development of Burkina	150,796	6.61
	Frédéric Guirma	Rejectors Front – African Democratic Rally	133,552	5.86
Total			2,280,499	100.00

Valid votes			2,280,499	96.23
Invalid/blank votes			89,458	3.77
Total votes			2,369,957	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			4,226,358	56.08
Source: Nohlen et al.^[a].

^ The total number of valid votes (2,280,496) reported by the electoral commission was three less than the total votes received by each candidate

References

^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p146 ISBN 0-19-829645-2

[2] The total number of valid votes (2,280,496) reported by the electoral commission was three less than the total votes received by each candidate

[1] Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p146 ISBN 0-19-829645-2

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