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1970 Upper Voltan parliamentary election

Field	Value
country	Upper Volta
previous_election	1965
next_election	1978
election_date	20 December 1970
seats_for_election	All 57 seats in the National Assembly
majority_seats	29
turnout	48.29%
party1	African Democratic Rally (Burkina Faso)
leader1	Gérard Kango Ouédraogo
last_election1	75
percentage1	67.68
seats1	37
party2	African Regroupment Party (Upper Volta)
leader2	Djibo Bakary
last_election2	New
percentage2	17.25
seats2	12
party3	MLN
color3	#D40000
leader3	Joseph Ki-Zerbo
last_election3	New
percentage3	10.96
seats3	6
party4	PIK
color4	#D4AA00
leader4	–
last_election4	New
percentage4	0.74
seats4	2
map	[[File:1970 Upper Volta parliamentary election - Results by constituency.svg	300px]]
map_caption	Results by constituency
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Position established
after_election	Gérard Kango Ouédraogo
after_party	UDV-RDA

Parliamentary elections were held in the Republic of Upper Volta on 20 December 1970, following the restoration of multi-party democracy in a referendum earlier in the year. The result was a victory for the former sole legal party, the Voltaic Democratic Union–African Democratic Rally, which won 37 of the 57 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 48.3%.

Results

References

[http://africanelections.tripod.com/bf.html Elections in Burkina Faso] African Elections Database
[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/UPPER_VOLTA_1970_E.pdf Upper Volta] Inter-Parliamentary Union

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