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{{Short description|Political party in Burkina Faso}}
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{{Infobox political party
| name             = Congress for Democracy and Progress
| native_name      = Congrès pour la Démocratie et le Progrès
| native_name_lang = fr
| abbreviation     = CDP
| logo             = Congrès pour la Démocratie et le Progrès logo.svg
| logo_size        =
| colorcode        = {{party color|Congress for Democracy and Progress}}
| leader           = Eddie Komboïgo
| founder          = [[Blaise Compaoré]]
| foundation       = {{start date|1996|02|06|df=y}}
| dissolution      =
| ideology         = [[Social democracy]]{{efn|name=self|Self-described<ref>{{cite web |title=STATUTS du Congrès pour la Démocratie et le Progrès |url=http://www.cdp-burkina.org/nous_connaitre/statuts.htm |website=Congrès pour la Démocratie et le Progrès |access-date=28 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614031455/http://www.cdp-burkina.org/nous_connaitre/statuts.htm |archive-date=14 June 2007 |date=August 2003 |language=fr |url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
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| headquarters     = [[Ouagadougou]]
| position         = [[Centre-left]]{{efn|name=self}}
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| seats1_title     = [[National Assembly (Burkina Faso)|National Assembly]]
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|20|127|{{party color|Congress for Democracy and Progress}}}}
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| country          = Burkina Faso
| footnotes        = {{Noteslist}}
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[[File:Siege CDP Ouagadougou.jpg|thumb|Headquarters of the party in Ouagadougou]]
The '''Congress for Democracy and Progress''' ({{lang-fr|Congrès pour la Démocratie et le Progrès}}, ''CDP'') was the [[ruling party]] in [[Burkina Faso]] from 1996 until the overthrow of [[Blaise Compaoré]] in 2014.

==History==
The party was founded in February 1996 by merger of the [[Organization for Popular Democracy – Labour Movement]] and nine parties supportive of it (the [[National Convention of Progressive Patriots–Social Democratic Party]], the [[Party for Democracy and Rally]], the [[Movement for Socialist Democracy]], the [[Union of Social Democrats (Burkina Faso)|Union of Social Democrats]], the Group of Revolutionary Democrats, the [[Rally of Social-Democrat Independents]], the Party for Panafricanism and Unity, the Union of Democrats and Patriots of Burkina and the Party of Action for the Liberalism in Solidarity), as well as factions of the [[Group of Patriotic Democrats]] and the [[Burkinabé Socialist Bloc]].<ref>Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali & Boureima Diamitani (2013) ''Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso'', Rowman & Littlefield, p44</ref>

From 1992, when the office of [[List of heads of government of Burkina Faso|Prime Minister]] was reestablished, until the Blaise Compaoré was ousted in 2014, all Prime Ministers of Burkina Faso were members of the CDP, along with most other national officials, and the party held the most seats in Parliament.

In the [[Burkinabé parliamentary election, 2002|parliamentary election]] held on 5 May 2002, the party won 49.5% of the popular vote and 57 out of 111 seats.

In the [[Burkinabé presidential election, 2005|13 November 2005 presidential election]], the CDP candidate, President Compaoré, won 80.35% of the popular vote. At the [[Burkinabé parliamentary election, 2007|May 2007 parliamentary election]], the party expanded its majority, winning 73 seats.

In 2012, Assimi Kouanda was elected as the CDP's National Executive Secretary.

The party still had representation in parliament after the overthrow of Compaoré in October 2014, and remains represented following the [[Burkinabé general election, 2015|November 2015 general elections]].

The CDP held its sixth ordinary congress in [[Ouagadougou]] on 9&ndash;10 May 2015. Eddie Komboïgo, a businessman who had been a Deputy in the National Assembly prior to its 2014 dissolution, was elected as President of the CDP, while Compaoré was designated as Honorary President.<ref>Benjamin Roger, [http://www.jeuneafrique.com/Article/ARTJAWEB20150509183602/politique-lections-blaise-compaor-cdp-burkina-burkina-le-cdp-se-choisit-un-nouveau-pr-sident-proche-de-compaor.html "Burkina : le CDP se choisit un nouveau président proche de Compaoré"], ''Jeune Afrique'', 10 May 2015 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> On 11 July 2015, Komboïgo was designated as the CDP's candidate for the [[Burkinabé general election, 2015|October 2015 presidential election]].<ref>Benjamin Roger, [http://www.jeuneafrique.com/245537/politique/burkina-eddie-komboigo-sera-candidat-cdp-a-presidentielle/ "Burkina : Eddie Komboïgo sera le candidat du CDP à la présidentielle"], ''Jeune Afrique'', 10 July 2015 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref><ref>[http://www.rfi.fr/afrique/20150711-burkina-faso-cdp-investit-eddie-komboigo-presidentielle-candidat/ "Burkina: le CDP investit Eddie Komboïgo pour la présidentielle"], Radio France Internationale, 11 July 2015 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> Komboïgo was subsequently barred from standing, and the CDP had no presidential candidate; however, it won 18 out of 127 seats in the concurrent parliamentary election.<ref>Patrick Fort and Romaric Ollo Hien, [https://news.yahoo.com/burkina-president-elects-party-tops-legislative-poll-no-190127699.html "Burkina president-elect's party tops legislative poll, no majority"], Agence France-Presse, 2 December 2015.</ref> Meanwhile, party leaders were accused of involvement in the failed [[2015 Burkinabé coup d'état|September 2015 coup]], leading to the arrest of Komboïgo as well as a party vice-president, Léonce Koné.<ref>Benjamin Roger, [http://www.jeuneafrique.com/mag/329094/politique/burkina-faso-cdp-fini/ "Burkina Faso : le CDP est-il fini ?"], ''Jeune Afrique'', 8 June 2016 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> Together with various other opposition parties, the CDP formed the Coalition for Democracy and National Reconciliation on 16 October 2016; seeking to promote political reconciliation, it was mostly composed of forces that had backed Compaoré. The coalition stood in opposition to President [[Roch Marc Christian Kaboré]] and the ruling [[People's Movement for Progress]] (MPP), but it was distinct from the main opposition coalition, the Coalition of Democratic Forces for Real Change led by [[Zéphirin Diabré]].<ref>[http://www.jeuneafrique.com/365897/politique/burkina-le-cdp-et-7-partis-pro-compaore-forment-une-coalition-de-lopposition-pour-la-reconciliation/ "Burkina : nouvelle coalition de l’opposition pour la « réconciliation »"], ''Jeune Afrique'', 16 October 2016 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>

On 19 April 2017, the CDP criticized the forthcoming trial of Compaoré (''in absentia'') and members of his government in connection with efforts to suppress the October 2014 protests that led to the fall of the government. According to the CDP, the trial was a politically motivated "[[witch hunt]]" and "a clear violation of the rule of law".<ref>[http://www.jeuneafrique.com/431004/societe/proces-de-blaise-compaore-lex-parti-pouvoir-denonce-reglement-de-comptes/ "Burkina : le procès de Blaise Compaoré et de ses ministres est un « règlement de comptes », selon l’ex-parti au pouvoir"], ''Jeune Afrique'', 19 April 2017 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>

== Electoral history ==

=== Presidential elections ===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
!Election
!Party candidate
!Votes
!%
!Result
|-
|[[1998 Burkinabé presidential election|1998]]
|rowspan=3|[[Blaise Compaoré]]
|1,996,151
|87.5%
|'''Elected''' {{Y}}
|-
|[[2005 Burkinabé presidential election|2005]]
|1,660,148
|80.35%
|'''Elected''' {{Y}}
|-
|[[2010 Burkinabé presidential election|2010]]
|1,358,941
|80.2%
|'''Elected''' {{Y}}
|-
|[[2020 Burkinabé general election|2020]]
|[[Eddie Komboïgo]]
|442,742
|15.48%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|}

=== National Assembly elections ===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
!Election
!Party leader
!Votes
!%
!Seats
!+/–
!Position
!Result
|-
|[[1997 Burkinabé parliamentary election|1997]]
|rowspan=4|[[Blaise Compaoré]]
|1,449,082
|68.6%
|{{Composition bar|101|111|hex={{party color|Congress for Democracy and Progress}}}}
|{{increase}} 8
|{{increase}} 1st
|{{yes2|Supermajority government}}
|-
|[[2002 Burkinabé parliamentary election|2002]]
|862,119
|49.52%
|{{Composition bar|57|111|hex={{party color|Congress for Democracy and Progress}}}}
|{{decrease}} 44
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|Majority government}}
|-
|[[2007 Burkinabé parliamentary election|2007]]
|1,373,078
|58.85%
|{{Composition bar|73|111|hex={{party color|Congress for Democracy and Progress}}}}
|{{increase}} 16
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|Supermajority government}}
|-
|[[2012 Burkinabé parliamentary election|2012]]
|1,467,749
|48.66%
|{{Composition bar|70|127|hex={{party color|Congress for Democracy and Progress}}}}
|{{decrease}} 3
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|Majority government}}
|-
|[[2015 Burkinabé general election|2015]]
|rowspan=2|[[Eddie Komboïgo]]
|417,058
|13.20%
|{{Composition bar|18|127|hex={{party color|Congress for Democracy and Progress}}}}
|{{decrease}} 52
|{{decrease}} 3rd
|{{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|[[2020 Burkinabé general election|2020]]
|371,633
|13.27%
|{{Composition bar|20|127|hex={{party color|Congress for Democracy and Progress}}}}
|{{increase}} 2
|{{increase}} 2nd
|{{no2|Opposition}}
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20081204033706/http://www.cdp-burkina.org:80/}}
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[[Category:1996 establishments in Burkina Faso]]
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[[Category:Social democratic parties in Burkina Faso]]