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Organization for Popular Democracy-Labour Movement

Organisation pour la démocratie populaire – Mouvement du travail
Organization for Popular Democracy-Labour Movement Organisation pour la démocratie populaire – Mouvement du travail
Abbreviation	ODP–MT
Leader	Arsène Bongnessan Yé,; Nabaho Kanidoua,; Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
Founded	April 1989
Dissolved	6 February 1996
Merger of	UCB,; OMR,; ULC-LF factions,; GCB factions
Succeeded by	Congress for Democracy and Progress
Newspaper	Yeelen
Ideology	Before 1991; Communism; Marxism-Leninism; After 1991; Social democracy; Pragmatism
Political position	Left-wing (Before 1991); Center-left (After 1991)
	Politics of Burkina Faso; Political parties; Elections;

Organization for Popular Democracy – Labour Movement ( French: Organisation pour la Démocratie Populaire - Mouvement du Travail) was the ruling political party in Burkina Faso. It was founded in April 1989 by the Union of Burkinabè Communists, the Revolutionary Military Organization (OMR) and factions from Communist Struggle Union - The Flame and Burkinabè Communist Group as a party based on Marxism, but strongly pragmatic, adopting the free market in its economic plan. It renounced Marxism–Leninism in March 1991.^[1]

In February 1996 the ODP-MT became a founding organization of the Congress for Democracy and Progress.

AIn the parliamentary election held on May 24, 1992, it won 48.2% of the popular vote and 70 out of 107 seats.

The ODP-MT was led by Arsène Bongnessan Yé, Nabaho Kanidoua and Roch Marc Christian Kaboré.

It published Yeelen.

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election	Party candidate	Votes	%	Result
1991	Blaise Compaoré	750,146	100%	Elected Y

National Assembly elections

Election	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Outcome
1992	590,808	48.5%	78 / 107	78	1st	Supermajority government

References

^ Political Parties of the World (6th edition, 2005), ed. Bogdan Szajkowski, page 96.

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[1] Political Parties of the World (6th edition, 2005), ed. Bogdan Szajkowski, page 96.

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Parliamentary	People's Movement for Progress (55) Union for Progress and Reform (33) Congress for Democracy and Progress (18) Union for Rebirth / Sankarist Party (5) ADF–RDA (3) New Era for Democracy (3) National Rebirth Party (2) New Alliance of Faso (2) Alternative Faso (1) Organisation for Democracy and Labour (1) Party for Democracy and Socialism/Metba (1) Rally for Democracy and Socialism (1) Union for a New Burkina (1) Movement for Democracy in Africa (1)
Unrepresented	National Union for Democracy and Development Party for Democracy and Progress / Socialist Party Party of Independence, Labour and Justice Rally of the Ecologists of Burkina Social Forces Front Union for the Republic Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party
Defunct	African Independence Party African Independence Party (Touré) African Popular Movement African Regroupment Party Burkinabé Bolshevik Party Burkinabé Communist Group Burkinabé Socialist Bloc Burkinabé Socialist Party Citizen's Popular Rally Ecological Party for Progress Entente Fada N'Gourma Independent Party of Burkina Kaya Independent Party Marxist–Leninist Group Movement for Socialist Democracy Movement of Progressive Democrats National Convention for the Progress of Burkina National Convention of Progressive Patriots–Social Democratic Party National Liberation Movement National Union for the Defence of Democracy National Union of Independents Organization for Popular Democracy – Labour Movement Party for Democracy and Progress Party for Democracy and Rally Party for Democracy and Socialism Party of Independents Party of Labour of Burkina Patriotic League for Development Popular Action Grouping Rally for the Development of Burkina Rally of Social-Democrat Independents Republican Party for Liberty Social Party for the Emancipation of the African Masses Unified Democratic Party Union for Democracy and Social Progress Union of Burkinabé Communists Union of Communist Struggles Union of Communist Struggles – Reconstructed Union of Communist Struggles – The Flame Union of Social Democrats Voltaic Communist Organization Voltaic Democratic Movement Voltaic Democratic Party Voltaic Labour Party Voltaic Progressive Front Voltaic Regroupment Movement Voltaic Union
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