Editing History of Burkina Faso (section)

=== 2015 general election ===
{{Main|Burkinabé general election, 2015}}
On 13 October 2015 it was announced that general elections would be held on 29 November 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/burkina-elections-delayed-until-november-29-candidates-184609953.html|title=Burkina elections to be held November 29, say candidates|access-date=2018-08-05|language=en-US|archive-date=December 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210213105/https://www.yahoo.com/news/burkina-elections-delayed-until-november-29-candidates-184609953.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Congress for Democracy and Progress]] was banned from running a presidential candidate, but was still able to participate in the parliamentary election.

The presidential election was won by [[Roch Marc Christian Kaboré]] of the [[People's Movement for Progress]] (MPP), who received 53% of the vote in the first round, negating the need for a second round. The parliamentary election was also won by MPP, which scored 34,71% of votes and won 55 seats in the National Assembly, followed by the Union of Progress and Reform (20,53%, 33 seats) and the Congress for Democracy and Progress (13,20%, 18 seats).

Kaboré was sworn in as president on 29 December 2015. On 7 January 2016 he appointed [[Paul Kaba Thieba]] as Prime Minister.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-burkina-politics-idUSKBN0UL0PC20160107|title=Burkina Faso's president names economist as prime minister|author=Reuters Editorial|work=U.S.|access-date=2018-08-05|language=en-US}}</ref>