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Burkina FasoPresidential election

2029 Burkina Faso presidential election

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The election

Date
Date to be announced (month and day not set)
Date status
Tentative date - A date has been named but not confirmed by the electoral authority.

apnews.com News report

Traore will be able to run in elections at the end of the five-year transition period, according to the new charter.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

fr.scribd.com News report

Le Président du Faso est éligible aux élections présidentielle, législatives et municipales, qui seront organisées pour mettre fin à la Révolution.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

What is being elected
President of Burkina Faso

fr.scribd.com News report

Le Président du Faso est éligible aux élections présidentielle, législatives et municipales, qui seront organisées pour mettre fin à la Révolution.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

data.ipu.org News report

These are to be held at the end of the transition. The date of the elections remains unspecified.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Office
President of Faso
Who votes
The public, from age 18. Voting is not compulsory.
Same election cycle
Electoral authority
No independent electoral management body currently operates; the CENI was dissolved and electoral functions were transferred to the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Mobility.

Results

No results have been published by the sources we follow. elekt reports the figures the sources publish; it does not call races or make projections.

Voting has not happened yet. Results will appear here as the sources publish them.

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