Three days after the double ballot on November 22, the Ceni announced the provisional results for the presidential election. Outgoing president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré was reelected in the first round at the head of Burkina Faso for a second term, announced Thursday, November 26, the president of the Independent Electoral Commission (Céni) Newton Ahmed Barry.
“Mr. Kaboré, Roch Christian Marc, with 57.87% of the vote is declared provisionally elected in the first round as president of Faso” he said. Eddie Komboïgo, candidate of the party of former President Blaise Compaoré, comes second with 15.48% of the vote ahead of Zéphirin Diabré (12.46%), considered the leader of the opposition until then.
The opposition could challenge these results
A poor and landlocked Sahelian country, Burkina Faso (20.3 million inhabitants) has been plagued since 2015 by recurrent jihadist attacks which have left at least 1,200 dead and more than a million internally displaced.
According to figures given by the Ceni, the Electoral Body was reduced from 6,490,662 to 5,893,400 due to the non-opening of some 1,300 polling stations due to insecurity linked to jihadist groups. Some 800 other offices, which should have opened, also remained closed.
The presidential clan predicted, as in 2015, a victory in the first round of this election considered to be the most open in the history of Burkina Faso, which has experienced multiple coups d’état since its independence. Roch Marc Christian Kaboré is a man of the seraglio, well known to the Burkinabè. He remained 26 years companion of Blaise Compaoré, occupying prestigious posts (Prime Minister, President of the Assembly), before falling from grace and leaving the regime just ten months before its fall. During his campaign, he promised to tackle the fight against terrorism, Covid-19 and its consequences or to complete national reconciliation.
At the announcement of his victory, no explosion of joy as in 2015. The political class seems more divided than ever.
Without providing any evidence, the opposition said on Saturday that a “massive fraud” was in preparation, threatening not to recognize “results tainted with irregularity”. “It is absolutely inconceivable after having traveled all over Burkina Faso to think of having a winning party in the first round”, notably indicated Zéphirin Diabré.
Any appeals must be filed with the Constitutional Council or the Council of State within seven days of the announcement of the results. The Constitutional Council or the Council of State must proclaim the final results within fifteen days following the expiry of the time limit for appeals.
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