Party for Democracy and Socialism

The Party for Democracy and Socialism (French: Parti pour la Démocratie et le Socialisme) was a registered political party in Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta).

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Party for Democracy and Socialism Parti pour la Démocratie et le Socialisme
Registered	2002
Dissolved	31 March 2012
Preceded by	African Independence Party
Merged into	Party for Democracy and Socialism/Metba
Ideology	Democratic socialism
Political position	Left-wing
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In 1999 the African Independence Party (PAI) split, and Soumane Touré formed a parallel PAI. Since the PAI led by Touré, which joined the government, obtained the legal recognition of the name PAI, the other PAI registered PDS as its electoral party in 2002.

At the legislative elections, 5 May 2002, PDS won 1.7% of the popular vote and 2 out of 111 seats. In the presidential election of 13 November 2005, its candidate Philippe Ouédraogo won 2.28% of the popular vote.

At the 2007 parliamentary elections, the party again won 2 seats.

In 2012 the party merged into Party for Democracy and Socialism/Metba.^[1][2]

1. ^ l'Observateur. PDS/Metba : Une étoile verte dans le ciel politique burkinabè Archived 19 February 2013 at archive.today
2. ^ Sidwaya. Le PDS/Metba convoite 50 députés Archived 19 February 2013 at archive.today
3. ^ "Législatives 2007 : Le jeux des alliances comme stratégie du PDS - Burkina". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 13 May 2007.
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