# Change 2005

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**Change 2005** (French: *Alternance 2005*) was a political alliance in [Burkina Faso](/source/Burkina_Faso) (the former [Upper Volta](/source/Republic_of_Upper_Volta)), founded to contest [the presidential election in 2005](/source/Burkinab%C3%A9_presidential_election,_2005).[1] The incumbent, [Blaise Compaore](/source/Blaise_Compaore), was standing for a third term and was expected to win despite claims that another term in office would be unconstitutional.[2] He was re-elected with 80.35% of the votes.[3]

Alternance 2005 was founded in December 2004 by 16 leftist parties. The grouping had put forward three candidates for the first round of the election: Hermann Yaméogo, president of [Union nationale pour la démocratie et le développement](/source/National_Union_for_Democracy_and_Development) (UNDD - National Union for Democracy and Development), Benewendé Stanislas Sankara of [Union pour la renaissance/Mouvement sankariste](/source/Union_for_Rebirth/Sankarist_Movement) (UNIR/MS - Union for Rebirth/Sankarist Movement) and Philippe Ouédraogo of the Parti africain de l'indépendance (PAI). However, Ouédraogo, later stood as a candidate for his own party, [Rassemblement des écologistes du Burkina](/source/Rally_of_the_Ecologists_of_Burkina) (RDEB - Rally of the Ecologists of Burkina) which announced its "retirement" from Alternance 2005 and supported its own candidate.[4]

Sankara, an MP, was one of the most prominent opposition figures in the election though few expected him to make an impression.[2] He received 4.88% of the vote.[citation needed]

The parties forming the alliance were:

- [African Independence Party](/source/African_Independence_Party)
- Citizens’ League of Builders
- Convergence for Social Democracy
- [Group of Patriotic Democrats](/source/Group_of_Patriotic_Democrats)
- Movement for Democracy and Rebirth
- [National Union for Democracy and Development](/source/National_Union_for_Democracy_and_Development)
- [Party for Democracy and Progress / Socialist Party](/source/Party_for_Democracy_and_Progress_/_Socialist_Party)
- [Party for Democracy and Socialism](/source/Party_for_Democracy_and_Socialism)
- Party of the Independent Forces for Development
- [Patriotic Front for Change](/source/Patriotic_Front_for_Change)
- [Rally of the Ecologists of Burkina](/source/Rally_of_the_Ecologists_of_Burkina)
- [Sankarist Democratic Front](/source/Sankarist_Democratic_Front)
- [Social Forces Front](/source/Social_Forces_Front)
- Socialist Peasants Party
- [Union for Rebirth/Sankarist Movement](/source/Union_for_Rebirth/Sankarist_Movement)
- [Union of Independent Democrats and Progressives](/source/Union_of_Independent_Democrats_and_Progressives)

## References

1. Francis Wiafe-Amoako, *Africa 2016-2017*, p 76

1. ["Q&A: Burkina Faso votes "](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4427918.stm), *BBC News*, 11 November 2005

1. Turner, Barry (2010), "Burkina Faso", *The Statesman’s Yearbook: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World 2011*, The Statesman’s Yearbook, Turner, Barry (ed.), Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 241–244, [doi:10.1007/978-1-349-58635-6_135](https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-58635-6_135). ISBN 978-1-349-58635-6

1. Oumarou Kologo, *[Les dons, phénomène anthropologique au coeur des élections au Burkina Faso: une analyse des comportements électoraux dans la ville de Ouagadougou](http://www.memoireonline.com/06/08/1156/m_dons-phenomene-anthropologique-elections-burkina-faso5.html#fnref70)*, chapter 2, note 71. (in French)

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