Andemtenga Department

Andemtenga is a department of Kouritenga Province in eastern Burkina Faso.

[1] In the 2012 parliamentary and municipal election, Innoncent Kontoumgomdé (also spelt Inoussa Oumdamde) of the Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP) was elected Mayor of Andemtenga Department for a five-year term,[2] beating rival candidate Antoudiouendé Jeans Yves Kaboré of the Union for the Republic (UPR) by claiming 47 of the 55 votes spread amongst the 27 villages of the department.

[3] This followed the death of mayor Nonguema Johanie Kaboré in June 2012.

The ballot was held on 10 January 2013 in the courtyard of the town hall of Andemtenga,[4] and Kontoumgomdé was invested on 6 February 2013.

[3] From 2015, Ibrahim Koussé was the Prefect of Andemtenga Department.