Union for Progress and Reform

The Union for Progress and Reform (French: Union pour le Progrès et le Changement, UPC) is a political party in Burkina Faso.

[1] The UPC was established by Zéphirin Diabré in 2010 after he left the ruling Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP).

[2][3] It finished third in the popular vote in the 2012 parliamentary elections with 11%, winning 19 of the 127 seats in the National Assembly, becoming the second-largest party after the CDP.

In the 2015 general elections it received 21% of the vote, winning 33 seats.

Its presidential candidate Zéphirin Diabré finished second with 30% of the vote.

Zéphirin Diabré and other UPC members in Ouagadougou in October 2017