Burkina Faso

Population Statistics

18,931,686

Total Population

2,839,753

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

23 July 2009

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Electoral Code (2001, last amended 2012)

Updated: June 2015

Article 91 states:

Any elector with a disability or physical handicap which makes it impossible for him to express his choice and to place his ballot in the ballot box is authorized to be assisted by an elector of his choice or by a polling station official.

 

Excerpts from the Electoral Code (2001, last amended 2012)