Union for Progress and Reform Union pour le Progrès et le Changement
Leader	Zéphirin Diabré
Founded	2010
Ideology	Big tent Liberal democracy[1]
Political position	Centre
Continental affiliation	Africa Liberal Network
International affiliation	Liberal International (Observer)
National Assembly	12 / 127
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The Union for Progress and Reform (French: Union pour le Progrès et le Changement, UPC) is a political party in Burkina Faso. The party describes itself as non-ideological.^[1]

History

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.