| Union for Progress and Reform | |
| Native Name: | Union pour le Progrès et le Changement |
| Leader: | Zéphirin Diabré |
| Foundation: | 2010 |
| Ideology: | Big tent Liberal democracy[1] |
| Position: | Centre |
| Continental: | Africa Liberal Network |
| International: | Liberal International (Observer) |
| Seats1 Title: | National Assembly |
| Country: | Burkina Faso |
The Union for Progress and Reform (UPC) is a political party in Burkina Faso. The party describes itself as non-ideological.[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.