Voltaic Labour Party Explained

Voltaic Labour Party French: Parti Travailliste Voltaïque
Founder:	François de Salles Kaboré^[1]
Founded:	^[2]
Banned:	1974
Ideology:	Centre-left
Country:	Upper Volta (present-day Burkina Faso)

The Voltaic Labour Party (in French: Parti Travailliste Voltaïque), was a centre-left political party in Upper Volta. PTV contested the 1970 elections, without any significant result.

PTV functioned as the political branch of the Voltaic Organization of Free Trade Unions (OVSL).

References

• Englebert, Pierre. La Revolution Burkinabè. Paris: L'Harmattan, 1986.

Notes and References

1. Book: Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso. 2. African Historical Dictionaries. 74. McFarland. Daniel Miles. Rupley. Lawrence. Scarecrow Press. 1998. 109. 978-0810834057. 2023-11-13.
2. Haute-Volta, une démocratie avortée?. Upper Volta, an aborted democracy?. Simon. Marc. Esprit. 413. April 1972. 868. 2023-11-13.