1998 Burkinabé presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Burkina Faso on 15 November 1998. They were boycotted by the major opposition parties and resulted in a victory for incumbent President Blaise Compaoré. Voter turnout was 56.1%.

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Blaise Compaoré	Congress for Democracy and Progress	1,996,151	87.5
Ram Ouédraogo	Union of Greens for the Development of Burkina	150,796	6.6
Frédéric Guirma	Rejectors Front – African Democratic Rally	133,552	5.9
Invalid/blank votes		89,458	–
Total		2,369,954	100
Registered voters/turnout		4,226,358	56.1
Source: Nohlen et al.