title: Voltaic Progressive Front
text: # Voltaic Progressive Front
  
  The Voltaic Progressive Front (French: Front Progressiste Voltaïque, FPV) was a political party in Upper Volta.
  
  ## History
  
  The party was established in 1977 as the Voltaic Progressive Union (Union Progressiste Voltaïque, UPV) by dissidents from several parties. The UPV received 16% of the vote in the April 1978 parliamentary elections, winning nine seats. It nominated Joseph Ki-Zerbo as its candidate in the presidential elections in May. Ki-Zerbo finished fourth in the four-man field with 16% of the vote.
  
  In 1979 the party was renamed the Voltaic Progressive Front. It was banned in November 1980.
  
  