The party won 64 seats.[6] The party won the mayoral posts in Karankasso-Vigué (Houet province).[7][8] When new mayors were installed in January 2013, PITJ retained the mayoral post in Karankasso-Vigué with Abdoulaye Simporé as its candidate.[8] Simporé had also headed the PITJ candidature in Houet province.[9] In March 2013 the PITJ leader Maxime Kambou was installed as first vice mayor of Gaoua.[10] The party had won 16 out of 130 seats in the municipal council in 2012.[11]