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{{Infobox political party
| name = Change 2005
| colorcode = Red
| foundation = December 2004
| ideology = [[Big tent]]<br>'''Factions'''<br>[[Communism]]<br>[[Socialism]]<br>[[Democratic socialism]]<br>[[Social democracy]]<br>[[Green politics]]<br>[[Sankarism]]<br>[[Progressivism]]<br>[[Ecologism]]
| position = [[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]] to [[Far-left politics|far-left]]
| country = Burkina Faso
}}
{{Politics of Burkina Faso}}
'''Change 2005''' ({{Langx|fr|Alternance 2005}}) was a political alliance in [[Burkina Faso]] (the former [[Republic of Upper Volta|Upper Volta]]), founded to contest [[Burkinabé presidential election, 2005|the presidential election in 2005]].<ref>Francis Wiafe-Amoako, ''Africa 2016-2017'', p 76</ref> The incumbent, [[Blaise Compaore]], was standing for a third term and was expected to win despite claims that another term in office would be unconstitutional.<ref name=BBC>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4427918.stm "Q&A: Burkina Faso votes "], ''BBC News'', 11 November 2005</ref> He was re-elected with 80.35% of the votes.<ref>{{Citation|last=Turner|first=Barry|title=Burkina Faso|date=2010|work=The Statesman’s Yearbook: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World 2011|pages=241–244|editor-last=Turner|editor-first=Barry|series=The Statesman’s Yearbook|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|language=en|doi=10.1007/978-1-349-58635-6_135|isbn=978-1-349-58635-6}}</ref>

Alternance 2005 was founded in December 2004 by 16 leftist parties. The grouping had put forward three candidates for the first round of the election: Hermann Yaméogo, president of [[National Union for Democracy and Development|Union nationale pour la démocratie et le développement]] (UNDD - National Union for Democracy and Development), Benewendé Stanislas Sankara of [[Union for Rebirth/Sankarist Movement|Union pour la renaissance/Mouvement sankariste]] (UNIR/MS - Union for Rebirth/Sankarist Movement) and Philippe Ouédraogo of the Parti africain de l'indépendance (PAI). However, Ouédraogo, later stood as a candidate for his own party, [[Rally of the Ecologists of Burkina|Rassemblement des écologistes du Burkina]] (RDEB - Rally of the Ecologists of Burkina) which announced its "retirement" from Alternance 2005 and supported its own candidate.<ref>Oumarou Kologo, ''[http://www.memoireonline.com/06/08/1156/m_dons-phenomene-anthropologique-elections-burkina-faso5.html#fnref70 Les dons, phénomène anthropologique au coeur des élections au Burkina Faso: une analyse des comportements électoraux dans la ville de Ouagadougou]'', chapter 2, note 71. {{in lang|fr}}</ref>

Sankara, an MP, was one of the most prominent opposition figures in the election though few expected him to make an impression.<ref name=BBC/> He received 4.88% of the vote.{{cn|date=January 2020}}

The parties forming the alliance were:
*[[African Independence Party]]
*Citizens’ League of Builders
*Convergence for Social Democracy
*[[Group of Patriotic Democrats]]
*Movement for Democracy and Rebirth
*[[National Union for Democracy and Development]]
*[[Party for Democracy and Progress / Socialist Party]]
*[[Party for Democracy and Socialism]]
*Party of the Independent Forces for Development
*[[Patriotic Front for Change]]
*[[Rally of the Ecologists of Burkina]]
*[[Sankarist Democratic Front]]
*[[Social Forces Front]]
*Socialist Peasants Party
*[[Union for Rebirth/Sankarist Movement]]
*[[Union of Independent Democrats and Progressives]]

==References==
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[[Category:Defunct political party alliances in Burkina Faso]]
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