Amorphous 'big tent' party led and founded by a former Finance Minister in the Blaise Compaoré regime, Zéphirin Diabré.
Though Diabré was tainted by his long-term association with the overthrown Compaoré, the UPC came second in the National Assembly election of November 29, 2015, and Diabré came in second in the presidential race that year, behind Roch Marc Christian Kaboré [Union pour le Progrès et le Changement (UPC)].