非洲国家布基纳法索的选民星期天投票选举了新一任总统和议会。这次选举被称为是布基纳法索历史上最为开放的一次大选。
该国五百万注册选民有资格从14名总统候选人当中选出一位新总统。
历时12个小时的投票在当地时间下午大约6点结束。官员们开始计票工作，最初计票统计结果预计星期一晚间公布。如果没有候选人在星期天的选举中赢得超过半数选票的话，将举行第二轮投票，以定乾坤。
布基纳法索前总统孔波雷在领导布基纳法索27年之后，去年试图改写宪法，取消对总统的任期限制，以便自己再度执政。此举引发抗议，并迫使他辞职。
孔波雷辞职后，布基纳法索是由一个临时政府领导。大选原本定于10月份举行，但是军方发起的短暂的失败政变，迫使选举被推迟到本周日举行。
Voters in Burkina Faso have voted Sunday for a new president and parliament in what is being called the country's most open election in its history.
Five million registered voters were eligible to select from among a slate of 14 presidential candidates.
Twelve hours of voting ended about 6 p.m. local time. Officials have begun counting the ballots and the first results are expected late Monday. If no one earns more than 50 percent of the vote, a second round will be held.
Former President Blaise Compaore led Burkina Faso for 27 years before trying last year to get rid of a constitutional term limit and make himself eligible for another round in office. That move brought protests that forced him to resign.
An interim government replaced Compaore, and the election was supposed to take place in October, but a brief, failed military coup forced the process to be postponed.
