1978 Upper Voltan presidential election

{{Infobox election

| country = Upper Volta

| previous_election = 1965 Upper Voltan presidential election

| previous_year = 1965

| election_date = 14 May 1978 (first round)
28 May 1978 (second round)

| next_election = 1991 Burkinabé presidential election

| next_year = 1991

| type = presidential

| image1 = Sangoulé_Lamizana,_1973.jpg

| nominee1 = Sangoulé Lamizana

| party1 = Independent
(UDV–RDA)

| popular_vote1 = 711,722

| percentage1 = 56.28%

| image2 =

| nominee2 = {{nowrap|Macaire Ouédraogo}}

| party2 = UNDD

| popular_vote2 = 552,954

| percentage2 = 43.72%

| map_image = {{switcher |275px |First round results by region|275px |Second round results by region|default=2}}

| title = President

| before_election = Sangoulé Lamizana

| before_party = Independent

| after_election = Sangoulé Lamizana

| after_party = Independent

}}

{{Politics of Burkina Faso}}

Presidential elections were held in the Republic of Upper Volta on 14 May 1978, with a second round on 28 May after no candidate won more than 50% in the first round. They were the country's first multi-party presidential elections, the previous elections in 1965 having Maurice Yaméogo as the sole candidate. They were also the first presidential elections held under a revised Constitution adopted a year earlier.

Incumbent president Sangoulé Lamizana ran as an independent with the support of the Voltaic Democratic Union–African Democratic Rally. Lamizana was the leading candidate in the first round, before winning with 56% of the vote in the second round.[http://africanelections.tripod.com/bf.html Elections in Burkina Faso] African Elections Database Voter turnout was 35% in the first round and 44% in the second.{{cite book| author = Dieter Nohlen|author2=Bernard Thibaut |author3=Michael Krennerich | title = Elections in Africa: A Data Handbook| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9v1MnKYHSLoC| date = 1999-07-22| publisher = OUP Oxford| isbn = 978-0-19-829645-4 }}