roch marc christian kabore won the election with more than 50%. these were the first elections since an uprising in account leading to blaise compaore resigning. >> reporter: the people of burkina faso celebrate what they call the end of political turmoil with the election of former prime minister roch marc christian kabore. they believe the country has entered a new era of fiscal democracy. he won 53% of the votes cast on sunday. he was followed by a blaise compaore. the new president was prime minister and at the last time pick the the past. he worked with blaise compaore. and it means change from them. roch marc christian kabore is a man that worked with blaise compaore, removed from power by a popular uprising in 2014. this is a man that had been with blaise compaore for 25 of the 27 years he was in power. however, there are those that say after the popular uprising of 2014, there's no one leader who can force his will on the people of burkina faso any more. so, tonight celebrations going on in various parts of ouagadougo, cars honking, people