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Parliamentary elections were held in Benin on 28 March 1995, although voting for thirteen seats was re-run on 28 May after the Supreme Court invalidated the results due to irregularities. The Democratic Renewal Party emerged as the largest party in the National Assembly, winning 19 of the 83 seats. Voter turnout was 75.8%. [1]
Benin, officially the Republic of Benin and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. The majority of its population lives on the small southern coastline of the Bight of Benin, part of the Gulf of Guinea in the northernmost tropical portion of the Atlantic Ocean. The capital of Benin is Porto-Novo, but the seat of government is in Cotonou, the country's largest city and economic capital. Benin covers an area of 114,763 square kilometres (44,310 sq mi) and its population in 2016 was estimated to be approximately 10.87 million. Benin is a tropical nation, highly dependent on agriculture, with substantial employment and income arising from subsistence farming.
The Democratic Renewal Party is a political party of Benin led by Adrien Houngbédji. Houngbédji lived in exile for several years, but returned to Benin to take part in the National Conference of 1990. He built up his party largely around other exiled Beninese. PRD was legally recognized on September 24, 1990.
The unicameral National Assembly is Benin's legislative body.
Party | Original result | Result after re-run | Seats | ||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
Democratic Renewal Party | 265,635 | 14.24 | 225,175 | 15.42 | 19 |
Benin Rebirth Party | 250,474 | 13.43 | 212,428 | 14.55 | 21 |
Social Democratic Party | 136,240 | 7.30 | 111,756 | 7.66 | 8 |
Action Front for Renewal and Development | 129,831 | 6.96 | 89,919 | 6.16 | 10 |
Our Common Cause | 105,280 | 5.64 | 82,898 | 5.68 | 3 |
Union for Democracy and National Solidarity | 94,486 | 5.07 | 71,061 | 4.87 | 5 |
Liberal Democrats' Rally for National Reconstruction – Vivoten | 86,437 | 4.63 | 63,152 | 4.33 | 3 |
Communist Party of Benin | 73,134 | 3.92 | 48,021 | 3.29 | 1 |
FDDM–UNSP | 58,640 | 3.14 | 44,752 | 3.07 | 2 |
Impulse to Progress and Democracy | 50,255 | 2.69 | 39,149 | 2.68 | 3 |
African Rally for Progress and National Solidarity | 47,068 | 2.52 | 37,690 | 2.58 | 1 |
National Union for Democracy and Progress | 45,977 | 2.47 | 37,563 | 2.57 | 1 |
Alliance for Democracy and Development | 41,420 | 2.22 | 36,370 | 2.49 | 1 |
Alliance for Democracy and Progress | 46,571 | 2.50 | 35,896 | 2.46 | 1 |
National Movement for Democracy and Development | 38,758 | 2.08 | 28,993 | 1.99 | 1 |
National Rally for Democracy | 35,511 | 1.90 | 28,455 | 1.95 | 0 |
Political Alliance of Independents (PUR–UPR–MDS) | 33,233 | 1.78 | 28,162 | 1.93 | 0 |
Union for Labour and Democracy–National Labour Party | 34,919 | 1.87 | 25,571 | 1.75 | 0 |
National Rally for Justice and Peace–Party of Salvation | 32,294 | 1.73 | 23,232 | 1.59 | 0 |
Chameleon Alliance | 29,856 | 1.60 | 21,960 | 1.50 | 1 |
Democratic Union of the Forces of Progress | 27,313 | 1.46 | 21,093 | 1.44 | 0 |
Rally for Democracy and Pan-Africanism | 26,359 | 1.41 | 21,027 | 1.44 | 1 |
Rally for Democracy and Work–National Party for Solidarity and Progress | 26,206 | 1.41 | 20,939 | 1.43 | 0 |
Alliance for Social Democracy | 28,392 | 1.52 | 20,266 | 1.39 | 1 |
MSUP–UDRN | 19,812 | 1.06 | 15,006 | 1.03 | 0 |
UDES–RDD | 17,054 | 0.91 | 13,355 | 0.91 | 0 |
Democratic Union for Development | 18,284 | 0.98 | 12,125 | 0.83 | 0 |
United Front for Renewal, Democracy, Freedom and Development | 18,716 | 1.00 | 12,118 | 0.83 | 0 |
PESJ–PR–RASN | 17,277 | 0.93 | 11,508 | 0.79 | 0 |
Union for Freedom and Development | 14,850 | 0.80 | 11,348 | 0.78 | 0 |
CDU–PRB–PCP–RUND | 14,862 | 0.80 | 8,913 | 0.61 | 0 |
Invalid/blank votes | – | – | – | ||
Total | 1,865,144 | 100 | 1,459,901 | 100 | 83 |
Registered voters/turnout | – | ||||
Source: Election Passport |
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