1999 Beninese parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Benin on 30 March 1999. The Benin Rebirth Party retained its status as the largest party in the National Assembly, increasing its number of seats from 21 to 27, whilst the Democratic Renewal Party won only 11 seats, a reduction of seven.

Results edit

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Benin Rebirth Party383,48720.4027+6
Democratic Renewal Party217,81611.5911–8
Social Democratic Party164,7678.779+1
African Movement for Development and Progress164,2938.746New
Action Front for Renewal and Development98,2485.23100
Star Alliance75,0033.994–1
National Party "Together"70,4033.751New
African Congress for Renewal62,6673.333New
Movement for Citizens' Commitment and Awakening56,0492.982New
Fraternity Alliance49,3422.630New
Alliance for Progress43,2912.300New
Party of Salvation43,2402.301+1
RPRUNSD42,1912.241
National Rally for Democracy41,0082.1800
Impulse to Progress and Democracy38,5132.054+1
Democratic Party of Benin35,9001.911New
Republican Alliance (ADD–NGR–NEP)28,6141.520–1
Suru Alliance27,7391.481
Rally for National Unity and Democracy25,3731.351New
Movement for the People's Alternative24,9491.330New
Alliance for Democracy and Progress20,2721.080–1
National Campaign for Morality and Democracy18,8821.000New
Communist Party of Benin18,6690.990–1
Rally for Democracy and Pan-Africanism17,0840.9110
Union of the Triumph of the Republic16,2200.860New
Our Common Cause15,5330.830–3
UDES Alliance (MCP–BSD–CND–UDES–FNS)14,4490.770New
Union for Patriotism and Labour13,3560.710New
Congress of People for Progress12,6030.670New
Socialist Party9,6580.510New
People's Republican Union7,1300.380New
African Party for Redemption and Independence7,0010.370New
Alliance of the Patriots (CAD–RDL–PNT–USD–RCV–PNPD)6,1560.3300
Le Berler Social Democratic Party4,8210.260New
Front for the Republic4,7840.250New
Total1,879,511100.00830
Valid votes1,879,51194.43
Invalid/blank votes110,8845.57
Total votes1,990,395100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,769,32371.87
Source: Dissou,[1] Fleischhacker[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Machioudi Dissou (2002) Le Bénin et l'Épreuve Démocratique: Leçons des élections de 1991 à 2001 Editions L'Harmattan, pp80–82
  2. ^ Helga Fleischhacker (2010) Parteiensystem und Verfassung in Afrika: Strukturen - Funktionen - Typen, Springer-Verlag, pp174–175