Beninese_parliamentary_election,_1999

1999 Beninese parliamentary election

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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.

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Machioudi Dissou (2002) Le Bénin et l'Épreuve Démocratique: Leçons des élections de 1991 à 2001 Editions L'Harmattan, pp80–82

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Helga Fleischhacker (2010) Parteiensystem und Verfassung in Afrika: Strukturen - Funktionen - Typen, Springer-Verlag, pp174–175

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Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Benin Rebirth Party	383,487	20.40	27	+6
	Democratic Renewal Party	217,816	11.59	11	–8
	Social Democratic Party	164,767	8.77	9	+1
	African Movement for Development and Progress	164,293	8.74	6	New
	Action Front for Renewal and Development	98,248	5.23	10	0
	Star Alliance	75,003	3.99	4	–1
	National Party "Together"	70,403	3.75	1	New
	African Congress for Renewal	62,667	3.33	3	New
	Movement for Citizens' Commitment and Awakening	56,049	2.98	2	New
	Fraternity Alliance	49,342	2.63	0	New
	Alliance for Progress	43,291	2.30	0	New
	Party of Salvation	43,240	2.30	1	+1
	RPR–UNSD	42,191	2.24	1	–
	National Rally for Democracy	41,008	2.18	0	0
	Impulse to Progress and Democracy	38,513	2.05	4	+1
	Democratic Party of Benin	35,900	1.91	1	New
	Republican Alliance (ADD–NGR–NEP)	28,614	1.52	0	–1
	Suru Alliance	27,739	1.48	1	–
	Rally for National Unity and Democracy	25,373	1.35	1	New
	Movement for the People's Alternative	24,949	1.33	0	New
	Alliance for Democracy and Progress	20,272	1.08	0	–1
	National Campaign for Morality and Democracy	18,882	1.00	0	New
	Communist Party of Benin	18,669	0.99	0	–1
	Rally for Democracy and Pan-Africanism	17,084	0.91	1	0
	Union of the Triumph of the Republic	16,220	0.86	0	New
	Our Common Cause	15,533	0.83	0	–3
	UDES Alliance (MCP–BSD–CND–UDES–FNS)	14,449	0.77	0	New
	Union for Patriotism and Labour	13,356	0.71	0	New
	Congress of People for Progress	12,603	0.67	0	New
	Socialist Party	9,658	0.51	0	New
	People's Republican Union	7,130	0.38	0	New
	African Party for Redemption and Independence	7,001	0.37	0	New
	Alliance of the Patriots (CAD–RDL–PNT–USD–RCV–PNPD)	6,156	0.33	0	0
	Le Berler Social Democratic Party	4,821	0.26	0	New
	Front for the Republic	4,784	0.25	0	New
Total		1,879,511	100.00	83	0

Valid votes		1,879,511	94.43
Invalid/blank votes		110,884	5.57
Total votes		1,990,395	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,769,323	71.87
Source: Dissou,^[1] Fleischhacker^[2]

Beninese_parliamentary_election,_1999

1999 Beninese parliamentary election

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