Beninese parliamentary election, 1995
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Elections for the National Assembly
were held in Benin
on 28 March 1995. Voting for 13 seats was re-run on 28 May after the Supreme Court had invalidated the results due to irregularities. Voter turnout was 75.8%.
National Assembly of Benin
The unicameral National Assembly of Benin is the country's legislative body.The current National Assembly has 83 members who are directly elected through a system of party-list proportional representation and serve five-year terms.-See also:...
were held in Benin
Benin
Benin , officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. Its small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin is where a majority of the population is located...
on 28 March 1995. Voting for 13 seats was re-run on 28 May after the Supreme Court had invalidated the results due to irregularities. Voter turnout was 75.8%.
Results
| Party/Alliance | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Renewal Party Democratic Renewal Party (Benin) 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... |
225,175 | 15.4 | 19 |
| Renaissance Party of Benin Benin Rebirth Party The Benin Rebirth Party is an oppositional, more or less liberal party in Benin. The party is led by Nicéphore Soglo, who was President of Benin from 1991 to 1996.... |
212,428 | 14.6 | 21 |
| Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party (Benin) The Social Democratic Party is a political party in Benin.The PSD was founded in 1990. Running together with the National Union for Solidarity and Progress in the February 1991 parliamentary election, the PSD won 9.8% of the vote and eight out of 64 seats in the National Assembly.The PSD's first... |
111,756 | 7.7 | 8 |
| Action Front for Renewal and Development Action Front for Renewal and Development The Action Front for Renewal and Development is an political party in Benin.FARD-Alafia was founded in 1994 and supported the candidacy of Mathieu Kérékou in the 1996 presidential election. Kérékou stood as party's candidate in the presidential election of March 4 and 18 March 2001, winning 45.4%... |
89,919 | 6.2 | 10 |
| Our Common Cause | 82,898 | 5.7 | 3 |
| Union for Democracy and National Solidarity Union for Democracy and National Solidarity The Union for Democracy and National Solidarity is an oppositional political party in Benin, part of the Star Alliance.In the parliamentary election held on 30 March 2003, the Star Alliance won 3 out of 83 seats. The party's president, Sacca Lafia, was its candidate in the March 2001 presidential... |
71,061 | 4.9 | 5 |
| Liberal Democrats' Rally for National Reconstruction-Vivoten Liberal Democrats' Rally for National Reconstruction-Vivoten The Liberal Democrats' Rally for National Reconstruction-Vivotene is a political party of Benin led by Sévérin Adjovi.... |
63,152 | 4.3 | 3 |
| Communist Party of Benin Communist Party of Benin The Communist Party of Benin is a political party in Benin. PCB was founded in 1977 by the Union of Communists of Dahomey. The party was initially called Communist Party of Dahomey . The first secretary of the party is Pascal Fantodji... |
48,021 | 3.3 | 1 |
| FDDM-UNSP | 44,752 | 3.1 | 2 |
| ARC-PPD-PNDD | 39,149 | 2.7 | 3 |
| African Rally for Progress and National Solidarity | 37,690 | 2.6 | 1 |
| National Union for Democracy and Progress National Union for Democracy and Progress (Benin) The National Union for Democracy and Progress is a political party of Benin. In the parliamentary election held on 31 March 2007, the party won two out of 83 seats.... |
37,563 | 2.6 | 1 |
| Alliance for Democracy and Development | 36,370 | 2.5 | 1 |
| Alliance for Democracy and Progress | 35,896 | 2.5 | 1 |
| National Movement for Democracy and Development | 28,993 | 2.0 | 1 |
| National Rally for Democracy National Rally for Democracy (Benin) National Rally for Democracy is a political party in Benin. RND was legally recognized on October 5, 1990.In 1997 Abimbola Adébayo Anani became the party president.... |
28,455 | 1.4 | 0 |
| Political Alliance of Independents | 28,162 | 1.9 | 0 |
| UTD-PNT | 25,571 | 1.8 | 0 |
| RNJP-PS Salute Party The Salute Party is a political party in Benin.At the last legislative elections, 30 March 2003, the party was member of the Presidential Movement, the alliance of supporters of Mathieu Kérékou, who had won the 2001 presidential elections... |
23,232 | 1.6 | 0 |
| Alliance Caméléon | 21,960 | 1.5 | 1 |
| Democratic Union of the Forces of Progress | 21,093 | 1.4 | 0 |
| Rally for Democracy and Pan-Africanism | 21,027 | 1.4 | 1 |
| RDT-PNSP | 20,939 | 1.4 | 0 |
| Alliance for Social Democracy Alliance for Social Democracy Alliance for Social Democracy is a political party in Benin led by Robert Dossou. The ASD was legally recognized on 12 October 1990.... |
20,266 | 1.4 | 1 |
| MSUP-UDRN | 15,006 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 43,361 | ||
| Total | 1,922,553 | 100 | 83 |
| Source: Nohlen et al | |||