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Benin elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature . The president is elected for a five year term by the people. The National Assembly Assemblée Nationale ) has 83 members, elected for a four year term by proportional representation . Benin has a two-party system , which means that there are two dominant political parties or coalitions, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.
Recent elections
On March 5 , 2006 , voters went to the polls to decide who would succeed Mathieu Kérékou as President . Results were expected to be announced by March 8 . As no single candidate of the 26 won an outright majority, a runoff election took place two weeks later, won by Yayi Boni with three-quarters of the vote. [1] , [2] , [3]
e d Summary of the 5 and 19 March 2006 Benin presidential election results
Candidates - Nominating parties
Votes
% 1st round
Votes
% 2nd round
Yayi Boni 1,074,308
35.78%
1,979,305
74.60%
Adrien Houngbédji - Democratic Renewal Party (Parti du renouveau démocratique )727,239
24.22%
673,937
25.40%
Bruno Amoussou - Social Democratic Party (Parti Social-Démocrate )489,122
16.29%
Léhadi Vinagnon Soglo - Benin Rebirth Party or Renaissance Party of Benin (Parti de la renaissance du Bénin )253,478
8.44%
Antoine Kolawolé Idji - African Movement for Development and Progres (Mouvement africain pour la dévelloppement et le progrès )97,595
3.25%
Lazare Sèhouéto - Movement for the People's Alternative (Mouvement pour une Alternative du Peuple )61,195
2.04%
Sévérin Adjovi - Liberal Democrats' Rally for National Reconstruction-Vivoten (Rassemblement des Démocrates Libéraux pour la Reconstruction nationale )(RDL-Vivoten)53,304
1.78%
Antoine Dayori - Hope Force (Force Espoir )37,436
1.25%
Total (turnout 76.9%/69.5%)
3,014,167
2,656,070
100.0%
Source: African Elections Database
Past elections
Beninese presidential elections
Beninese parliamentary elections
Beninese referendums
See also
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