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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.
Results
Party
Votes
%
Seats
Benin Rebirth Party
383,487
20.4
27
Democratic Renewal Party
217,816
11.6
11
Social Democratic Party
164,767
8.8
9
African Movement for Development and Progress
164,293
8.7
6
Action Front for Renewal and Development
98,248
5.2
10
Star Alliance
75,003
4.0
4
National Party "Together"
70,403
3.7
1
African Congress for Renewal
62,667
3.3
3
Movement for Citizens' Commitment and Awakening
56,049
3.0
2
Fraternity Alliance
49,342
2.6
0
Alliance for Progress
43,291
2.3
0
Party of Salvation
43,240
2.3
1
RPR –UNSD
42,191
2.2
1
National Rally for Democracy
41,008
2.2
0
Impulse to Progress and Democracy
38,513
2.0
4
Democratic Party of Benin
35,900
1.9
1
Republican Alliance (ADD –NGR–NEP)
28,614
1.5
0
Suru Alliance
27,739
1.5
1
Rally for National Unity and Democracy
25,373
1.3
1
Movement for the People's Alternative
24,949
1.3
0
Alliance for Democracy and Progress
20,272
1.1
0
National Campaign for Morality and Democracy
18,882
1.0
0
Communist Party of Benin
18,669
1.0
0
Rally for Democracy and Pan-Africanism
17,084
0.9
1
Union of the Triumph of the Republic
16,220
0.9
0
Our Common Cause
15,533
0.8
0
UDES Alliance (MCP–BSD –CND–UDES–FNS )
14,449
0.8
0
Union for Patriotism and Labour
13,356
0.7
0
Congress of People for Progress
12,603
0.7
0
Socialist Party
9,658
0.5
0
People's Republican Union
7,130
0.4
0
African Party for Redemption and Independence
7,001
0.4
0
Alliance of the Patriots (CAD–RDL–PNT –USD–RCV–PNPD)
6,156
0.3
0
Le Berler Social Democratic Party
4,821
0.3
0
Front for the Republic
4,784
0.3
0
Invalid/blank votes
110,884
–
–
Total
1,990,395
100
83
Registered voters/turnout
2,769,323
71.9
–
Source: Dissou,[1] Fleischhacker[2]
References
^ Machioudi Dissou (2002) Le Bénin et l'Épreuve Démocratique: Leçons des élections de 1991 à 2001 Editions L'Harmattan, pp80–82
^ Helga Fleischhacker (2010) Parteiensystem und Verfassung in Afrika: Strukturen - Funktionen - Typen , Springer-Verlag, pp174–175