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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 20.40 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 Mew 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 Mew 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] [ 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
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