National Union for Solidarity and Development

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The National Union for Solidarity and Development (French: Union Nationale pour la Solidarité et le Developpement, UNSD) was a political party in Benin led by Adolphe Biaou.

History[edit]

The UNSD was established in 1995,[1] and contested the parliamentary elections that year as part of the Chameleon Alliance, alongside the National Salvation Front, the Democratic Party for National Union and the Union of Forces of Progress.[2] The alliance received 1.5% of the vote, winning a single seat.[3] Biaou took the sole seat.[4]

The party formed an alliance with the Rally for Progress and Renewal (RPR) prior to the 1999 elections. The two parties received 2.2% of the vote, winning one seat,[5] taken by the RPR's Valentin Aditi Houdé.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Africa South of the Sahara 2003, Psychology Press, p75
  2. ^ Benin Election Passport
  3. ^ Elections Today, October 1995, p30
  4. ^ Proclamation of the definitive results of the legislative elections of 28 March 1995 Archived 26 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine Constitutional Court
  5. ^ Machioudi Dissou (2002) Le Bénin et l'Épreuve Démocratique: Leçons des élections de 1991 à 2001 Editions L'Harmattan, p81
  6. ^ Proclamation of the definitive results of the legislative elections of 30 March 1999 Archived 26 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine Constitutional Court