List of political parties in Benin
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in Benin
. Benin has a multi-party system
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After the elections the Democratic Renewal Party joined the Presidential Movement.
There are approximately 20 minor parties.
Political party
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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...
. Benin has a multi-party system
Multi-party system
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Parliamentary parties
- Presidential Movement (Mouvance Presidentielle)
- Union for Future BeninUnion for Future BeninThe Union for Future Benin is an electoral alliance 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, and won 31 out of 83 seats...
or Union of Tomorrow's Benin (Union pour le Bénin du futur)- Action Front for Renewal and DevelopmentAction Front for Renewal and DevelopmentThe 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%...
(Front d'action pour le rénouveau et le développement, FARD-ALAFIA) - Social Democratic PartySocial 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...
(Parti Social-Démocrate)
- Action Front for Renewal and Development
- African Movement for Development and ProgressAfrican Movement for Development and ProgressThe African Movement for Development and Progress is a political party in Benin. In the last legislative elections, held on 30 March 2003, the party was part of the Presidential Movement, the alliance of supporters of President Mathieu Kérékou, who had won the 2001 presidential election, and won 9...
(Mouvement africain pour la dévelloppement et le progrès) - Key ForceKey ForceThe Key Force is a political party in Benin.In the 30 March 2003 parliamentary election, the party was a member of the Presidential Movement, the alliance of supporters of Mathieu Kérékou, who had won the 2001 presidential elections. The Key Force won 5 out of 83 seats. In the 31 March 2007...
(Force clé) - Impulse to Progress and DemocracyImpulse to Progress and DemocracyThe Impulse to Progress and Democracy 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, and won 2 out of 83 seats....
(Impulsion au progrès et la démocratie) - Alliance MDC-PS-CPP
- Movement for Development by CultureMovement for Development by CultureThe Movement for Development by Culture 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,...
(Mouvement pour le Développement par la Culture) - Salute PartySalute PartyThe 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...
(Parti du Salut) - Congress of People for ProgressCongress of People for ProgressThe Congress of People for Progress is a political party in Benin.At the last legislative elections in Benin, on March 30, 2003, the party was a member of the Presidential Movement, the alliance of supporters of Mathieu Kérékou, who had won the 2001 presidential elections...
(Congrès du Peuple pour le Progrès)
- Movement for Development by Culture
- Alliance of Progress ForcesAlliance of Progress Forces (Benin)The Alliance of Progress Forces is a political party in Benin.In the parliamentary election held on 30 March 2003, the party was part of the Presidential Movement, the alliance of supporters of Mathieu Kérékou , and won one out of 83 seats. In the parliamentary election held on 31 March 2007, the...
(Alliance des Forces du Progrès) - Movement for Development and SolidarityMovement for Development and SolidarityThe Movement for Development and Solidarity 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, and won 1 out of 83 seats...
(Mouvement pour le Développement et la Solidarité) - Rally for Democracy and Progres (Rassemblement pour la Démocratie et le Progrès)
- Union for Future Benin
- Benin Rebirth PartyBenin Rebirth PartyThe 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....
or Renaissance Party of Benin (Parti de la renaissance du Bénin) - Democratic Renewal PartyDemocratic 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...
(Parti du renouveau démocratique) - Star AllianceStar Alliance (Benin)The Star Alliance is an oppositional political party in Benin, formed by the Builders and Managers of Freedom and Democracy, The Greens and the Union for Democracy and National Solidarity....
(Alliance Étoile)- Builders and Managers of Freedom and DemocracyBuilders and Managers of Freedom and DemocracyThe Builders and Managers of Freedom and Democracy is an oppositional political party in Benin, part of the Star Alliance.At the last legislative elections, 30 March 2003, the Star Alliance won 3 out of 83 seats....
(Bâtisseurs et Gestionnaires de la Liberté et de la Démocratie) - The GreensThe Greens (Benin)The Greens is an oppositional political party in Benin, part of the Star Alliance.At the last legislative elections, 30 March 2003, the Star Alliance won 3 out of 83 seats.-See also:*Conservation movement*Environmental movement*Green party...
(Les Verts) - Union for Democracy and National SolidarityUnion for Democracy and National SolidarityThe 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...
(Union pour la Démocratie et la Solidarité Nationale)
- Builders and Managers of Freedom and Democracy
- New Alliance (Nouvelle Alliance)
After the elections the Democratic Renewal Party joined the Presidential Movement.
Other parties
- African Congress for Renewal (DUNYA)
- African Movement for Democracy and Progress (MADEP)
- Alliance for Democracy and Progress (ADP)
- Alliance of the Social Democratic Party (PSD)
- National Union for Solidarity and Progress (UNSP)
- Cameleon Alliance (AC)
- Coalition of Democratic Forces
- Communist Party of BeninCommunist Party of BeninThe 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...
(PCB); - Hope ForceHope ForceThe Hope Force is a political party of Benin led by Antoine Dayori.In the presidential election held on 5 March 2006, the party won 1.25 % of the votes for its candidate, Antoine Dayori. In the parliamentary election held on 31 March 2007, the party won two out of 83 seats....
(Force Espoir) - Liberal Democrats' Rally for National Reconstruction-VivotenLiberal Democrats' Rally for National Reconstruction-VivotenThe Liberal Democrats' Rally for National Reconstruction-Vivotene is a political party of Benin led by Sévérin Adjovi....
(Rassemblement des Démocrates Libéraux pour la Reconstruction nationale) - Movement for Citizens' Commitment and AwakeningMovement for Citizens' Commitment and AwakeningMovement for Citizens' Commitment and Awakening is a political party in Benin led by Séverin Adjovi.In the 1999 parliamentary elections MERCI elected two MPs, Amadou Assouma and Sacca Moussèdikou Fikara....
(MERCI) - Movement for the People's AlternativeMovement for the People's AlternativeThe Movement for the People's Alternative is a political party of Benin led by Lazare Sèhouéto.The party won at the presidential election of 5 March 2006 2 % of the votes for its candidate Lazare Sèhouéto....
(Mouvement pour une Alternative du Peuple) - New Generation for the Republic (NGR)
- Our Common Cause (NCC)
- Parti Démocratique du Bénin (PDB)
- Rally for Democracy and Pan-Africanism (RDP)
- Union for Homeland and LabourUnion for Homeland and LabourUnion for Homeland and Labour is a left-wing political party in Benin. Its President is Col. Martin Dohou Azonhiho, who was a leading ideologist of Mathieu Kérékou's socialist government in the 1980s...
(UPT) - Union for National Democracy and Solidarity (UDS)
There are approximately 20 minor parties.
See also
- Politics of BeninPolitics of BeninPolitics of Benin takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Benin is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the...
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