Parliamentary elections were held in Benin on 28 March 1995, although voting for thirteen seats was re-run on 28 May after the Supreme Court invalidated the results due to irregularities. The Democratic Renewal Party emerged as the largest party in the National Assembly, winning 19 of the 83 seats. Voter turnout was 75.8%.[1]
Results
editParty | Original results | After re-run | Seats | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
Democratic Renewal Party | 265,635 | 14.24 | 225,175 | 15.42 | 19 | |
Benin Rebirth Party | 250,474 | 13.43 | 212,428 | 14.55 | 21 | |
Social Democratic Party | 136,240 | 7.30 | 111,756 | 7.66 | 8 | |
Action Front for Renewal and Development | 129,831 | 6.96 | 89,919 | 6.16 | 10 | |
Our Common Cause | 105,280 | 5.64 | 82,898 | 5.68 | 3 | |
Union for Democracy and National Solidarity | 94,486 | 5.07 | 71,061 | 4.87 | 5 | |
Liberal Democrats' Rally for National Reconstruction – Vivoten | 86,437 | 4.63 | 63,152 | 4.33 | 3 | |
Communist Party of Benin | 73,134 | 3.92 | 48,021 | 3.29 | 1 | |
FDDM–UNSP | 58,640 | 3.14 | 44,752 | 3.07 | 2 | |
Impulse to Progress and Democracy | 50,255 | 2.69 | 39,149 | 2.68 | 3 | |
African Rally for Progress and National Solidarity | 47,068 | 2.52 | 37,690 | 2.58 | 1 | |
National Union for Democracy and Progress | 45,977 | 2.47 | 37,563 | 2.57 | 1 | |
Alliance for Democracy and Development | 41,420 | 2.22 | 36,370 | 2.49 | 1 | |
Alliance for Democracy and Progress | 46,571 | 2.50 | 35,896 | 2.46 | 1 | |
National Movement for Democracy and Development | 38,758 | 2.08 | 28,993 | 1.99 | 1 | |
National Rally for Democracy | 35,511 | 1.90 | 28,455 | 1.95 | 0 | |
Political Alliance of Independents (PUR–UPR–MDS) | 33,233 | 1.78 | 28,162 | 1.93 | 0 | |
Union for Labour and Democracy–National Labour Party | 34,919 | 1.87 | 25,571 | 1.75 | 0 | |
National Rally for Justice and Peace–Party of Salvation | 32,294 | 1.73 | 23,232 | 1.59 | 0 | |
Chameleon Alliance | 29,856 | 1.60 | 21,960 | 1.50 | 1 | |
Democratic Union of the Forces of Progress | 27,313 | 1.46 | 21,093 | 1.44 | 0 | |
Rally for Democracy and Pan-Africanism | 26,359 | 1.41 | 21,027 | 1.44 | 1 | |
Rally for Democracy and Work–National Party for Solidarity and Progress | 26,206 | 1.41 | 20,939 | 1.43 | 0 | |
Alliance for Social Democracy | 28,392 | 1.52 | 20,266 | 1.39 | 1 | |
MSUP–UDRN | 19,812 | 1.06 | 15,006 | 1.03 | 0 | |
UDES–RDD | 17,054 | 0.91 | 13,355 | 0.91 | 0 | |
Democratic Union for Development | 18,284 | 0.98 | 12,125 | 0.83 | 0 | |
United Front for Renewal, Democracy, Freedom and Development | 18,716 | 1.00 | 12,118 | 0.83 | 0 | |
PESJ–PR–RASN | 17,277 | 0.93 | 11,508 | 0.79 | 0 | |
Union for Freedom and Development | 14,850 | 0.80 | 11,348 | 0.78 | 0 | |
CDU–PRB–PCP–RUND | 14,862 | 0.80 | 8,913 | 0.61 | 0 | |
Total | 1,865,144 | 100.00 | 1,459,901 | 100.00 | 83 | |
Source: Election Passport |
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p91 ISBN 0-19-829645-2