Beninese parliamentary election, 1991
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Elections for the National Assembly
were held in Benin
on 17 February 1991, the first multi-party elections in the country since 1964. Turnout was 51.7% of the 2,069,343 registered voters.
National Assembly of Benin
The unicameral National Assembly of Benin is the country's legislative body.The current National Assembly has 83 members who are directly elected through a system of party-list proportional representation and serve five-year terms.-See also:...
were held 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...
on 17 February 1991, the first multi-party elections in the country since 1964. Turnout was 51.7% of the 2,069,343 registered voters.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union for the Triumph of Democratic Renewal | 194,213 | 18.9 | 12 |
| National Rally for Democracy National Rally for Democracy (Benin) National Rally for Democracy is a political party in Benin. RND was legally recognized on October 5, 1990.In 1997 Abimbola Adébayo Anani became the party president.... |
124,392 | 12.1 | 7 |
| PNDD-PRD Democratic 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... |
120,705 | 11.7 | 9 |
| Our Common Cause | 104,347 | 10.1 | 6 |
| PSD Social 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... -UNSP |
101,348 | 9.8 | 8 |
| MNDD-MSUP-UDRN | 86,556 | 8.4 | 6 |
| Union for Democracy and National Solidarity Union for Democracy and National Solidarity The 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... |
72,899 | 7.1 | 5 |
| Liberal Democrats' Rally for National Reconstruction-Vivoten Liberal Democrats' Rally for National Reconstruction-Vivoten The Liberal Democrats' Rally for National Reconstruction-Vivotene is a political party of Benin led by Sévérin Adjovi.... |
57,852 | 5.6 | 4 |
| ADP-UDRS | 38,684 | 3.8 | 2 |
| ASD Alliance for Social Democracy Alliance for Social Democracy is a political party in Benin led by Robert Dossou. The ASD was legally recognized on 12 October 1990.... -BSD |
35,700 | 3.5 | 3 |
| National Union for Democracy and Progress National Union for Democracy and Progress (Benin) The National Union for Democracy and Progress is a political party of Benin. In the parliamentary election held on 31 March 2007, the party won two out of 83 seats.... |
31,604 | 3.1 | 1 |
| Democratic Union for Economic and Social Development | 25,893 | 2.5 | 0 |
| Popular Republican Union Popular Republican Union The Popular Republican Union was a Christian democratic party in Alsace, France during the Third Republic. Founded in 1919, the UPR became the dominant party in Alsace during the Interwar era. In Lorraine, the Lorrain Republican Union was considered the UPR's sister party... -National Labor Party |
20,490 | 2.0 | 1 |
| BGLD | 15,337 | 1.5 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 39,350 | ||
| Total | 1,069,367 | 100 | 64 |
| Source: Nohlen et al | |||