Parliamentary elections were held in Dahomey

Dahomey

Dahomey was a country in west Africa in what is now the Republic of Benin. The Kingdom of Dahomey was a powerful west African state that was founded in the seventeenth century and survived until 1894. From 1894 until 1960 Dahomey was a part of French West Africa. The independent Republic of Dahomey...

 {now 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 11 December 1960. The result was a victory for the Dahomey Unity Party (PDU), an alliance of the Rassemblement Démocratique du Dahomé

Rassemblement Démocratique du Dahomé

The Rassemblement Démocratique du Dahomé was a political party of Dahomey . It was named and run by Hubert Maga....

 and the Dahomey Nationalist Party, which won all 60 seats. Voter turnout was 71.0%.

The leader of the winning party would become president. As head of the PDU list, Hubert Maga

Hubert Maga

Coutoucou Hubert Maga was a politician from Dahomey .Dahomey was renamed Benin in 1975. See . He arose on a political scene where one's power was dictated by what region in Dahomey they lived...

 was elected.

Results

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Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Dahomey Unity Party	468,679	68.7	60
Dahomey Democratic Union	213,572	31	0
Invalid/blank votes	6,982
Total	689,233	100	60	-10
Source: Nohlen et al