2011 Beninese parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Benin on 30 April 2011, after being delayed from 17 April 2011.[1][2] Turnout was reportedly low.[3] The election saw a six-seat increase for the Cauri Forces for an Emerging Benin, composed of allies of the president Yayi Boni, which took nearly half the parliamentary seats. The election consolidated Boni's victory in the 2011 presidential elections the previous month; Adrien Houngbédji, the second-placed candidate, had rejected the validity of the presidential election results.[4]

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Campaign

Around 20 parties and 1,600 candidates contested the elections.[3] The major opposition was formed by a new alliance of parties, Union Makes the Nation, whose leader Houngbédji had run for president in 2006 under the banner of the Democratic Renewal Party.

Results
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Cowry Forces for an Emerging Benin665,81033.3041+6
Union Makes the Nation537,63226.8930–
Cauris 2 Alliance128,9746.452–
G13 Baobab Alliance118,2895.922–
Hope Force–Union for Relief99,6984.992–3
Union for Benin90,1794.512–
Amana Alliance62,5013.132–
Strength in Unity Alliance51,7232.592–
New Courage Alliance40,6842.030–
New Force Alliance37,4341.870–
Party for the Republican Union32,3931.620–
Patriotic Revival Party29,5251.480–
Common Action Front24,6851.230–
Liberal Democrats' Rally for National Reconstruction – Vivoten21,7841.090–
New Forces for Democracy and Development14,5720.730–
Benin Movement–Fight Against Poverty13,5700.680–
Sacred Union of Awakening for Development12,8860.640–
Movement for Revival, Democracy and Development10,3740.520–
Our Common Destiny6,5130.330–
Invalid/blank votes92,757–––
Total2,091,983100830
Registered voters/turnout3,629,83757.63––
Sources: Election Passport, Elections in Benin
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References
  1. Benin to hold presidential vote on Feb 27 AFP, 11 January 2011
  2. Benin's parliamentary polls pushed to April 30 Archived August 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Sous le Manguier, 4 April 2011
  3. Benin votes in parliamentary election AFP, 30 April 2011
  4. Adrien Houngbédji (2011-03-11). "Déclaration de Houngbédji suite aux résultats" (in French). Union fait la Nation. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
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