National Party for Democracy and Development

The National Party for Democracy and Development (French: Parti National pour la Démocratie el le Développement, PNDD) was a political party in Benin.

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History

The PNDD was established in 1989 by former President Hubert Maga.[1] It contested the 1991 parliamentary election in an alliance with the Democratic Renewal Party. The alliance won nine seats, of which four were taken by the PNDD.[1]

The party joined the Impulse to Progress and Democracy alliance for the 1995 parliamentary elections, alongside the Alliance for Civic Renewal and the Party for Democracy and Progress.[2] The alliance won three seats.[2]

Prior to the 1999 elections the party joined the Star Alliance.[3] The alliance received 4% of the vote, winning four seats.

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References
  1. Mathurin C Houngnikpo & Samuel Decalo (2012) Historical Dictionary of Benin, Scarecrow Press, p285
  2. "Election Results" Elections Today, October 1995, p30
  3. Agnès Oladoun Badou (2003) Political parties and electoral strategies in Parakou Archived 2013-12-28 at the Wayback Machine Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien
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