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]

2011 Beninese parliamentary election
Benin
30 April 2011
All 83 seats in the National Assembly
42 seats needed for a majority
Turnout57.63%
PartyLeader % Seats
FCBE Thomas Boni Yayi 33.30 41
Union Makes the Nation Adrien Houngbédji 26.89 30
Cauris 2 Alliance 6.45 2
G13 Baobab Alliance 5.92 2
FE–UPR 4.99 2
Union for Benin 4.51 2
Amana Alliance 3.13 2
Strength in Unity 2.59 2
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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
PartyVotes%Seats
Cowry Forces for an Emerging Benin665,81033.3041
Union Makes the Nation537,63226.8930
Cauris 2 Alliance128,9746.452
G13 Baobab Alliance118,2895.922
Hope Force–Union for Relief99,6984.992
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
Total1,999,226100.0083
Valid votes1,999,22695.57
Invalid/blank votes92,7574.43
Total votes2,091,983100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,629,83757.63
Source: Election Passport, African Elections Database

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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