Beninese parliamentary election, 1999

Parliamentary elections were held in Benin on 30 March 1999. The Benin Rebirth Party retained its status as the largest party in the National Assembly, increasing its number of seats from 21 to 27, whilst the Democratic Renewal Party won only 11 seats, a reduction of seven.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Benin Rebirth Party	383,487	20.4	27
Democratic Renewal Party	217,816	11.6	11
Social Democratic Party	164,767	8.8	9
African Movement for Development and Progress	164,293	8.7	6
Action Front for Renewal and Development	98,248	5.2	10
Star Alliance	75,003	4.0	4
National Party "Together"	70,403	3.7	1
African Congress for Renewal	62,667	3.3	3
Movement for Citizens' Commitment and Awakening	56,049	3.0	2
Fraternity Alliance	49,342	2.6	0
Alliance for Progress	43,291	2.3	0
Party of Salvation	43,240	2.3	1
RPR–UNSD	42,191	2.2	1
National Rally for Democracy	41,008	2.2	0
Impulse to Progress and Democracy	38,513	2.0	4
Democratic Party of Benin	35,900	1.9	1
Republican Alliance (ADD–NGR–NEP)	28,614	1.5	0
Suru Alliance	27,739	1.5	1
Rally for National Unity and Democracy	25,373	1.3	1
Movement for the People's Alternative	24,949	1.3	0
Alliance for Democracy and Progress	20,272	1.1	0
National Campaign for Morality and Democracy	18,882	1.0	0
Communist Party of Benin	18,669	1.0	0
Rally for Democracy and Pan-Africanism	17,084	0.9	1
Union of the Triumph of the Republic	16,220	0.9	0
Our Common Cause	15,533	0.8	0
UDES Alliance (MCP–BSD–CND–UDES–FNS)	14,449	0.8	0
Union for Patriotism and Labour	13,356	0.7	0
Congress of People for Progress	12,603	0.7	0
Socialist Party	9,658	0.5	0
People's Republican Union	7,130	0.4	0
African Party for Redemption and Independence	7,001	0.4	0
Alliance of the Patriots (CAD–RDL–PNT–USD–RCV–PNPD)	6,156	0.3	0
Le Berler Social Democratic Party	4,821	0.3	0
Front for the Republic	4,784	0.3	0
Invalid/blank votes	110,884	–	–
Total	1,990,395	100	83
Registered voters/turnout	2,769,323	71.9	–
Source: Dissou,[1] Fleischhacker[2]

References

1. Machioudi Dissou (2002) Le Bénin et l'Épreuve Démocratique: Leçons des élections de 1991 à 2001 Editions L'Harmattan, pp80–82
2. Helga Fleischhacker (2010) Parteiensystem und Verfassung in Afrika: Strukturen - Funktionen - Typen, Springer-Verlag, pp174–175