1995 Beninese parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Benin on 28 March 1995, although voting for thirteen seats was re-run on 28 May after the Supreme Court invalidated the results due to irregularities. The Democratic Renewal Party emerged as the largest party in the National Assembly, winning 19 of the 83 seats. Voter turnout was 75.8%.[1]

Results

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PartyOriginal resultsAfter re-runSeats
Votes%Votes%
Democratic Renewal Party265,63514.24225,17515.4219
Benin Rebirth Party250,47413.43212,42814.5521
Social Democratic Party136,2407.30111,7567.668
Action Front for Renewal and Development129,8316.9689,9196.1610
Our Common Cause105,2805.6482,8985.683
Union for Democracy and National Solidarity94,4865.0771,0614.875
Liberal Democrats' Rally for National Reconstruction – Vivoten86,4374.6363,1524.333
Communist Party of Benin73,1343.9248,0213.291
FDDMUNSP58,6403.1444,7523.072
Impulse to Progress and Democracy50,2552.6939,1492.683
African Rally for Progress and National Solidarity47,0682.5237,6902.581
National Union for Democracy and Progress45,9772.4737,5632.571
Alliance for Democracy and Development41,4202.2236,3702.491
Alliance for Democracy and Progress46,5712.5035,8962.461
National Movement for Democracy and Development38,7582.0828,9931.991
National Rally for Democracy35,5111.9028,4551.950
Political Alliance of Independents (PUR–UPR–MDS)33,2331.7828,1621.930
Union for Labour and Democracy–National Labour Party34,9191.8725,5711.750
National Rally for Justice and Peace–Party of Salvation32,2941.7323,2321.590
Chameleon Alliance29,8561.6021,9601.501
Democratic Union of the Forces of Progress27,3131.4621,0931.440
Rally for Democracy and Pan-Africanism26,3591.4121,0271.441
Rally for Democracy and Work–National Party for Solidarity and Progress26,2061.4120,9391.430
Alliance for Social Democracy28,3921.5220,2661.391
MSUPUDRN19,8121.0615,0061.030
UDES–RDD17,0540.9113,3550.910
Democratic Union for Development18,2840.9812,1250.830
United Front for Renewal, Democracy, Freedom and Development18,7161.0012,1180.830
PESJ–PR–RASN17,2770.9311,5080.790
Union for Freedom and Development14,8500.8011,3480.780
CDU–PRB–PCP–RUND14,8620.808,9130.610
Total1,865,144100.001,459,901100.0083
Source: Election Passport

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p91 ISBN 0-19-829645-2