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Parliamentary elections were held in Benin on 28 March 1995, although voting for thirteen seats was re-run on 28 May after the 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 [ ] Party Original results After re-run Seats Votes % Votes % Democratic Renewal Party 265,635 14.24 225,175 15.42 19 Benin Rebirth Party 250,474 13.43 212,428 14.55 21 Social Democratic Party 136,240 7.30 111,756 7.66 8 Action Front for Renewal and Development 129,831 6.96 89,919 6.16 10 Our Common Cause 105,280 5.64 82,898 5.68 3 Union for Democracy and National Solidarity 94,486 5.07 71,061 4.87 5 Liberal Democrats' Rally for National Reconstruction – Vivoten 86,437 4.63 63,152 4.33 3 Communist Party of Benin 73,134 3.92 48,021 3.29 1 FDDM –UNSP 58,640 3.14 44,752 3.07 2 Impulse to Progress and Democracy 50,255 2.69 39,149 2.68 3 African Rally for Progress and National Solidarity 47,068 2.52 37,690 2.58 1 National Union for Democracy and Progress 45,977 2.47 37,563 2.57 1 Alliance for Democracy and Development 41,420 2.22 36,370 2.49 1 Alliance for Democracy and Progress 46,571 2.50 35,896 2.46 1 National Movement for Democracy and Development 38,758 2.08 28,993 1.99 1 National Rally for Democracy 35,511 1.90 28,455 1.95 0 Political Alliance of Independents (PUR–UPR–MDS) 33,233 1.78 28,162 1.93 0 Union for Labour and Democracy–National Labour Party 34,919 1.87 25,571 1.75 0 National Rally for Justice and Peace–Party of Salvation 32,294 1.73 23,232 1.59 0 Chameleon Alliance 29,856 1.60 21,960 1.50 1 Democratic Union of the Forces of Progress 27,313 1.46 21,093 1.44 0 Rally for Democracy and Pan-Africanism 26,359 1.41 21,027 1.44 1 Rally for Democracy and Work–National Party for Solidarity and Progress 26,206 1.41 20,939 1.43 0 Alliance for Social Democracy 28,392 1.52 20,266 1.39 1 MSUP –UDRN 19,812 1.06 15,006 1.03 0 UDES–RDD 17,054 0.91 13,355 0.91 0 Democratic Union for Development 18,284 0.98 12,125 0.83 0 United Front for Renewal, Democracy, Freedom and Development 18,716 1.00 12,118 0.83 0 PESJ–PR–RASN 17,277 0.93 11,508 0.79 0 Union for Freedom and Development 14,850 0.80 11,348 0.78 0 CDU–PRB–PCP–RUND 14,862 0.80 8,913 0.61 0 Total 1,865,144 100.00 1,459,901 100.00 83 Source: Election Passport
References [ ]
^ Dieter Nohlen , Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook , p91 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
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