2011 Beninese parliamentary election

none Benin 30 April 2011 2007 2015 All 83 seats in the National Assembly 42 57.63% yes Cowry Forces for an Emerging Benin Thomas Boni Yayi 33.30 41 Union Makes the Nation Adrien Houngbédji 26.89 30 Cauris 2 Alliance 6.45 2 #FFEA00 G13 Baobab Alliance 5.92 2 #D9251C FE–UPR 4.99 2 #43C0EE Union for Benin 4.51 2 #4E1E08 Amana Alliance 3.13 2 #808080 Strength in Unity 2.59 2 #95D461 Parliamentary elections were held in Benin on 30 April 2011, after being delayed from 17 April 2011.https://archive.today/20130103004100/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hweV8gKZn27vMlnuo-FsD9ifBqjg?docId=CNG.e64d9340e90b28d8697a7cce52ae970b.631 Benin to hold presidential vote on Feb 27 AFP, 11 January 2011Benin's parliamentary polls pushed to April 30 https://web.archive.org/web/20110815174109/http://english.souslemanguier.com/nouvelles/news.asp?id=10&idnews=31293&pays=126&rub=11 August 15, 2011 Sous le Manguier, 4 April 2011 Turnout was reportedly low.https://archive.today/20120731175001/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hmijfhdiRkklaZcQ5E6lW81dEQ4g?docId=CNG.279588144c0fd58d312ca2e921687d3b.451 Benin votes in parliamentary election AFP, 30 April 2011 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.http://www.lunionfaitlanation.org/index.php?view=article&catid=69:actualites&id=247:declaration-de-houngbedji-suite-aux-resultats&format=pdf Déclaration de Houngbédji suite aux résultats 2011-11-06 2011-03-11 Adrien Houngbédji Union fait la Nation French https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002318/http://www.lunionfaitlanation.org/index.php?view=article&catid=69:actualites&id=247:declaration-de-houngbedji-suite-aux-resultats&format=pdf 2016-03-04 dead Campaign Around 20 parties and 1,600 candidates contested the elections. 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 File:Bénin Assemblée nationale 2011.svg Cowry Forces for an Emerging Benin 665810 41 Union Makes the Nation 537632 30 Cauris 2 Alliance 128974 2 #FFEA00 G13 Baobab Alliance 118289 2 #D9251C Hope Force–Union for Relief 99698 2 #43C0EE Union for Benin 90179 2 #4E1E08 Amana Alliance 62501 2 #808080 Strength in Unity Alliance 51723 2 #95D461 New Courage Alliance 40684 0 New Force Alliance 37434 0 Party for the Republican Union 32393 0 Patriotic Revival Party 29525 0 Common Action Front 24685 0 Liberal Democrats' Rally for National Reconstruction – Vivoten 21784 0 New Forces for Democracy and Development 14572 0 Benin Movement–Fight Against Poverty 13570 0 Sacred Union of Awakening for Development 12886 0 Movement for Revival, Democracy and Development 10374 0 Our Common Destiny 6513 0 92757 3629837 Election Passport, African Elections Database References Category:Parliamentary elections in Benin Benin Parliamentary