1979 Beninese parliamentary election

none Benin 1975 1979 Beninese parliamentary election 1964 1984 20 November 1979 80.58% All 336 seats in the National Revolutionary Assembly 169 People's Revolutionary Party of Benin Mathieu Kérékou 98.31 336 New Elections for the National Revolutionary Assembly were held in Benin on 20 November 1979. At the time, the country was a one-party state under the People's Revolutionary Party of Benin, with voters given the choice of approving the party's list of 336 candidates or not. The list was approved by 98% of voters, with an 81% turnout.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p90 0-19-829645-2 Following the election, Mathieu Kérékou was elected President (unopposed) by the Assembly on 6 February 1980.Elections in Benin https://africanelections.tripod.com/bj.html 2023-01-05 African Elections Database 2021-06-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20210627183714/https://africanelections.tripod.com/bj.html dead Results Approve 1248613 Not approve 21438 5410 1582910 Nohlen et al. Assembly members Rather than geographical constituencies, seats were divided up by professions. ProfessionSeatsCivil servants105Peasants and craftsmen84Party officials67Military33Workers33Representatives of the middle class8Clergy6 References Category:Parliamentary elections in Benin Benin Parliamentary Category:One-party elections Benin