1984 Beninese parliamentary election

None Benin 1975 1979 1989 10 June 1984 93.15% All 196 seats in the National Revolutionary Assembly 99 People's Revolutionary Party of Benin Mathieu Kérékou 98.15 196 336 Elections for the National Revolutionary Assembly were held in Benin on 10 June 1984. They were originally scheduled for 1983, but the term of the Assembly was extended by 18 months.Benin Inter-Parliamentary Union 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 196 candidates (reduced from 336) or not. The list was ultimately approved by 98% of voters, with a 93% 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 31 July.Elections in Benin https://web.archive.org/web/20210627183714/https://africanelections.tripod.com/bj.html 2021-06-27 African Elections Database Results Approve 1811808 Not approve 27720 Abstain 6397 5119 1987173 Nohlen et al. Assembly members Rather than geographical constituencies, seats were given to 22 professions. The largest number of seats (78) were held by "Peasants and craftsmen from rural areas". Also represented were mass organizations, the party (31 seats), civil servants (divided into six categories), the army (divided into privates, non-commissioned officers and officers ), workers, religious bodies, students, retired people, magistrates and the "national bourgeoisie". Assembly members, known as "People's Commissioners", also had their terms extended from three to five years. References Category:Parliamentary elections in Benin Benin Parliamentary Category:One-party elections