2023 Beninese parliamentary election

2023 Beninese parliamentary election
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All 109 seats in the National Assembly
55 seats needed for a majority
Turnout37.79% (Increase10.67pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Joseph Djogbenou Abdoulaye Bio Tchané Eric Houndété
Party UPR BR LD
Last election 47 36 New
Seats won 53 28 28
Seat change Increase6 Decrease8 New
Percentage 37.56% 29.23% 24.16%
Detailed results of the election in 24 multi-member constituencies
Speaker before election

Louis Vlavonou
UP

Elected Speaker

Louis Vlavonou
UPR

Parliamentary elections were held in Benin on 8 January 2023 to elect all 109 members of the National Assembly.[1] The preliminary results of the election were announced on 11 January.[2] The result was a victory for parties supportive of President Patrice Talon, the Progressive Union and Republican Bloc, which together won 81 of the 109 seats.

  1. ^ Linkpon, Stanislas (9 November 2022). "Législatives 2023 : plus de 6,6 millions électeurs inscrits sur la liste électorale". ORTB (in French). Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  2. ^ Adjoha, Pulcherie (8 January 2023). "Benin holds parliamentary election set to test democracy". Reuters. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023.