2015 Benin Parliament Election Sunday April 26,2015

 

The 2015 Benin Parliament Election is scheduled to be held on Sunday April 26,2015 to elect 83 Members  of the National Assembly in 24 multi-member constituencies

The Beninese went to the polls on Sunday April 26 for elections regarded as a popularity test for Boni Yayi, accused by the opposition of wanting to "tinker" with the constitution to seek a third term in a presidential vote in 2016

In total 20 parties contested the elections in the west African country of 10 million, which has 4.4 million voters.

The party of President Thomas Beni Yayi won Benin`s parliamentary elections with 33 seats out of 83, but failed to secure an absolute majority, the Constitutional Court said Sunday May 03,2015

Emerging Benin Party (FCBE), 33 seats," the president of the Constitutional Court Theodore Holo said in a statement, adding that the two principal opposition parties, The Union Makes the Nation and the Democratic Renewal Party secured 13 and 10 seats respectively.