2016 Beninese Presidential Election Sunday March 06,2016

The 2016 Beninese presidential Election is scheduled to be held on Sunday March 06,2016, having been delayed by one week due to logistical constraints

f one candidate does not win a majority in the first round of elections then a second round will be held on March 20,2016

Incumbent President Yayi Boni is at the end of his second presidential term and is constitutionally barred from running for a third.

There are 33 candidates fighting to become president.

The ruling party's candidate is Prime Minister Lionel Zinsou, who used to head France's largest investment bank.

Lionel Zinsou, who is Franco-Beninese, is considered as "France's candidate" by his detractors, RFI reports. Benin gained independence from France in 1960

Among other leading candidates are two prominent businessmen, Sebastien Avajon and Patrice Talon, as well as economist Abdoulaye Bio Tchane and financier Pascal Irenee Koupaki.