Elections in Benin 1356024 139470976 2007-06-20T17:49:57Z Electionworld 201260 2007 {{Politics of Benin}} Benin elects on national level a [[head of state]] - the [[president]] - and a [[legislature]]. The president is elected for a five year term by the people. The '''[[National Assembly of Benin|National Assembly]]''' (''Assemblée Nationale'') has 83 members, elected for a four year term by [[proportional representation]]. Benin has a [[two-party system]], which means that there are two dominant [[political parties]] or coalitions, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party. ==Recent elections== On [[March 5]], [[2006]], voters [[Benin presidential election, 2006|went to the polls]] to decide who would succeed [[Mathieu Kérékou]] as [[List of Presidents of Benin|President]]. Results were expected to be announced by [[March 8]]. As no single candidate of the 26 won an outright majority, a [[runoff election]] took place two weeks later, won by [[Yayi Boni]] with three-quarters of the vote. [http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=336242006], [http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-03-05-voa22.cfm)], [http://za.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-03-05T132302Z_01_ALL532525_RTRIDST_0_OZATP-BENIN-ELECTION-20060305.XML] {{Benin presidential election, 2006}} {{Beninese parliamentary election, 2007}} ==Past elections== {{Benin parliamentary election, 2003}} {{Beninese elections}} ==See also== * [[Electoral calendar]] * [[Electoral system]] ==External links== *[http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/b/benin/ Adam Carr's Election Archive] *[http://www.africaelections.com/categories/Benin/ Africa Elections Database] {{Africa in topic|Elections in}} [[Category:Elections in Benin| ]] {{Africa-election-stub}} {{Benin-stub}}