Government parties get all parliament seats in Benin elections

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Government parties get all parliament seats in Benin elections  Benin's population voted for its next National Assembly (parliament) on 11 January. The results of the elections were announced Saturday evening: the government-affiliated parties got all seats, while the main opposition party failed to get past the 20% of district votes requirement.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2026/01/19/government-parties-get-all-parliament-seats-in-benin-elections  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00All seats for the presidential parties.

00:05Benin's parliamentary elections have resulted in all 109 seats of the National Assembly,

00:10going to two parties from the President's coalition.

00:14The two parties received respectively 60 and 49 seats,

00:18according to the official results released over the weekend.

00:22No opposition party received any seats.

00:25The Democratic Party, the main opposition movement,

00:28failed to pass the 20% benchmark of votes in every district,

00:32a requirement for making it into parliament.

00:36Voter turnout was low but similar to the last election in 2023, at almost 37%.

00:44The parliamentary elections took place at the same time as municipal elections,

00:48in which the opposition party was however not allowed to participate.

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