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Movement For The People's Alternative
The Movement for the People's Alternative (''Mouvement pour une Alternative du Peuple'') is a political party of Benin led by Lazare Sèhouéto. At the presidential election A presidential election is the election of any head of state whose official title is President. Elections by country Albania The president of Albania is elected by the Assembly of Albania who are elected by the Albanian public. Chile The p ... of 5 March 2006, the party won 2% of the votes for its candidate Lazare Sèhouéto. References Political parties in Benin Political parties with year of establishment missing {{Benin-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ideological or policy goals. Political parties have become a major part of the politics of almost every country, as modern party organizations developed and spread around the world over the last few centuries. Although List of countries without political parties, some countries have no political parties, this is extremely rare. Most countries have Multi-party system, several parties while others One-party state, only have one. Parties are important in the politics of autocracies as well as democracies, though usually Democracy, democracies have more political parties than autocracies. Autocracies often have a single party that Government, governs the country, and some political scientists consider competition between two or more parties to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benin
Benin, officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It was formerly known as Dahomey. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north-west, and Niger to the north-east. The majority of its population lives on the southern coastline of the Bight of Benin, part of the Gulf of Guinea in the northernmost tropical portion of the Atlantic Ocean. The capital is Porto-Novo, and the seat of government is in Cotonou, the most populous city and economic capital. Benin covers an area of , and its population in was estimated to be approximately million. It is a tropical country with an economy heavily dependent on agriculture and is an exporter of palm oil and cotton. From the 17th to the 19th century, political entities in the area included the Kingdom of Dahomey, the city-state of Porto-Novo#History, Porto Novo, and other states to the north. This region was referred to as the Slave Coast of West Africa from the early 17th century due ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lazare Sèhouéto
Lazare Maurice Sèhouéto (born April 18, 1963) is a Beninese politician. Under President Mathieu Kérékou, he served as Minister of Commerce, Industry, Community Development, and the Promotion of Employment from May 2001 to June 2003, and as Minister of Agriculture, Husbandry, and Fishing from June 2003 to February 2005. He was one of five Force Clé candidates elected to the National Assembly in the March 2003 parliamentary election. He was the candidate of the Movement for the People's Alternative The Movement for the People's Alternative (''Mouvement pour une Alternative du Peuple'') is a political party of Benin led by Lazare Sèhouéto. At the presidential election A presidential election is the election of any head of state whose ... in the March 2006 presidential election, taking sixth place with 2.04% of the vote. In the 2007 parliamentary election he was one of four Force Clé candidates to be elected. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elections In Benin
Elections in Benin take place within the framework of a multi-party democracy and a presidential system. Both the List of heads of state of Benin, President and the National Assembly (Benin), National Assembly are directly elected by voters, with elections organised by the Autonomous National Electoral Commission (CENA). Electoral history In 1926 three elected seats were created on the Administrative Council. Elections with a severely limited franchise were held in 1925 Dahomeyan Administrative Council election, 1925, 1928 Dahomeyan Administrative Council election, 1928, 1932 Dahomeyan Administrative Council election, 1932, 1934 Dahomeyan Administrative Council election, 1934 and 1936 Dahomeyan Administrative Council election, 1936. Following World War II, the territory began to elect members to the National Assembly (France), French National Assembly. The French legislative election, 1945 (Dahomey and Togo), first of these elections took place on 21 October 1945, with Dahomey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Parties In Benin
This article lists political parties in Benin. Benin has a multi-party system. The parties Parliamentary parties Elected in the 2023 parliamentary election. Other parties *Presidential Movement (''Mouvance Presidentielle'') ** Union for Future Benin or Union of Tomorrow's Benin (''Union pour le Bénin du futur'') *** Action Front for Renewal and Development (''Front d'action pour le rénouveau et le développement'', FARD-ALAFIA) ** Impulse to Progress and Democracy (''Impulsion au progrès et la démocratie'') **Alliance MDC-PS-CPP *** Movement for Development by Culture (''Mouvement pour le Développement par la Culture'') *** Party of Salvation (''Parti du Salut'') *** Congress of People for Progress (''Congrès du Peuple pour le Progrès'') ** Alliance of Progress Forces (''Alliance des Forces du Progrès'') ** Rally for Democracy and Progres (''Rassemblement pour la Démocratie et le Progrès'') * Amana Alliance (''Alliance Amana'') * Cowry Forces for an Emerging Benin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
