The African People's Bloc (french: Bloc Populaire Africain, BPA) was a political party in
French Dahomey.
History
The party was established in 1946 by
Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin and
Émile Poisson
Émile Poisson (25 May 1905 in Ouidah, Dahomey – 4 June 1999 in Paris), was a politician from Benin who served in the French Senate from 1947 to 1955. He was a métis
The Métis ( ; Canadian ) are Indigenous peoples who inhabit Canada's ...
due to their dissatisfaction with the policies of the
Dahomeyan Progressive Union
The Dahomeyean Progressive Union (french: Union Progressiste Dahoméenne, UPD) was a political party in Dahomey.
History
The party was established in April 1946 by Augustin Kokou Azango and Émile Derlin Zinsou, and was the first political par ...
(UPD). In the
1946–47 General Council elections the party won 6 of the 30 seats, finishing second to the
Dahomeyan Progressive Union
The Dahomeyean Progressive Union (french: Union Progressiste Dahoméenne, UPD) was a political party in Dahomey.
History
The party was established in April 1946 by Augustin Kokou Azango and Émile Derlin Zinsou, and was the first political par ...
;
[Joseph-Roger de Benoist (1982) Afrique Occidentale française de 1944 à 1960, p537] Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin and Poisson were both elected. The party failed to win a seat in the
French National Assembly
The National Assembly (french: link=no, italics=set, Assemblée nationale; ) is the lower house of the bicameral French Parliament under the Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (). The National Assembly's legislators are known a ...
in the
1951 elections, but won four seats in the
1952 Territorial Assembly elections.
[Sternberger, D, Vogel, B, Nohlen, D & Landfried, K (1978) ''Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Ereste Halbband'', p530 ]
In 1955 the party merged with the UPD to form the
Dahomeyan Democratic Union
The Dahomeyan Democratic Union (french: Union Démocratique Dahoméenne, UDD) was a political party in French Dahomey.
History
The UDD was established in 1955 by a merger of the Dahomeyan Progressive Union (UPD) and the African People's Bloc ( ...
.
A propos de l’excellente chronique du Professeur Amoussou YEYE, contenu dans lnt
La Nouvelle Tribine, 12 June 2009
References
Defunct political parties in Benin
Political parties established in 1946
Political parties disestablished in 1955
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