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

;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 {{Benin-party-stub