The Key Force (french: Force clé) was a political alliance in

Benin Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the nort ...

History

The alliance was formed prior to the

parliamentary election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

, and consisted 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. The party won at the presidential election A presidential election is the election of any head of ...

, the 30th April Movement and some other political leaders. It joined the

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, an alliance of supporters of

Mathieu Kérékou Mathieu Kérékou (; 2 September 1933 – 14 October 2015) was a Beninese politician who served as President of Benin from 1972 to 1991 and again from 1996 to 2006. After seizing power in a military coup, he ruled the country for 19 years, for ...

, who had won the 2001 presidential elections. The Key Force won 5 out of 83 seats in the elections. In the 2007,

the alliance won 4 seats."Coalition supported by President Boni tops Benin’s legislative polls"
African Press Agency, April 8, 2007. It joined the

Union Makes the Nation Union Makes the Nation (french: L'Union fait la Nation, abbreviated UN or the Union) is an alliance of opposition political parties in Benin. It is composed of the MADEP, PSD, RB, Key Force, MDS, UNDP, MARCHE, PDPS and RDL VIVOTEN, and ther ...

alliance for the

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, with the Union winning 30 seats.

References

Defunct political party alliances in Benin {{Benin-party-stub