The Movement for Solidarity, Union and Progress (, MSUP) was a political party in

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 po ...

led Adebo Adeniyi Djamiou.

History

The MSUP contested the 1991 elections as part of three-party alliance alongside the National Movement for Democracy and Development (MNDD) and the

Union for Democracy and National Reconstruction The Union for Democracy and National Reconstruction (, UDRN) was a political party in Benin led by Azaria Fakorede. History The UDRN contested the 1991 elections as part of three-party alliance alongside the National Movement for Democracy and ...

(UDRN). The three parties received 8% of the vote and won six of the 64 seats in the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repr ...

. The alliance split prior to the 1995 elections, with the MNDD running alone and the other two remaining in an alliance. Although the MNDD won a single seat with 2% of the vote, the MSUP–UDRN alliance received only 1% of the vote and failed to win a seat. Djamiou attempted to sought to have the election results in

Cotonou Cotonou (; ) is the largest city in Benin. Its official population count was 679,012 inhabitants in 2012; however, over two million people live in the larger urban area. The urban area continues to expand, notably toward the west. The city lies ...

overturned in the Constitutional Court, but his case was deemed inadmissible.Décision EL 95-049
Constitutional Court

References

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