The Movement for Solidarity, Union and Progress (french: Mouvement pour la Solidarité, l'Union et le Progrès, MSUP) was a political party 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 north ...

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 The National Movement for Democracy and Development (french: Mouvement Nationale pour la Démocratie et le Développement, MNDD) was a left-wing political party in Benin. History The MNDD was established in 1990 by Bertin Borna, who was popular ...

(MNDD) and the

Union for Democracy and National Reconstruction The Union for Democracy and National Reconstruction (french: Union pour la Démocratie et la Reconstruction Nationale, UDRN) was a political party in Benin led by Azaria Fakorede. History The UDRN contested the 1991 elections as part of three-pa ...

(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 repre ...

. 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 (; fon, Kútɔ̀nú) is a 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 ci ...

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

References

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