The Patriotic Revival Party (french: Parti Réveil Patriotique, PRP) is 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 by Janvier Yahouédéhou.

History

Yahouédéhou was nominated as the party's candidate for the 2011 presidential elections. He finished sixth in a field of 14 candidates with 0.56% of the vote. In the

parliamentary elections 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 ( ...

later in the year, the party received 1.5% of the vote, failing to win a seat. The party contested the 2015 parliamentary elections in alliance with the

Benin Rebirth Party The Benin Rebirth Party (french: Parti de la renaissance du Bénin) is a liberal political party in Benin. The party was founded on 24 March 1992 by then- First Lady Rosine Vieyra Soglo, who became the first Beninese woman to establish a new polit ...

. The two parties received 7% of the vote, winning seven seats and becoming the fourth-largest faction 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 ...

.Les FCBE arrivent en tête du scrutin législatif avec 32 sièges
24 heures, 2 May 2015

References

Political parties in Benin Political parties with year of establishment missing {{Benin-party-stub