{"iso":"BJ","name":"Benin","flag":"\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddef","vote":"National Assembly \u00b7 official result, not competitive","model":"noncomp","updated":"2026-01-11","source":"2026 election result, official count","credit":"No regular published national polling. Shares are the party vote at the National Assembly election of 11 January 2026, official results as published by the electoral commission CENA. The opposition Democrats took 16 percent but won no seats under threshold rules, leaving parliament without opposition, and sponsorship requirements kept leading opposition candidates off the April 2026 presidential ballot, won by Romuald Wadagni with an official 94 percent.","shares":{"UPR":41.2,"BR":36.6,"LD":16.2,"FCBE":4.8,"MEEB":1.2},"polls":[],"parties":{"UPR":{"name":"Union Progressiste le Renouveau","color":"#0D6E4F","name_en":"Progressive Union for Renewal"},"BR":{"name":"Bloc R\u00e9publicain","color":"#2E86C1","name_en":"Republican Bloc"},"LD":{"name":"Les D\u00e9mocrates","color":"#F1C40F","name_en":"The Democrats"},"FCBE":{"name":"Forces Cauris pour un B\u00e9nin \u00c9mergent","color":"#1B7A3D","name_en":"Cowry Forces for an Emerging Benin"},"MEEB":{"name":"MOELE-B\u00e9nin","color":"#0D2A8A","name_en":"Movement of Committed Elites for the Emancipation of Benin"}},"primer":{"system":"Presidential republic with constrained pluralism","head_of_state":"President Romuald Wadagni, in office since May 2026","legislature":"National Assembly, unicameral, 109 members serving five-year terms.","electoral_system":"Members are elected by proportional representation, subject to thresholds and sponsorship rules that have excluded leading opposition forces. The president is directly elected.","government_now":"Every seat is held by the two parties aligned with the government after the January 2026 election, in which The Democrats crossed 16 percent of the vote but won no seats.","context":"Once considered a model West African democracy, Benin saw political space narrow sharply under Patrice Talon from 2016. Talon honoured his two-term limit and handed power to his longtime finance minister Wadagni after the April 2026 presidential election.","sources":"Cross-checked against the English-language MediaWiki encyclopedic record via its public API, 2 July 2026."},"parties_info":{"UPR":["Union Progressiste le Renouveau","Progressive Union for Renewal","Largest pro-government party, centrist big-tent; backs president Wadagni and won the most seats in 2026."],"BR":["Bloc R\u00e9publicain","Republican Bloc","The second pro-government party, allied with Talon and Wadagni; together with UPR it holds every seat."],"LD":["Les D\u00e9mocrates","The Democrats","The main opposition party, linked to former president Boni Yayi; won 16% in 2026 but no seats under the threshold rules."],"FCBE":["Forces Cauris pour un B\u00e9nin \u00c9mergent","Cowry Forces for an Emerging Benin","Party rooted in the Boni Yayi presidency (2006-2016); now marginal, it won no seats in 2026."],"MEEB":["MOELE-B\u00e9nin","Movement of Committed Elites for the Emancipation of Benin","Small pro-government party; won no seats in 2026."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"National Assembly","as_of":"2026 election","total":109,"seats":{"UPR":60,"BR":49,"LD":0,"FCBE":0,"MEEB":0}},"has_geo":true,"geo_meta":{"kind":"admin1","source":"Natural Earth 10m admin-1 states/provinces (nvkelso/natural-earth-vector), retrieved 2026-07-02","note":"Region set and any internationally-disputed territories follow the Natural Earth source dataset. Far overseas/outlying territories may fall outside the primary map frame."},"next_election":{"date":"2033","title":"Beninese parliamentary election","chamber":"National Assembly","type":"expected"}}