Beninese presidential election, 2011

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Presidential elections were held in Benin on 13 March 2011 after being postponed twice from 27 February and 6 March 2011.^[1] Incumbent President Yayi Boni ran for re-election against thirteen other candidates, including former National Assembly head and political veteran Adrien Houngbédji and Abdoulaye Bio-Tchané, president of the West African Development Bank.^[2] He won 53.18% of the vote, enough to win a second term without a run-off. It is the first time since the restoration of democracy in Benin that a candidate has won the presidency in a single round. A second round run-off would have been held on 27 March 2011 if it had been necessary.^[3]

Candidates

Adrien Houngbédji

Adrien Houngbédji, leader of the Democratic Renewal Party and runner-up to Boni in 2006, pledged to increase employment in the country's agriculture sector by investing 14 billion CFA francs ($28 million) in buying tractors and other heavy equipment for Beninese farmers. He also pledged to create an agricultural bank and lower the national income tax.^[4]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Yayi Boni	Independent	1,579,550	53.14
Adrien Houngbédji	Democratic Renewal Party	1,059,396	35.64
Abdoulaye Bio-Tchané	Independent	182,484	6.14
Salifou Issa	Union for Relief	37,219	1.25
Christian Enock Lagnidé	Independent	19,221	0.65
François Janvier Yahouédéhou	Patriotic Revival Party	16,591	0.56
Jean-Yves Sinzogan	Independent	13,561	0.46
Marie-Elise Gbèdo	Independent	12,017	0.40
Victor Prudent Topanou	Party for Republican Union	11,516	0.39
Késsilé Tchala Saré	Independent	9,469	0.32
Cyr Kouagou M'po	Independent	9,285	0.31
Antoine Dayori	Hope Force	8,426	0.28
Salomon Joseph Ahissou Biokou	Independent	7,893	0.27
Joachim Dahissiho	Independent	5,817	0.20
Invalid/blank votes		139,388	–
Total		3,111,833	100
Registered voters/turnout		3,668,558	84.8
Source: African Elections Database

References

↑ Benin delays presidential election for second time BBC News, 5 March 2011
↑ Benin postpones presidential vote to March 6 The Nation, 11 February 2011
↑ Benin votes for president in twice-delayed election AFP, 12 March 2011
↑ Benin Opposition Candidate Pledges to Focus Policy on Farming Bloomberg, 13 January 2011

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