National Assembly of Benin

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The unicameral National Assembly of Benin is the country's legislative body.
The current National Assembly has 83 members who are directly elected through a system of party-list proportional representation and serve five-year terms.
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'''Summary of the 30 March 2003 Benin National Assembly election results
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!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top|Alliances and parties
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right| 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Seats
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|rowspan=8 align=left valign=top|Presidential Movement
(Mouvance présidentielle)
|align="left" |Union for Future Benin (Union pour le Bénin du futur)
|align="right" rowspan=8| 
|align="right" rowspan=8 valign=top|55.8
|valign="top"|31
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|align="left" |African Movement for Development and Progres (Mouvement africain pour la dévelloppement et le progrès)
|valign="top"|9
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|align="left" |Key Force (Force clé)
|valign="top"|5
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|align="left" |Alliance of MDC, PS and CPP (Alliance Mdc-Ps-Cpp)
Movement for Development by Culture (Mouvement pour le Développement par la Culture)
Salute Party (Parti du Salut)
Congress of People for Progress (Congrès du Peuple pour le Progrès)|valign="top"|2
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|align="left" |Impulse to Progres and Democracy (Impulsion au progrès et la démocratie)
|valign="top"|2
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|align="left" |Alliance of Progress Forces (Alliance des Forces du Progrès)
|valign="top"|1
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|align="left" |Movement for Development and Solidarity (Mouvement pour le Développement et la Solidarité)
|valign="top"|1
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|align="left" |Rally for Democracy and Progres (Rassemblement pour la Démocratie et le Progrès)
|valign="top"|1
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|rowspan=4 valign=top align=left|Opposition
|align="left" |Benin Rebirth Party (Parti de la renaissance du Bénin)
|align="right" rowspan=4| 
|align="right" rowspan=4 valign=top|43.0
|valign="top"|15
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|align="left" |Democratic Renewal Party (Parti du renouveau démocratique)
|valign="top"|11
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|align="left" |Star Alliance (Alliance Étoile) 
Builders and Managers of Freedom and Democracy (Bâtisseurs et Gestionnaires de la Liberté et de la Démocratie)
The Greens (Les Verts)
Union for Democracy and National Solidarity (Union pour la Démocratie et la Solidarité Nationale)|valign="top"|3
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|align="left" |New Alliance (Nouvelle Alliance)
|valign="top"|2
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|style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left colspan=2|Total (turnout n.a.
|width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| 
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|83
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|colspan=5|Source: AfricaTime/AFP & Adam Carr
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See also
History of Benin
Legislative Branch
List of national legislatures



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