Benin voted for a new parliament on Sunday with opposition candidates authorised to stand in the legislative elections for the first time in four years under President Patrice Talon.
Members of the observers and the CENA check the number of votes following the legislative elections at the public primary school, Charles Guillot de Zongo in Cotonou on January 8, 2023. – Benin voted for a new parliament on January 8, 2023 with opposition candidates authorised to stand in the legislative elections for the first time under President Patrice Talon after four years of absence.
Polling stations opened at 7:00 am and closed at 4:00 pm , according to the Autonomous National Electoral Commission. Parties winning more than 10 percent of the vote will share out the 109 parliament seats, according to a proportional system. The results are expected within the next week. A civil society electoral platform, which has mobilised more than 700 observers, also reported a low turnout in the morning.
Fadolo Enagnon, a 32-year-old voter in the southern town of Zagnanado, said many people struggled to find their voting booths and that the online verification website had crashed.Most of his main opponents are either in prison or in exile. Around 6.6 million voters were eligible to elect lawmakers on Sunday, including at least 24 women — at least one per constituency — according to a new electoral code.
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