GENERAL ELECTIONS IN BENIN 2026

As the campaign for the legislative and municipal elections on January 11, 2026 is in full swing, the Ministry of the Living Environment and Sustainable Development has announced strict measures to combat unregulated poster displays. This decision comes in a…

The Constitutional Court has validated the specimen of the single ballot paper retained by the National Autonomous Electoral Commission for the legislative and municipal elections scheduled for 2026. The decision follows an appeal challenging the graphical presentation of the ballot,…

The National Autonomous Electoral Commission (CENA) officially launched, on Thursday, December 25, 2025, the campaign for the legislative and municipal elections planned in Benin on January 11, 2026. The campaign, which began on December 26, 2025 at midnight, will run…

The Commission Électorale Nationale Autonome (CENA) officially kicked off the training of trainers for electoral officers. The session opened in the institution’s conference room, located on the ex-INFOSEC site in Cotonou. The opening ceremony featured a speech by the president…

With less than a month to go before the municipal and legislative elections scheduled for January 11, 2026, the National Autonomous Electoral Commission (CENA) continues to follow its timeline. This Wednesday, December 17, the institution officially handed to the political…

Following the Union Progressiste le Renouveau party, the Bloc Républicain (BR) has decided to tighten internal discipline in preparation for the legislative and municipal elections on January 11, 2026 by adjusting its communication rules. In an internal memo addressed to…

The Autonomous National Electoral Commission (CENA) justified postponing the publication of the list of electoral staff for the legislative and municipal elections scheduled for January 11, 2026, after it was not made public within the initially planned timeframe. According to…

With just over a month to go before the legislative and municipal elections scheduled for January 2026, the Commission électorale nationale autonome (CENA) is continuing to roll out its logistical arrangements. On Monday, December 15, 2025, a team from the…

As the municipal and legislative elections scheduled for January 11, 2026 approach, the High Political Directorate of Union progressiste le Renouveau (UP-R) has tightened the rules governing its candidates’ electoral communication. In an official note dated December 15, 2025, addressed…

The Autonomous National Electoral Commission (CENA) received on Thursday, December 11, 2025 in Cotonou, the materials intended for organizing the legislative and municipal elections scheduled for January 11, 2026. This step represents an important milestone in the logistical preparation for…

The High Authority for Audiovisual and Communication (HAAC) formalized, on Wednesday, December 10, 2025 in Cotonou, the signing of the charter of good conduct governing the media campaign for the legislative and municipal elections of January 11, 2026. Around the…

The Commission électorale nationale autonome met on Monday, December 8, 2025, with representatives of the parties participating in the upcoming legislative and municipal elections scheduled for January 11, 2026. The session, held at the institution’s new headquarters, was devoted to…

The Commission électorale nationale autonome (CENA) is modernizing the electoral observation framework with the official launch, on Friday, 5 December 2025, of eAccréditation, a platform entirely dedicated to the digital management of accreditation requests for national and international observers. According…

The opposition party Les Démocrates is going through a new turbulent patch. The official resignation of three vice-presidents was confirmed this Thursday, December 4, 2025, by the national communications secretary, Guy Mitokpè. The individuals concerned are Léon Basile Ahossi, third…

CBDH officially launched, in early December 2025, a monitoring mechanism for the electoral process ahead of the 2026 elections. This initiative aims to closely follow the different stages of the process to ensure transparency, fairness, and respect for the rules…

More than two thirds of Les Démocrates’ deputies are putting their seats back on the line for the January 11, 2026 legislative elections. Nineteen of them are once again seeking their voters’ confidence across the country’s twenty-four constituencies. The official…

The President of the Constitutional Court, Professor Cossi Dorothé Sossa, received on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, a delegation from the electoral platform of civil society organizations. Led by its president, Dr. Azizou Chabi Imorou, the delegation is continuing a tour…

A few months before the presidential election on April 12, 2026, Léon Basile Ahossi removed any ambiguity about his political orientation. The Les Démocrates MP, also vice-president of the National Assembly, gathered his supporters at the Athiémé stadium on Saturday,…

The placement of political parties on the ballot paper for the January 11, 2026 legislative elections is now known. Party representatives took part in a draw supervised by Sacca Lafia. The exercise established the final order of the logos that…

From his cell, Richard Ouorou, a political figure and political scientist, posted on his Facebook page a message in which he reaffirmed his support for Romuald Wadagni’s candidacy for the 2026 presidential election. In this statement, he calls on young…

Le député Basile Ahossi, élu du Mono et deuxième vice-président du parti Les Démocrates, poursuit son repositionnement politique. Il a organisé ce samedi 29 novembre 2025 un grand rassemblement à Athiémé pour afficher son soutien au duo Romuald Wadagni et…

Former international official Daniel Edah has written to the Presidents of the ECOWAS Commission and the African Union Commission about the political situation in Benin. In an open letter to the two regional institutions, the former presidential candidate in Benin…

The Institut des Artisans de Justice et de Paix emphasizes the need for a calm atmosphere ahead of the 2026 general elections. The message was delivered during the twenty-fourth edition of its annual symposium. The event was held under the…

The Autonomous National Electoral Commission (Céna) published on Wednesday the provisional list of political parties that met the filing requirements for the 2026 legislative elections. Five parties have passed this first step. They are: FCBE, UPR, Bloc Républicain (BR), Moele-Bénin…

The activists of the party Les Démocrates arrested on November 6, 2025 in connection with the alleged false proxy case were sentenced this Monday, November 24, 2025, to 24 months in prison, suspended. The court also imposed a fine of…

In front of the ‘Jeunesse Wadagni’ platform, Adrien Houngbédji reaffirmed his commitment to support candidate Romuald Wadagni in the 2026 presidential election. He stressed the sincerity of his stance, specifying that his support is not opportunistic and that it “comes…

Le scénario évoqué il y a peu par le président Patrice Talon se matérialise sur le terrain politique béninois. Les six députés ayant quitté le parti d’opposition Les Démocrates figurent désormais sur les listes des deux grandes formations de la…

The Autonomous National Electoral Commission (CENA) officially closed its portal at 00:00 on Thursday, November 20, 2025. This closure ends the period for submitting candidate files for the legislative elections of January 11, 2026. No political party can now be…

Moele-Bénin filed its candidate declarations for the January 11, 2026 legislative elections on the evening of Wednesday, November 19, 2025. Led by Jacques Ayadji, the party’s delegation arrived at the CENA headquarters at 10:27 p.m. and was recorded at 10:31…

The party Les Démocrates (LD) submitted its declaration of candidacies for the legislative elections of January 11, 2026, late on the evening of Wednesday, November 19, 2025. Arriving at the CENA headquarters at 11:09 p.m., the party delegation was officially…