BENIN'S 2026 GENERAL ELECTIONS

A new judicial blow hits the main opposition party, Les Démocrates (LD). A departmental party official was placed in pretrial detention on Monday, November 10, 2025, as part of an investigation into an alleged network forging proxy authorizations. The events…

The Commission électorale nationale autonome (CENA) published on Monday, November 10, 2025, a decision regarding the admissibility of candidacy files submitted by political parties for the communal elections of January 11, 2026. According to the document signed by president Sacca…

The party Les Démocrates (LD) has made its decision. Meeting in a national council on Friday, November 8, 2025, the party decided unanimously not to conclude any parliamentary agreement with another political formation ahead of the upcoming legislative elections. This…

The political parties Mouvement des Élites Engagées pour l’Émancipation du Bénin (Moele Bénin), Forces Cauris pour un Bénin Émergent (FCBE) and Les Démocrates completed the regularization of their candidacy declaration files on Friday, November 7, 2025, for the municipal elections…

The Special Prosecutor at the Court for the Repression of Economic Offences and Terrorism (CRIET), Élonm Mario Mètonou, issued a press release that casts a worrying light on a case of forged proxies linked to the preparation of candidate lists…

The special prosecutor’s office attached to the Court for the Repression of Economic Offenses and Terrorism (CRIET) announced on Thursday, November 6, 2025, the opening of an investigation following a report alleging a suspected network forging proxy authorizations involving officials…

This Friday, November 7, 2025, the party Les Démocrates is holding an extraordinary National Council meeting that will be decisive for its future. The challenge is to redefine the political trajectory of the main opposition party after its confirmed absence…

The Les Démocrates party is racing against the clock to complete its candidacy file for the 2026 municipal elections. The provisional receipt, accompanied by a notification of missing documents, was issued to them on November 4, 2025. In accordance with…

In a statement made public on Thursday, November 6, 2025 from Addis Ababa, Daniel Edah, a Beninese politician and former presidential candidate, called on President Patrice Talon to suspend the ongoing electoral process and to convene a special national dialogue.…

The High Commission for the Prevention of Corruption (HCPC) announced on Thursday, November 6, 2025 the launch of a new awareness campaign titled “Selling your vote is selling your future”, which will be conducted nationwide from Monday, November 10 to…

A few months ahead of the 2026 municipal, legislative and presidential elections, the Supreme Court of Benin is taking the lead. It has just published a revised Guide for Applicants, a reference document designed to help citizens, candidates and political…

President Patrice Talon will speak tonight, according to multiple corroborating sources close to the presidency. This highly anticipated address will take place in a particularly lively political context, marked by the constitutional revision process and preparations for the 2026 municipal…

Things are becoming clearer for the 2026 municipal elections in Benin. The five political parties selected for the contest have now all obtained their provisional certificates issued by the Commission Électorale Nationale Autonome (CENA). After Union Progressiste le Renouveau (UP-R)…

The party Les Démocrates has just obtained its provisional certificate for the 2026 municipal elections. A decisive step taken in the electoral race. The announcement was made by the party’s communications officer, former MP Guy Dossou Mitokpè. “Municipal election: the…

The two candidate duos selected for the April 2026 presidential election in Benin are expected this Tuesday, November 4, 2025, at the Constitutional Court. They are the duos Romuald Wadagni – Mariam Chabi Talata for the presidential movement, and Paul…

The designation of lawyer Renaud Agbodjo as Les Démocrates’ candidate for the 2026 presidential elections would, for some, be the last straw that pushed things over the edge, thus bringing the party’s internal unease into the public eye. But between…

In a statement made public on the night of Monday, November 3, 2025, former president Thomas Boni Yayi strongly opposed the bill to create a Senate. He urges the deputies of the party Les Démocrates to use their blocking minority…

The Minister–Advisor for Security and political leader of the Bloc Républicain (BR) in the 8th electoral constituency, Rachidi Gbadamassi, stepped forward to respond to the recent statements by Boni Yayi, president of the party Les Démocrates (LD). The former head…

The medical team tasked with evaluating candidates for the 2026 presidential election is now complete. On Monday, November 3, 2025, Professor Angèle Azon Kouanou, a specialist in internal medicine, was sworn in before the Constitutional Court, in accordance with the…

La Commission électorale nationale autonome (CENA) a officiellement remis ce lundi 3 novembre 2025 au parti Union Progressiste le Renouveau (UPR) son récépissé provisoire d’enregistrement de listes de candidatures en vue des élections communales prévues pour janvier 2026. Ce document…

A political meeting is being prepared in Cotonou. According to corroborating information gathered this Sunday, November 2, 2025, the presidential movement’s candidate for the 2026 election, Romuald Wadagni, will hold a working and discussion session on Monday with the MPs…

A guest on the show Invité Afrique this Friday, October 31, 2025, on RFI, government spokesperson Wilfried Léandre Houngbédji spoke about the case of MP Michel Sodjinou, elected under the banner of the party Les Démocrates (LD). Facing journalist Christophe…

A few days after his meeting at the Palais de la Marina with President Patrice Talon, the former head of state and leader of the party Les Démocrates (LD), Boni Yayi, issued a statement in a solemn tone. According to…

Benin’s political scene has just lost one of its most promising faces. Lawyer Renaud Agbodjo, a young attorney and the designated candidate of the party Les Démocrates, announced his withdrawal from political life after the Constitutional Court confirmed his disqualification…

The Autonomous National Electoral Commission (CENA) closed, at midnight on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, the period for submitting candidacy files, in accordance with the established electoral calendar. Several political parties filed in during the final hours to comply with the…

Maître Adrien Houngbédji, former president of the National Assembly, published a “Declaration of Support for the Candidacy of Romuald Wadagni” this Tuesday, October 28, 2025. In a statement seen by BENIN WEB TV, the former president of the National Assembly…

It was 7:49 p.m. on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, when the party Forces Cauris pour un Bénin Émergent (FCBE) made its entry into the headquarters of the Commission électorale nationale autonome (CENA). The party led by former minister Paul Hounkpè…

The verdict has fallen. The Constitutional Court of Benin issued its decision this evening on the electoral appeals, fully aligning with the conclusions of the CENA. The Court confirmed that no law was violated by the Electoral Commission, thereby declaring…

The main opposition party, Les Démocrates, isn’t giving up. Excluded from the provisional list of candidates for the 2026 presidential election by the Commission électorale nationale autonome (CENA), the party led by Boni Yayi has filed a series of appeals…

The national communications secretary of the party Les Démocrates, Guy Dossou Mitokpè, expressed his deep “sadness” at Renaud Agbodjo’s announced withdrawal from Beninese political life, following his disqualification from the 2026 presidential race. In a statement on his digital channels,…