BENIN'S 2026 GENERAL ELECTIONS

From October 24 to 28, 2025, the Autonomous National Electoral Commission (CENA) will be registering candidacy declarations for the election of members of the communal councils. The operation takes place exclusively at the institution’s headquarters in Cotonou, in accordance with…

The Constitutional Court of Benin issued, on Thursday October 23, 2025, its decision in the appeal brought by the party Les Démocrates following the invalidation of the sponsorship of their MP Michel François Oloutoyé Sodjinou by the Autonomous National Electoral…

The Autonomous National Electoral Commission (CENA) published, through its decision No. 025/CENA/PT/RAP/DGE/SP, on Thursday, 23 October 2025, the provisional list of validated candidacies for the presidential election on 12 April 2026. The list includes two joint tickets, while several candidacies,…

Lawyers Francis Dako and Sadikou Alao, representatives of Les Démocrates party president Boni Yayi, as well as of the presidential candidate duo Renaud Agbodjo and Jude Lodjou, left the premises of the Directorate of Judicial Police (DPJ) after nearly an…

Lawyers Francis Dako and Sadikou Alao appeared this Wednesday morning at the Directorate of Judicial Police (DPJ). They are representing the president of the Les Démocrates party, Boni Yayi, as well as the presidential candidate duo Renaud Agbodjo and Jude…

The president of the party Les Démocrates (LD), Boni Yayi, as well as the duo of candidates designated for the 2026 presidential election, Renaud Agbodjo and Jude Lodjou, have been summoned to the Judicial Police Directorate (DPJ). According to the…

Le président du parti Les Démocrates (LD), Boni Yayi, ainsi que le duo de candidats désignés pour la présidentielle de 2026, Renaud Agbodjo et Jude Lodjou, ont été convoqués à la Direction de la police judiciaire (DPJ). Selon le porte-parole…

Former president Boni Yayi, president of the party Les Démocrates, and the party’s candidate duo, Renaud Agbodjo and Jude Lodjou, were summoned by the Constitutional Court via a bailiff’s notice on Tuesday, October 21, 2025. The Constitutional Court summoned President…

In a post on his Facebook page on the evening of Tuesday, October 21, 2025, Daniel Edah, an unsuccessful candidate for the Les Démocrates party’s nomination, announced the summons of former president Boni Yayi, president of the Les Démocrates party,…

A few months before the 2026 general elections, the Cadre de Concertation des Confessions Religieuses (CCCR) urges Beninese political actors to prioritize peace, respect for the law and the path of dialogue in a statement received by the BENIN WEB…

Tensions have not eased between the National Autonomous Electoral Commission (CENA) and the party Les Démocrates. In a right of reply sent on Monday, October 20, 2025, the party leader Boni Yayi’s team of lawyers contests point by point the…

In a political context marked by heated debates over the sponsorship of candidates for the 2026 presidential election, the chair of the National Assembly’s Laws Committee, Orden Alladatin, spoke publicly to clarify several contentious points. According to him, some interpretations…

La Commission électorale nationale autonome (CENA) est sortie de son silence. Dans un communiqué de presse rendu public ce lundi 20 octobre 2025, l’institution dirigée par Sacca Lafia a fermement réagi aux “allégations diffamatoires et accusations infondées” relayées par le…

The Constitutional Court of Benin has not yet ruled on the explosive sponsorship case involving MP Michel Sodjinou. Initially expected on Monday, 20 October 2025, the high court’s decision was postponed to Thursday, 23 October, following a new appeal filed…

Scheduled for this Monday, October 20, 2025, the Constitutional Court’s decision in the case between the party Les Démocrates (LD) and the Court of First Instance of Cotonou was ultimately not handed down. The institution decided to postpone its deliberation…

The Autonomous National Electoral Commission (CENA) published on Saturday, October 18, 2025, the new Article 41 of law No. 2024-13 of March 15, 2024, amending and supplementing law No. 2019-43 establishing the Electoral Code. This provision, now central to the…

In a statement made public on Sunday, October 19, 2025, the Collectif des avocats du parti Les Démocrates denounces a judicial decision it considers tainted by “programmed and synchronized connivance” between the Commission électorale nationale autonome (CENA), the judiciary and…

The Constitutional Court is holding a decisive hearing this Monday, October 20, 2025, on the appeal filed by the party Les Démocrates in the controversy over MP Michel Sodjinou’s endorsement form. The hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. at the…

Order No. 254/AUD-PD/2025 issued on October 13, 2025 by the President of the Court of First Instance of Cotonou has already attracted a lot of attention. Gilles Badet, former Secretary-General of the Constitutional Court, has given his technical opinion on…

Following the media statement by lawyer Renaud Agbodjo, who spoke of the disappearance of his comrade and denounced manipulation by the CENA, MP Michel Sodjinou has stepped forward to, in his view, “set the record straight” and point to the…

In an address to the people this Saturday, October 18, Me Renaud Agbodjo, candidate of the party Les Démocrates for the 2026 presidential election, sounded the alarm over what he calls an “attempt to exclude” his political formation from the…

The Constitutional Court held a special plenary hearing on Friday, 17 October 2025, dedicated to the swearing-in of the panel of three sworn physicians, in accordance with decision EP 25-001 of 3 October 2025 and the new Article 44 of…

The Beninese government firmly responded on Friday, October 17, 2025, to allegations from the party Les Démocrates, which accused it of manipulating MP Michel Sodjinou in the dispute over his endorsement form. According to government spokesman Wilfried Léandre Houngbédji, the…

Calls are mounting within the party Les Démocrates to persuade MP Michel Sodjinou to return his endorsement form in favor of the duo designated for the 2026 presidential election. After the letter from the party’s first vice‑president, Éric Houndété, it…

In a statement, Michel François Oloutoyé Sodjinou, coordinator of the 19th electoral district of the party Les Démocrates (LD), broke his silence this Thursday, October 16, 2025. In a statement marked by gravity, he criticizes the party’s internal governance, accusing…

The High Authority for Audiovisual and Communication (HAAC) has published the detailed schedule of its preparatory activities for the 2026 legislative and municipal elections. This rich and precise timetable sets out the institution’s roadmap for media oversight of the electoral…

The party Les Démocrates took a key step on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, in the race for the 2026 presidential election. Their candidate duo, Renaud Agbodjo and Jude Bonaventure Lodjou, officially submitted their application file to the Autonomous National Electoral…

Daniel Edah, candidat déclaré à la présidentielle de 2026 et président du mouvement « Nous le ferons », vient d’obtenir son quitus fiscal. Il a fait l’annonce sur sa page Facebook à travers une action de grâce à Dieu. «…

The Autonomous National Electoral Commission (CENA) officially closed the candidate filing period for the presidential election scheduled for April 12, 2026, on Tuesday, October 14, 2025. At the end of the deadline, five candidate pairs were registered. The candidates selected…

Two hours before the official deadline for submitting candidacies for the April 12, 2026 presidential election, the party Les Démocrates is finally at the CENA to file the dossier of its candidate duo. It is the tandem Maître Renaud Vignilé…