2026 GENERAL ELECTIONS IN BENIN

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…

The Grande Solidarité Républicaine (GSR) party, led by Antoine Guédou, filed its list of candidates for the legislative elections of January 11, 2026. The party’s delegation arrived at the CENA headquarters on Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 11:42 PM, in…

The Bloc Républicain (BR) submitted its list of candidates for the legislative elections of January 11, 2026, on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, at the CENA headquarters. Led by MPs Joseph Anani, Assan Séibou and Barthélémy Kassa, the delegation carried out…

L’Union Progressiste Le Renouveau (UP-R) has filed its list of candidates for the January 2026 legislative elections this Wednesday, 19 November 2025, with the CENA. The delegation, led by several prominent figures, completed the procedure at 8:00 p.m., in the…

La Force Cauris pour un Bénin Émergent (FCBE) presented itself this morning at the headquarters of the Autonomous National Electoral Commission (CENA), thus becoming the first political party to file its declaration of candidacy for the legislative elections of January…

The National Autonomous Electoral Commission (CENA) is entering the final stretch of the candidate filing phase for the 2026 legislative elections. This Wednesday, November 19, 2025, is the last day for political parties to submit their candidate lists. Originally scheduled…

The Beninese government has promulgated a decree setting the conditions and procedures for issuing identity documents for natural persons, in accordance with Law No. 2017-08 relating to the identification of persons. This regulatory text, adopted at the Council of Ministers…

Rachidi Gbadamassi, Samou Adambi and Charles Toko will not be candidates in the legislative elections on January 11, 2026. Major figures of the Bloc républicain in the 8th constituency, the three men have decided to make way for new faces…

The Autonomous National Electoral Commission carried out, on Monday afternoon in Cotonou, the draw to determine the placement of the political parties’ logos competing in the 2026 municipal elections. The session, chaired by Sacca Lafia, took place at the institution’s…

Le Président de la Commission Électorale Nationale Autonome a haussé le ton ce lundi 17 novembre 2025. Sacca Lafia a rappelé aux partis politiques que les candidatures pour les législatives de 2026 ne bénéficieront d’aucun délai supplémentaire et qu’un dossier…