2026 GENERAL ELECTIONS IN BENIN

The Autonomous National Electoral Commission issued the final receipts to the two duos selected to compete in the 2026 presidential election. This formality confirms their official participation in the election, following the verification of files, endorsements and required medical examinations.…

Le destin du principal parti d’opposition béninois, Les Démocrates, ressemble de plus en plus à une longue agonie politique. La fissure a pris corps avec la confiscation du parrainage par le député Michel Sodjinou qui a brisé le rêve présidentiel…

Former parliamentarians of the party Les Démocrates (LD) officially announce their support for the presidential duo Romuald Wadagni – Mariam Chabi Talata. Facing the press and in front of leaders and activists from the two pro-government blocs, Constant Nahum and…

The Supreme Court of Benin has dismissed the appeal lodged by the party Les Démocrates (LD) concerning the rejection of their candidate file by the body in charge of elections. This decision thus confirms the ruling of the Autonomous National…

The Constitutional Court confirmed on Thursday, November 13, 2025, the validity of the candidacies of the pairs Romuald Wadagni – Mariam Chabi Talata and Paul Hounkpè – Judicaël Rock Hounwanou for the presidential election on April 12, 2026. The decision…

Lines are shifting on the Beninese political scene. The six MPs who resigned from the party Les Démocrates were received on Thursday, November 13, 2025, by Abdoulaye Bio Tchané, president of the Bloc Républicain (BR), and Joseph Djogbénou, president of…

The National Autonomous Electoral Commission (CENA) has set the filing period for candidacy applications for the 2026 legislative elections. Political parties have a five-day period, from Saturday, November 15 to Wednesday, November 19, 2025, to submit their complete files. This…

The electoral process has reached a new stage in Benin. The National Agency for the Identification of Persons (Anip) officially handed over the Computerized Electoral List (LEI) to the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENA) on Wednesday, November 12, 2025. The…

The party Les Démocrates has decided to officially challenge the exclusion of its list from the 2026 municipal elections. Its spokesperson, Guy Mitokpè, announced on Wednesday the filing of an appeal with the Supreme Court, seeking to overturn the decision…

Ahead of the 2026 legislative elections, the Union Progressiste Le Renouveau (UP-R) has affirmed its determination to keep all deputies from its current ranks on its candidate lists. This strategy, announced by the ruling party, signals a desire for continuity…

The party Les Démocrates (LD) has decided to go it alone for the 2026 legislative elections. No alliance, no parliamentary agreement, no compromise. In a political landscape where coalitions often become a matter of survival, Boni Yayi’s party is taking…

The party Les Démocrates (LD) held a press briefing on Tuesday afternoon about its participation in the 2026 municipal elections. On that occasion, the opposition party said it refused to accept the annulment of its candidacy by the Commission électorale…

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…