Alliance for Democracy and Development (Benin)

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The Alliance for Democracy and Development (French: Alliance pour la Démocratie et le Développement, ADD)[1] was a political party in Benin.

History[edit]

The party contested the 1995 parliamentary elections, in which it received 2.5% of the vote, winning a single seat,[2] taken by Layé Dramane.[3] Prior to the 1999 elections it joined the Republican Alliance alongside the New Generation for the Republic and New Impetus for Progress. However, the alliance failed to win a seat.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Helga Fleischhacker (2010) Parteiensystem und Verfassung in Afrika: Strukturen - Funktionen - Typen, Springer-Verlag, p15
  2. ^ Fleischhacker, p174
  3. ^ Proclamation of the definitive results of the partial legislative elections of 28 May 1995 in the first constituency of the Atlantic Department and in the third constituency of the Borgou Department Constitutional Court
  4. ^ Machioudi Dissou (2002) Le Bénin et l'Épreuve Démocratique: Leçons des élections de 1991 à 2001 Editions L'Harmattan, p82