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Benin

Leadership

Portrait of Romuald Wadagni
Romuald Wadagni
President
Aurore Martignoni / European Union · Photo source · CC BY 4.0

Worked at Deloitte before serving as Benin’s finance minister. He became president in 2026. Profile source

National government

BENIN · ELECTIONS & REPRESENTATION

Votes, seats & parliament

Dated source snapshot

Explore Benin’s recorded parliamentary results and how each chamber is selected. Leadership portraits appear above; the charts below show seats reported in the linked election records.

Chambers recorded22 not marked suspended in this source
Directly elected1Other chambers may use a different selection method
Results coverage1 / 2Chambers with a party-seat breakdown

These are dated election records, not live chamber membership. By-elections, vacancies, appointments and changes of party may alter the current composition. A seat total can cover only the seats allocated in that result; it does not automatically represent the full statutory chamber.

Directly elected

National Assembly

Recorded selection · 11 January 2026

109seats shown
Progressive Union for Renewal60
Republican Bloc (BR)49

Each seat icon represents one reported seat. Colours distinguish parties within this chart; the arc is a visual grouping, not a seating plan.

Largest allocation in this resultProgressive Union for Renewal60 of 109 reported seats. This alone does not identify a governing coalition.

Next recorded renewal projection31 January 2033A source projection, not a confirmed polling-day announcement.
View the source record ↗

other

Senate

Recorded selection · 30 July 2026

Seat breakdown awaiting verification

A complete, reconciled party-seat chart is unavailable in this source snapshot. Follow the chamber record for election and membership information.

Next recorded renewal projection30 July 2031A source projection, not a confirmed polling-day announcement.
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Regional election maps require separately verified geographic results. National seat totals are shown here without inferring regional winners.

Inter-Parliamentary Union: Parliamentary elections, November 2026. Terms of use · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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