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  Benin President - Initial Election
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Parents > Benin > President
OfficePresident
HonorificPresident - Abbr: President
Type General Election - Requires Run-Off
Filing Deadline 00, 0000 - 01:00am Central
Polls Open March 04, 2001 - 07:00am Central
Polls Close March 04, 2001 - 08:00pm Central
Term Start April 06, 2001 - 12:00pm
Term End April 06, 2006 - 12:00pm
ContributorIndyGeorgia
Last ModifiedJuan Croniqueur September 30, 2022 11:30am
Data Sources
Description Citing electoral fraud, Nicéphore Soglo and Adrien Houngbédji refused to participate in the runoff.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyIndependent Won03/18/1996
NameMathieu Kérékou Votes999,453 (52.49%)
Term04/04/1996 - 04/04/2001 Margin94,827 (+4.98%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyAction Front for Renewal and Development Won03/18/2001
NameMathieu Kérékou Votes1,282,855 (83.64%)
Term04/06/2001 - 04/06/2006 Margin1,031,915 (+67.28%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
RaceBenin President 03/18/2001

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Name (I) Mathieu Kérékou Bruno Amoussou PM Nicéphore Soglo PM Adrien Houngbédji Sacca Lafia François-Xavier Loko Soulé Dankoro
PartyAction Front for Renewal and Development Benin Social Democrat Benin Rebirth Democratic Renewal Nonpartisan Independent Nonpartisan
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Uncertified Votes 1,127,100 (45.42%) 213,136 (8.59%) 672,927 (27.12%) 313,186 (12.62%) 29,656 (1.20%) 16,656 (0.67%) 15,614 (0.63%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -913,964 (-36.83%) -454,173 (-18.30%) -813,914 (-32.80%) -1,097,444 (-44.22%) -1,110,444 (-44.75%) -1,111,486 (-44.79%)
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Name Adébayo Abimbola Wallis Zoumarou Rhétice Dagba Marie-Élise Gbèdo Léandre Djagoué Lionel Agbo Gatien Houngbédji
PartyNonpartisan Nonpartisan Independent Independent Independent Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
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Uncertified Votes 15,251 (0.62%) 13,576 (0.55%) 12,697 (0.51%) 8,952 (0.36%) 8,565 (0.35%) 8,226 (0.33%) 8,092 (0.33%)
Margin-1,111,849 (-44.80%) -1,113,524 (-44.87%) -1,114,403 (-44.91%) -1,118,148 (-45.06%) -1,118,535 (-45.07%) -1,118,874 (-45.09%) -1,119,008 (-45.09%)
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