Democratic Party of Benin explained

Democratic Party of Benin
Colorcode:	Red
Foundation:	1996
Ideology:	Social democracy Third way
Country:	Benin

The Democratic Party of Benin (PDB) was a political party in Benin.

History

The party was established by Soulé Dankoro in 1996.^[1] In the 1999 parliamentary elections the party received 1.9% of the vote, winning one seat,^[2] with Dankoro becoming its sole MP.^[3] Dankoro was the party's candidate for the 2001 presidential elections, but he received less than 1% of the vote, finishing seventh in a field of seventeen candidates. The party joined the New Alliance for the 2003 parliamentary elections,^[4] with the alliance winning two seats.

Dankoro ran for the presidency on the party's ticket for a second time in 2006, but again received less than 1% of the vote, finishing fifteenth out of twenty-six candidates.

Notes and References

Africa South of the Sahara 2003, Psychology Press, p75
Machioudi Dissou (2002) Le Bénin et l'Épreuve Démocratique: Leçons des élections de 1991 à 2001 Editions L'Harmattan, p80
http://www.cour-constitutionnelle-benin.org/resultats/result_el_10_avril99.pdf Proclamation of the definitive results of the legislative elections of 30 March 1999
Bogdan Szajkowski (2005) Political Parties of the World, John Harper Publishing, p66