Forum for Democracy, Development and Morality explained

The Forum for Democracy, Development and Morality (French: Forum pour la Démocratie, le Développement el la Moralité, FDDM)^[1] was a political party in Benin.

History

The party contested the 1995 parliamentary elections as part of the "New Generation" alliance with the National Union for Solidarity and Progress.^[2] The two parties received 2.4% of the vote, winning two seats.^[3] The seats were taken by Souléman Zoumarou and Mamoudou Zoumarou.^[4]

In the 1999 elections it was part of the Suru Alliance, which won one seat.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Helga Fleischhacker (2010) Parteiensystem und Verfassung in Afrika: Strukturen - Funktionen - Typen, Springer-Verlag, p15
2. Elections Today, October 1995, p30
3. Fleischhacker, p174
4. http://www.cour-constitutionnelle-benin.org/resultats/result_el_16avril95.pdf Proclamation of the definitive results of the legislative elections of 28 March 1995
5. Machioudi Dissou (2002) Le Bénin et l'Épreuve Démocratique: Leçons des élections de 1991 à 2001, Editions L'Harmattan, p59