Benin

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This article lists political parties in Benin. Benin has a multi-party system.

The parties

Parliamentary parties

• Presidential Movement (Mouvance Presidentielle)
  • Union for Future Benin or Union of Tomorrow's Benin (Union pour le Bénin du futur)
    • Action Front for Renewal and Development (Front d'action pour le rénouveau et le développement, FARD-ALAFIA)
    • Social Democratic Party (Parti Social-Démocrate)
  • African Movement for Development and Progress (Mouvement africain pour la dévelloppement et le progrès)
  • Key Force (Force clé)
  • Impulse to Progres and Democracy (Impulsion au progrès et la démocratie)
  • Alliance MDC-PS-CPP
    • Movement for Development by Culture (Mouvement pour le Développement par la Culture)
    • Salute Party (Parti du Salut)
    • Congress of People for Progress (Congrès du Peuple pour le Progrès)
  • Alliance of Progress Forces (Alliance des Forces du Progrès)
  • Movement for Development and Solidarity (Mouvement pour le Développement et la Solidarité)
  • Rally for Democracy and Progres (Rassemblement pour la Démocratie et le Progrès)
• Benin Rebirth Party or Renaissance Party of Benin (Parti de la renaissance du Bénin)
• Democratic Renewal Party (Parti du renouveau démocratique)
• Star Alliance (Alliance Étoile)
  • Builders and Managers of Freedom and Democracy (Bâtisseurs et Gestionnaires de la Liberté et de la Démocratie)
  • The Greens (Les Verts)
  • Union for Democracy and National Solidarity (Union pour la Démocratie et la Solidarité Nationale)
• New Alliance (Nouvelle Alliance)

After the elections the Democratic Renewal Party joined the Presidential Movement.

Other parties

• African Congress for Renewal (DUNYA)
• African Movement for Democracy and Progress (MADEP)
• Alliance for Democracy and Progress (ADP)
• Alliance of the Social Democratic Party (PSD)
• National Union for Solidarity and Progress (UNSP)
• Cameleon Alliance (AC)
• Coalition of Democratic Forces
• Communist Party of Benin (PCB);
• Hope Force (Force Espoir)
• Liberal Democrats' Rally for National Reconstruction-Vivoten (Rassemblement des Démocrates Libéraux pour la Reconstruction nationale)
• Movement for Citizens' Commitment and Awakening (MERCI)
• Movement for the People's Alternative (Mouvement pour une Alternative du Peuple)
• New Generation for the Republic (NGR)
• Our Common Cause (NCC)
• Parti Démocratique du Bénin (PDB)
• Rally for Democracy and Pan-Africanism (RDP)
• Union for Homeland and Labour (UPT)
• Union for National Democracy and Solidarity (UDS)

There are approximately 20 minor parties.

See also

• Index of political parties to browse parties by name
• List of political parties to browse parties by country
• List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name
• Membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals