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Benin: A’Court upholds Rep’s election, Vanguard (2010)

The Court of Appeals confirmed the ruling of a lower court, upholding the election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the April 2007 House of Representatives election.

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Opposition protests over voters' roll in Benin Radio Netherlands (2011)

In Benin around a thousand people protested on the street of Cotonou, because 1.3 million were not registered to vote.

Benin: Joint UN-African Delegation Backs Delaying Presidential Election Allafrica.com (2011)

A joint team of the United Nations, African Union and ECOWAS has met the incumbent Mr. Yayi Boni to suggest the postponement of the Sunday presidential elections for few days, in order to ensure free and fair elections. In fact the opposition has underlined the non registration of over 1 million people.

Benin delays presidential election until March 13 Reuters (2011)

In order to register all the people who were left out during the registration process, the elections were postponed to Sunday march 13th.

Multiple Problems Delay Benin Vote Again Voanews (2011)

The elections in Benin are delayed for another week because of the thousands of people who were not registered.

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Benin votes despite faulty electoral rolls RFI (2011)

Despite all the registration issues, Beninese have voted on Sunday to elect their next President. The incumbent Mr. Boni Yayi has apologized for the fact that some problems arose from the use of the electronic voting system, but his opponent Mr. Houngbedji is still arguing on behalf of those who were left behind.

Benin’s Yayi wins re-election: vote commission allwestafrica.com (2011)

This week-end, the candidat president Mr. Boni Yayi has won the presidential election with 53% of the votes. But the opposition is contesting the results, while waiting for the constitutional court to validate the results.

Rival rejects poll win of Benin’s Boni Yayi Allwestafrica.com (2011)

In Benin, the Mr. Boni Yayi has been elected president with 53% of the votes. His opponent Mr. Houngbedji considered these elections as rigged and is saying “I won this election. I am the elected president of the people of Benin,”.

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