Rally for Progress and Renewal

The Rally for Progress and Renewal (French: Rassemblement pour le Progrès et le Renouveau, RPR) is a political party in Benin.

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History

The party was established in 1998,[1] and contested the 1999 elections in an alliance with the National Union for Solidarity and Development. The two parties received 2.2% of the vote, winning a single seat,[2] taken by the RPR's Valentin Aditi Houdé.[3]

In May 2014 the party joined the National Alliance for Development and Democracy.[4] The Alliance won four seats in the 2015 parliamentary elections.

References
  1. Africa South of the Sahara 2003, Psychology Press, p75
  2. Machioudi Dissou (2002) Le Bénin et l'Épreuve Démocratique: Leçons des élections de 1991 à 2001 Editions L'Harmattan, p81
  3. Proclamation of the definitive results of the legislative elections of 30 March 1999 Constitutional Court
  4. Birth of a new grouping of political parties in Benin: Final communiqué of the Constituent Congress of the AND La Presse du Jour, 3 June 2014
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