2011 Beninese parliamentary election

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{{Infobox legislative election

| country = Benin

| type = parliamentary

| election_date = 30 April 2011

| previous_election = 2007

| next_election = 2015

| seats_for_election = All 83 seats in the National Assembly

| majority_seats = 42

| turnout = 57.63%

| first_election = yes

|party1 = Cowry Forces for an Emerging Benin |leader1 = Thomas Boni Yayi |percentage1 = 33.30 |seats1 = 41

|party2 = Union Makes the Nation |leader2 = Adrien Houngbédji |percentage2 = 26.89 |seats2 = 30 |last_election2 =

|party3 = Cauris 2 Alliance |leader3 = |percentage3 = 6.45 |seats3 = 2 |last_election3 = | color3 = #FFEA00

|party4 = G13 Baobab Alliance |leader4 = |percentage4 = 5.92 |seats4 = 2 |last_election4 = | color4 = #D9251C

|party5 = FE–UPR |leader5 = |percentage5 = 4.99 |seats5 = 2 |last_election5 = | color5 = #43C0EE

|party6 = Union for Benin |leader6 = |percentage6 = 4.51 |seats6 = 2 |last_election6 = | color6 = #4E1E08

|party7 = Amana Alliance |leader7 = |percentage7 = 3.13 |seats7 = 2 |last_election7 = | color7 = #808080

|party8 = Strength in Unity |leader8 = |percentage8 = 2.59 |seats8 = 2 |last_election8 = | color8 = #95D461

}}{{Politics of Benin}}

Parliamentary elections were held in Benin on 30 April 2011, after being delayed from 17 April 2011.[https://archive.today/20130103004100/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hweV8gKZn27vMlnuo-FsD9ifBqjg?docId=CNG.e64d9340e90b28d8697a7cce52ae970b.631 Benin to hold presidential vote on Feb 27] AFP, 11 January 2011[http://english.souslemanguier.com/nouvelles/news.asp?id=10&idnews=31293&pays=126&rub=11 Benin's parliamentary polls pushed to April 30] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815174109/http://english.souslemanguier.com/nouvelles/news.asp?id=10&idnews=31293&pays=126&rub=11 |date=August 15, 2011 }} Sous le Manguier, 4 April 2011 Turnout was reportedly low.[https://archive.today/20120731175001/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hmijfhdiRkklaZcQ5E6lW81dEQ4g?docId=CNG.279588144c0fd58d312ca2e921687d3b.451 Benin votes in parliamentary election] AFP, 30 April 2011 The election saw a six-seat increase for the Cauri Forces for an Emerging Benin, composed of allies of the president Yayi Boni, which took nearly half the parliamentary seats. The election consolidated Boni's victory in the 2011 presidential elections the previous month; Adrien Houngbédji, the second-placed candidate, had rejected the validity of the presidential election results.{{cite web|url=http://www.lunionfaitlanation.org/index.php?view=article&catid=69:actualites&id=247:declaration-de-houngbedji-suite-aux-resultats&format=pdf|title=Déclaration de Houngbédji suite aux résultats|accessdate=2011-11-06|date=2011-03-11|author=Adrien Houngbédji|publisher=Union fait la Nation|language=French|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002318/http://www.lunionfaitlanation.org/index.php?view=article&catid=69:actualites&id=247:declaration-de-houngbedji-suite-aux-resultats&format=pdf|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead|df=}}