Alliance for Democracy and Progress (Benin)

The ADP was established in 1990 by Gédéon Dassoundo in order to campaign against the constitutional referendum.Mathurin C Houngnikpo & Samuel Decalo (2012) Historical Dictionary of Benin, Scarecrow Press, p134 However, the proposed changes were approved by 93% of voters.[https://africanelections.tripod.com/bj.html Elections in Benin] African Elections Database

In the 1991 parliamentary elections the party ran in an alliance with the Democratic Union for Social Renewal (UDRS). The alliance won two seats, with Dassoundo becoming one of its MPs. By 1992 the party was led by Adekpedjou Sylvain Akindes.

The party contested the 1995 parliamentary elections alone, receiving 1.4% of the vote and winning one seat, taken by Antoine Idji Kolawolé.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140826221624/http://www.cour-constitutionnelle-benin.org/resultats/result_el_16avril95.pdf Proclamation of the definitive results of the legislative elections of 28 March 1995] Constitutional Court However, it lost its single seat in the 1999 elections.Machioudi Dissou (2002) Le Bénin et l'Épreuve Démocratique: Leçons des élections de 1991 à 2001 Editions L'Harmattan, p82

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