Bloc for Social Democracy
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The Bloc for Social Democracy ({{langx|fr|Bloc pour la Social-Démocratie}}, BSD)Helga Fleischhacker (2010) Parteiensystem und Verfassung in Afrika: Strukturen - Funktionen - Typen, Springer-Verlag, p15 was a political party in Benin led by Michel Magnide.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sHNriCT-6qoC&pg=PA43|page=43|title=The World Factbook|year=1989|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency}}
History
In the 1991 parliamentary elections the party ran in an alliance with the Alliance for Social Democracy. The alliance received 3.5% of the vote, winning three seats.[http://africanelections.tripod.com/bj.html Elections in Benin] African Elections Database
It contested the 1999 elections as part of the UDES Alliance, alongside the Democratic Union for Economic and Social Development, the MCP, the CND and the National Salvation Front. The alliance failed to win a seat.Machioudi Dissou (2002) Le Bénin et l'Épreuve Démocratique: Leçons des élections de 1991 à 2001 Editions L'Harmattan, p82
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