National Union for Solidarity and Development
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The National Union for Solidarity and Development ({{langx|fr|Union Nationale pour la Solidarité et le Developpement}}, UNSD) was a political party in Benin led by Adolphe Biaou.
History
The UNSD was established in 1995,Africa South of the Sahara 2003, Psychology Press, p75 and contested the parliamentary elections that year as part of the Chameleon Alliance, alongside the National Salvation Front, the Democratic Party for National Union and the Union of Forces of Progress.[http://www.electionpassport.com/files/BJ/BJ.pdf Benin] Election Passport The alliance received 1.5% of the vote, winning a single seat.Elections Today, October 1995, p30 Biaou took the sole seat.[http://www.cour-constitutionnelle-benin.org/resultats/result_el_16avril95.pdf Proclamation of the definitive results of the legislative elections of 28 March 1995] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826221624/http://www.cour-constitutionnelle-benin.org/resultats/result_el_16avril95.pdf |date=26 August 2014 }} Constitutional Court
The party formed an alliance with the Rally for Progress and Renewal (RPR) prior to the 1999 elections. The two parties received 2.2% of the vote, winning one seat,Machioudi Dissou (2002) Le Bénin et l'Épreuve Démocratique: Leçons des élections de 1991 à 2001 Editions L'Harmattan, p81 taken by the RPR's Valentin Aditi Houdé.[http://www.cour-constitutionnelle-benin.org/resultats/result_el_10_avril99.pdf Proclamation of the definitive results of the legislative elections of 30 March 1999] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826163446/http://www.cour-constitutionnelle-benin.org/resultats/result_el_10_avril99.pdf |date=26 August 2014 }} Constitutional Court
References
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Category:Defunct political parties in Benin
Category:Political parties established in 1995
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