2020 Beninese municipal elections
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17 May 2020
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Municipal elections were held in Benin on 17 May 2020 to elect all councillors in every municipality and commune. The elections took place despite the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
The election came only a year after the highly controversial 2019 parliamentary election which had seen new electoral laws and financial requirements prevent opposition parties running and saw the two parties aligned with President Patrice Talon, Progressive Union and Republican Bloc, secure the National Assembly.
These same constraints also severely suppressed opposition parties for the 2020 local election. The African Court of Human and Peoples' Rights even called for the election to be postponed but the Beninese authorities went ahead.[2]
Electoral system
The 1,815 councillors were elected in 546 districts of the 77 communes of Benin. Councillors were elected by multi-member proportional voting system with a double electoral threshold which means that to be able to obtain councillors, a party must obtain at least 10% of the votes cast at the level of the constituency, as well as at the national level.
