People's Revolutionary Party of Benin

In 1972, the former French colony of Republic of Dahomey experienced a military coup d'état, bringing Major Mathieu Kérékou to power. In 1975, Kérékou announced that the country would be renamed Benin and that a new political organisation, the People's Revolutionary Party of Benin would be established to participate in elections.^[9] It was subsequently decided that the PRPB would be the sole legal political party, creating a one-party state organised according to communist principles.^[10]

In the parliamentary elections of 1979, 1984 and 1989, the PRPB was the only party contesting in the elections. In 1979, the party lists received 1,243,286 votes (97.9%), in 1984, the party received 1,811,208 votes (98.1%) and in 1989, the party received 1,695,860 votes (89.6%).^[11][12]

In 1989, following the parliamentary election, the PRPB formally renounced Marxism–Leninism as its official ideological doctrine.^[13] The government also repealed the one-party state framework, permitting the formation of new political parties.^[14] The PRPB remained the governing force of Benin until 1990.^[15] The party subsequently dissolved, and Mathieu Kérékou contested the 1991 Beninese presidential election as an independent candidate rather than under the PRPB label.^[16] The PRPB was succeeded by the Union of Forces of Progress.^[17]

• National League of Patriotic Youth