People's Revolutionary Party of Benin

People's Revolutionary Party of Benin Parti de la révolution populaire du Bénin
Founder	Mathieu Kérékou
Founded	30 November 1975 (1975-11-30)
Dissolved	30 April 1990 (1990-04-30)
Succeeded by	Union of Forces of Progress
Newspaper	Ehuzu
Ideology	Nominally: Communism Marxism–Leninism De facto: Beninese nationalism
Colors	Red and green
Party flag
Politics of Benin Political parties Elections

The People's Revolutionary Party of Benin (French: Parti de la Révolution Populaire du Bénin) was a political party in the People's Republic of Benin. It was founded in 1975 by General Mathieu Kérékou. With the new constitution of 30 November 1975, PRPB became the sole legal party in the country. Ideologically, the party stated it was committed to Marxism–Leninism, although in practice was broadly nationalist.

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

In 1989, the party renounced Marxism–Leninism as its official ideological guidance. It remained the governing force of Benin until 1990. The party was dissolved in 1990 and succeeded by the Union of Forces of Progress.

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election	Party candidate	Votes	%	Result
President elected by the National Revolutionary Assembly
1980	Mathieu Kérékou	336	100%	Elected Y
1984		196	100%	Elected Y
1989		206	100%	Elected Y

National Revolutionary Assembly elections

Election	Party leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Result
1979	Mathieu Kérékou	1,248,613	98.3%	336 / 336	336	1st	Sole legal party
1984		1,811,808	98.2%	196 / 196	140	1st	Sole legal party
1989		1,695,860	89.6%	206 / 206	10	1st	Sole legal party

See also

• National League of Patriotic Youth

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