El marc polític de Benín

Political Outline

Current Political Leaders: President: Patrice TALON (since 6 April 2016) - the president is both chief of state and head of government
Next Election Dates: Presidential: 12 April 2026
National Assembly: January 2026
Main Political Parties: Benin is formally a multy-party country, however opposition parties have no real chance of gaining power. The main parties reresented in the parliament include:

- Progressive Union for Renewal (UPR): centre-left, formerly called Progressive Union, in August 2022, the party merged with the Democratic Renewal Party and changed to its present name
- Republican Bloc (BR): centre, supports the current government
- Democrats (LD): centre-left to left-wing, social democracy, it is the main opposition party.
Executive Power: The President of the Republic is elected for a five-year term by universal suffrage using an uninominal majority ballot in two rounds, for a maximum of two terms, whether consecutive or not. He is the head of state, the holder of executive power, and the head of the Government. In this capacity, he determines and conducts national policy (Art. 54). The President appoints the members of the Government without requiring an advisory opinion from the National Assembly, as the Constitution grants him full authority over ministerial appointments.
Legislative Power: The legislative power in Benin is vested in the National Assembly, a unicameral body also known as the Assemblée Nationale, which comprises 109 seats, including 24 specifically designated for women. Members are elected directly in multi-member constituencies through a closed-list proportional representation system, with a 10% national threshold. They serve five-year terms, with the current members set to conclude their terms in 2026, aligning with the next general elections.

Indicator of Freedom of the Press

The world rankings, published annually, measures violations of press freedom worldwide. It reflects the degree of freedom enjoyed by journalists, the media and digital citizens of each country and the means used by states to respect and uphold this freedom. Finally, a note and a position are assigned to each country. To compile this index, Reporters Without Borders (RWB) prepared a questionnaire incorporating the main criteria (44 in total) to assess the situation of press freedom in a given country. This questionnaire was sent to partner organisations,150 RWB correspondents, journalists, researchers, jurists and human rights activists. It includes every kind of direct attacks against journalists and digital citizens (murders, imprisonment, assault, threats, etc.) or against the media (censorship, confiscation, searches and harassment etc.).

World Rank:: 114/180

Indicator of Political Freedom

Definition

Definition:

The Indicator of Political Freedom provides an annual evaluation of the state of freedom in a country as experienced by individuals. The survey measures freedom according to two broad categories: political rights and civil liberties. The ratings process is based on a checklist of 10 political rights questions (on Electoral Process, Political Pluralism and Participation, Functioning of Government) and 15 civil liberties questions (on Freedom of Expression, Belief, Associational and Organizational Rights, Rule of Law, Personal Autonomy and Individual Rights). Scores are awarded to each of these questions on a scale of 0 to 4, where a score of 0 represents the smallest degree and 4 the greatest degree of rights or liberties present. The total score awarded to the political rights and civil liberties checklist determines the political rights and civil liberties rating. Each rating of 1 through 7, with 1 representing the highest and 7 the lowest level of freedom, corresponds to a range of total scores.

Ranking:: Free
Political Freedom:: 4/7

Political freedom in the world (interactive map)
Source: Freedom in the World Report, Freedom House

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