The Democratic Renewal Party (french: Parti du renouveau démocratique) is a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...

Benin Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the nort ...

led by

Adrien Houngbédji Adrien Houngbédji (born 5 March 1942) is a Beninese politician and the leader of the Democratic Renewal Party (''Parti du renouveau démocratique'', PRD), one of Benin's main political parties. He was President of the National Assembly of Benin ...

. Houngbédji lived in exile for several years, but returned to Benin to take part in the National Conference of 1990. He built up his party largely around other exiled Beninese. PRD was legally recognized on September 24, 1990. Houngbédji was elected to the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ...

in the 1991 parliamentary election and served as President of the National Assembly until 1995. In 1996 PRD joined the government, and Houngbédji was appointed Prime Minister. The coalition didn't last, however. Following the 1999 parliamentary election, Houngbédji was again elected as President of the National Assembly. The PRD is mainly based in Ouémé. In the

presidential election A presidential election is the election of any head of state whose official title is President. Elections by country Albania The president of Albania is elected by the Assembly of Albania who are elected by the Albanian public. Chile The pre ...

of 5 March 2006, Houngbédji, the PRD candidate, won 24.2% of the votes in the first round. In the second round he won 25.4% and was defeated by

Yayi Boni Yayi may refer to * China-Taiwan Yayi Cup, a Go competition *Thomas Boni Yayi Thomas Boni Yayi (born 1 July 1951) is a Beninese banker and politician who was President of Benin from 2006 to 2016. He took office after winning the March 2006 presi ...

Parliamentary election results

*1991 - 9 seats, in alliance with the

National Party for Democracy and Development The National Party for Democracy and Development (french: Parti National pour la Démocratie el le Développement, PNDD) was a political party in Benin. History The PNDD was established in 1989 by former President Hubert Maga.Mathurin C Houngnikp ...

. *1995 - 18 seats *1999 - 11 seats *2003 - 11 seats *2007 - 10 seats"Coalition supported by President Boni tops Benin’s legislative polls"
African Press Agency, April 8, 2007. *2011 - did not participate *2015 - 10 seats

References

1990 establishments in Benin Political parties established in 1990 Political parties disestablished in 2011 Political parties in Benin {{Benin-party-stub