National Labour Party (Benin)

The National Labour Party (French: Parti National du Travail, PNT)^[1] was a political party in Benin.

History

In the 1991 parliamentary elections the party ran in an alliance with the People's Republican Union (URP). The alliance received 2% of the vote, winning a single seat.^[2]

The 1995 parliamentary elections saw the PNT form an alliance with the Union for Labour and Democracy. However, the two parties failed to win a seat.^[3] The PNT joined the Alliance of Patriots for the 1999 elections, but it also failed to win a seat.^[4]

References

^ Helga Fleischhacker (2010) Parteiensystem und Verfassung in Afrika: Strukturen - Funktionen - Typen, Springer-Verlag, p15
^ Elections in Benin African Elections Database
^ Fleischhacker, p174
^ Machioudi Dissou (2002) Le Bénin et l'Épreuve Démocratique: Leçons des élections de 1991 à 2001 Editions L'Harmattan, p81

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[1] Helga Fleischhacker (2010) Parteiensystem und Verfassung in Afrika: Strukturen - Funktionen - Typen, Springer-Verlag, p15

[2] Elections in Benin African Elections Database

[3] Fleischhacker, p174

[4] Machioudi Dissou (2002) Le Bénin et l'Épreuve Démocratique: Leçons des élections de 1991 à 2001 Editions L'Harmattan, p81

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