{"id":12090,"date":"2026-01-13T09:16:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T09:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/?post_type=election&#038;p=12090"},"modified":"2026-04-01T17:36:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T17:36:36","slug":"benin","status":"publish","type":"election","link":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/election\/benin\/","title":{"rendered":"Benin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Over <strong>7.8 million registered voters<\/strong> participated in the January 11 legislative and municipal elections under Benin\u2019s new Electoral Code.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>pre-electoral period was calm<\/strong>, with political campaigns conducted courteously and no hostile interactions observed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Civil society organisations and election stakeholders conducted extensive<strong> civic and voter education<\/strong>, targeting women, youth, and persons with disabilities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On election day, 72% of polling stations had <strong>election officials<\/strong> present by 6:30 AM, and 97% had started voting by 8:30 AM.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>95% of observed polling stations had the required 5 <strong>election officials, including at least one woman<\/strong>, and 97% had <strong>security personnel<\/strong> ensuring a calm and orderly environment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Essential electoral <strong>materials<\/strong> were available in 99% of polling stations, and the <strong>secret ballot<\/strong> was upheld at all locations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Priority voting<\/strong> measures were respected for elderly voters, persons with disabilities, pregnant women, and nursing mothers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Voting concluded efficiently, with most polling stations finished by 17:30 and <strong>results displayed publicly<\/strong> in 99% of compilation centers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Women represented 29% of candidates<\/strong> on legislative lists (146 titular, 170 substitute), but representation varied across <strong>parties<\/strong>, showing uneven inclusion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12096,"template":"election","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"grantees":[90],"observer":[107],"partner":[],"region":[91,52],"class_list":["post-12090","election","type-election","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","grantees-cadre-dappui-aux-processus-electoraux","observer-cadre-dappui-aux-processus-electoraux","region-benin","region-west-africa"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/election\/12090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/election"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/election"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"grantees","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/grantees?post=12090"},{"taxonomy":"observer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/observer?post=12090"},{"taxonomy":"partner","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/partner?post=12090"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=12090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}