President Patrice Talon's camp has won the majority of seats in Benin's parliament, the country's Constitutional Court said Thursday (January 12th), in a vote marking the return of the opposition after a four-year absence.
The presidential parties, the Republican Bloc (BR) and the Progressive Union for Renewal (UP-R) won 81 of the 109 seats in parliament, while the main opposition party, the Democrats, won 28 seats in parliament. end of last Sunday's elections.