REPUBLIC OF BENIN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF MARCH 2006 =================================================================== Source: National Autonomous Election Commission website Parties ------------------------------------------------------------------- * PRD - Parti du Renouveau Démocratique (Party of Democratic Renewal) * PSD - Parti Social-Démocrate (Social-Democratic Party) FIRST ROUND: 5 MARCH =================================================================== NATIONAL SUMMARY =================================================================== Registered voters: 4,012,209 Votes counted: 2,348,074 58.5 Invalid votes: 74,224 03.2 Valid votes: 2,273,850 96.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Séverin Adjovi 32,178 01.4 Bruno Amoussou PRD 432,718 19.0 Antoine Dayori 30,407 01.3 Adrien Houngbédji PSD 573,293 25.2 Antoine Idji 89,941 04.0 Lazare Sèhouéto 37,478 01.6 Léhady Soglo 195,144 08.6 Boni Yayi 726,501 31.9 18 others 156,190 06.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,273,850 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidates polling less than 1% have been aggregated as "others." SECOND ROUND: 19 MARCH =================================================================== NATIONAL SUMMARY =================================================================== Registered voters: 4,027,795 Votes counted: 2,699,173 67.0 Invalid votes: 56,102 02.1 Valid votes: 2,643,071 97.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------- Adrien Houngbédji PSD 673,763 25.5 Boni Yayi 1,969,308 74.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,643,071 -------------------------------------------------------------------