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"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Dahomey", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 5826, "name_short": "UBF", "name": "Union pour le Bénin du futur", "name_english": "Union for Future Benin", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2002, "year_last": 2007, "share": 37.3, "share_year": 2003, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_for_Future_Benin", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6569, "name_short": "UN", "name": "Union fait la Nation", "name_english": "Union Makes the Nation", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2011, "year_last": 2019, "share": 36.1, "share_year": 2011, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Makes_the_Nation", "description": "consists of 2365 5900 2368 3831 6190 4091 3839", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 2300, "name_short": "FCBE", "name": "Forces Cauris pour un Bénin Emergent", "name_english": "Cowry Forces for an Emerging Benin", "name_other": 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"ParIS", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 4720, "name_short": "GEN/MDD", "name": "Groupement Ethnique du Nord / Mouvement Democratique Dahoméen", "name_english": "Ethnic Group of the North / Dahomeyan Democratic Movement", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1951, "year_last": 1957, "share": 21.4, "share_year": 1957, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahomeyan_Democratic_Movement", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7194, "name_short": "BPA", "name": "Bloc Populaire Africain", "name_english": "African People's Bloc", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1946, "year_last": 1955, "share": 20, "share_year": 1947, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_People%27s_Bloc", "description": "6 of 30 seats in 1946–47 Dahomeyan General Council election", "comment": "ParIS", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7056, "name_short": "UDFP", "name": "Union démocratique des forces du progrès", "name_english": "Democratic Union of the Forces of 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"name_english": "National Movement for Democracy and Development", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1990, "year_last": 1995, "share": 2, "share_year": 1995, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Movement_for_Democracy_and_Development", "description": "", "comment": "ParIS", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7051, "name_short": "ADP", "name": "Alliance pour la Démocratie et le Progrès", "name_english": "Alliance for Democracy and Progress", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1990, "year_last": 1999, "share": 1.4, "share_year": 1995, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_for_Democracy_and_Progress_(Benin)", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" } ], "meta": { "title": "Benin — Political Parties - Free Download", "description": "Political parties of Benin from the Party Facts core parties list (hdigital/partyfactsdata). Each record includes the Party Facts ID, short and long names (localized + English + other transliterations), first and last years of activity, peak vote share with year, and Wikipedia link where available. The Party Facts project links party identities across major comparative-politics datasets (ParlGov, MARPOR/Manifesto, CHES, V-Party, etc.). Contains 50 records. Download in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.", "seo_title": "Benin — Political Parties | ListBase", "seo_description": "Download Benin — Political Parties dataset with 50 records. Available in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.", "key_takeaways": [ "Contains 50 records with 13 fields", "Available for free download in Excel, CSV, and PDF formats", "Data sourced from https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata" ] } }