Cowry Forces for an Emerging Benin

(Redirected from Cauris Forces for an Emerging Benin) Political party in Benin

Cowry Forces for an Emerging Benin Forces Cauris pour un Bénin émergent

Chairman	Janvier Yahouédéou [fr]
Secretary-General	Timothée Zannou
Founded	2003
Ideology	Populism Liberalism
Political position	Centre
National Assembly of Benin	0 / 109
Municipal Councilors	396 / 1,815
Website
fcbe.bj (archived)
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The Cowry Forces for an Emerging Benin (French: Forces Cauris pour un Bénin émergent, FCBE) is a political party of Benin, formed by supporters of president Yayi Boni. In the parliamentary election held on 31 March 2007, the party won 35 out of 83 seats. The party expanded its plurality to 41 seats in the 2011 election that followed the contested reelection of Yayi Boni as president.

After President Boni Yayi had served maximum two five-year terms, Lionel Zinsou, the candidate for Cowry Forces for an Emerging Benin (FCBE), lost the March 2016 presidential election to Patrice Talon.

A controversial new electoral code introduced in July 2018 saw the party fail to be validated to run in the 2019 Beninese parliamentary election.

Electoral history

Parliamentary elections

Year	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/-	Position	Outcome
2007	Thomas Boni Yayi			35 / 83	New	1st	Government
2011	Thomas Boni Yayi	665,810	33.30	41 / 83	6	1st	Government
2015	Nassirou Bako Arifari	889,362	30.19	33 / 83	8	1st	Government
2019	Not allowed to participate						Extra-parliamentary
2023	Janvier Yahouédéou	109,598	4.42	0 / 109	33	4th	Extra-parliamentary

Municipal elections

Year	Votes	%	Councillors	+/-	Result
2020	372,818	15%	396 / 1,815	396	3rd

References

NOSSITER, ADAM. "Scheme May Unmoor Benin, an Anchor of Stability". Wilmington Star-News. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
Elections in Benin, African Elections Database.
"Businessman 'wins Benin's presidential election'". 21 March 2016.

In coalition with Amana Alliance.

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National Assembly	Progressive Union for Renewal (53) Republican Bloc (28) The Democrats (28)
Unrepresented	Cowry Forces for an Emerging Benin–Amana Alliance Union Makes the Nation MADEP PSD Key Force MDS UNDP RDL Vivoten Democratic Renewal Party RB–RP National Alliance for Development and Democracy Sun Alliance UDSN UPR FE United Democratic Forces Scout Alliance CBE PDPS Alliance for a Triumphant Benin Union for Benin Résoatao Party Alliance for Revival Alliance of the Forces of Progress Movement for the People's Alternative Restore the Hope Communist Party of Benin
Defunct	People's Revolutionary Party of Benin
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