APA – Cotonou (Benin)
Sunday’s legislative elections in Benin for which 5.4 million people were registered, failed to attract a large voter turnout, APA can report Monday after 24 hours without official figures.
Thus, most of the polling stations visited by APA were almost deserted, despite their opening at 7am. In the Bakpara district, in the commune of Kandi, in the Alibori department in northern Benin (first electoral district), only a few dozen citizens were queuing in front of the voting places. One of them, Bio Mama Bouhari, confessed that he did not get much sleep in order to be able to perform his civic duty early. In the end, the low attendance made it easier for him.
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