Only the Progressive Union for Renewal and the Republican Bloc, which are both affiliated with Talon, managed to gain seats in the assembly, according to the electoral commission on Saturday night.
There will be 49 members in the Republican Bloc and 60 in the Progressive Union for Renewal.
A party must receive 20 percent of the vote in each of the 24 electoral districts in order to be eligible for seat allocation, as required by a new electoral code.
The Democrats, the main opposition party, disputed the threshold by failing to pass the majority of the vote.
The outcome strengthens the presidential bloc’s position ahead of the April presidential election, in which 67-year-old Talon, who has been in power for a decade, is barred from running for president once more by term limits.
Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni, who he handpicked, is anticipated to take his place. In addition, the Democrats are unable to participate in the presidential election because they failed to collect enough signatures to register.
They were prevented from holding local elections that followed last week’s legislative elections by the same rule.
According to The Associated Press news agency, “These results confirm the struggle that [The Democrats] party has been wagering for about two years,” according to Guy Mitokpe, a party spokesperson.
We denounced the electoral code, claiming that it favored political parties that supported the president. It is an electoral code that excludes people. We were excluded from the municipal elections and won’t have a candidate for president as evidence.
According to officials, 36.7 percent of voters turned out for the elections last weekend, which is roughly on par with the 37 percent that was attained in the most recent legislative polls in 2023.
The legislative vote took place weeks after a deadly military coup attempt to overthrow Talon, which lasted for a few hours on December 7 before being revealed as a result.
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Source: Aljazeera
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