Benin’s Talon Wins Re-Election in Vote Lacking Main Opposition
- Talon won 86% of votes, electoral commission’s tally shows
- Country’s highest court rejected 17 out of 20 candidates
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Benin’s President Patrice Talon won re-election Tuesday with 86% of votes, according to provisional results, and is expected to lead the West African nation for another five years.
Talon got 1.98 millions of ballots cast, according to the Autonomous National Electoral Commission, known by its French acronym, Cena. His closest opponent, Alassane Soumanou, a former education minister, received 11.3% of voters’ support, and the only other candidate got 2.4%.