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Political party in French Dahomey

African People's Bloc Bloc Populaire Africain
Abbreviation	BPA
Founder	Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin Émile Poisson
Founded	1946
Dissolved	July 1955
Split from	Dahomeyan Progressive Union
Merged into	Dahomeyan Democratic Union

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The African People's Bloc (French: Bloc Populaire Africain, BPA) was a political party in French Dahomey (now Benin).

History

The party was established in 1946 by Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin and Émile Poisson due to their dissatisfaction with the policies of the Dahomeyan Progressive Union (UPD). In the 1946–47 General Council elections the party won 6 of the 30 seats, finishing second to the Dahomeyan Progressive Union; Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin and Poisson were both elected. The party failed to win a seat in the French National Assembly in the 1951 elections, but won four seats in the 1952 Territorial Assembly elections.

In 1955 the party merged with the UPD to form the Dahomeyan Democratic Union.

Mathurin C Houngnikpo & Samuel Decalo (2012) Historical Dictionary of Benin, Scarecrow Press, p81
Joseph-Roger de Benoist (1982) Afrique Occidentale française de 1944 à 1960, p537
Sternberger, D, Vogel, B, Nohlen, D & Landfried, K (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Ereste Halbband, p530 (in German)
A propos de l’excellente chronique du Professeur Amoussou YEYE, contenu dans lnt La Nouvelle Tribine, 12 June 2009

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