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Benin is voting for a new president on Sunday, with nearly eight million voters eligible to cast ballots to choose a successor to Patrice Talon.
President Talon is stepping down after two five-year terms and has endorsed Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni as his potential successor.
Backed by the two main ruling parties, Wadagni is widely expected to win. He is being challenged by Paul Hounkpe, an opposition figure whose campaign has been very low-key and who needed help from majority lawmakers to secure the required parliamentary endorsements to get on the ballot.
The main opposition The Democrats party is not fielding a candidate as its leader, Renaud Agbodjo, failed to secure the required number of parliamentary endorsements needed to contest the vote.
The ruling majority blames The Democrats' exclusion on internal divisions. Several senior figures in the party joined Wadagni's campaign.
Benin's next elections will only take place in 2033, as a constitutional reform passed last year has extended the presidential term from five to seven years and synchronised all elections to take place then.
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