Benin electoral dashboard live

Vie Publique SN said on April 12 that its live dashboard for Benin’s presidential election was online, adding a civic-tech layer to election-day monitoring. (x.com) The vote itself is scheduled for Sunday, April 12, 2026, under Benin’s official electoral calendar published by the Autonomous National Electoral Commission, known as CENA. CENA’s site said final preparations were under way in late March. (cena.bj) Benin’s presidential race pits two tickets against each other: Romuald Wadagni with Mariam Chabi Talata, and Paul Hounkpè with Judicaël Hounwanou. Benin election reporting ahead of the vote said more than 7 million voters were expected at the polls. (laffichedujour.bj) (beninwebtv.com) The dashboard sits inside a wider civic-tech push built around AfricTivistes CitizenLab Bénin, which describes itself as a citizen-information platform focused on digital citizenship, transparency and participation. Its site says the lab has trained more than 150 young people, completed 10 projects and built 5 partnerships. (citizenlabbenin.org) AfricTivistes said this year that it selected 12 projects for its Election Civic Tech Fund after reviewing more than 170 applications. Separate reporting on the fund said it carries a total envelope of 175,000 euros across 14 African countries, including Benin. (africtivistes.net) (letechobservateur.sn) That places the Benin dashboard in an election already under outside scrutiny. A National Democratic Institute pre-election mission said in February that the April 12 vote was unfolding amid “significant polarization, limited competition and rising insecurity in certain parts of the country.” (ndi.org) The same mission said election preparations were progressing as planned, but it also called for longer-term reforms to protect political pluralism. The delegation met CENA, the Constitutional Court, media regulators, political parties, both presidential candidates, civil society groups and journalists. (ndi.org) Benin’s 2026 election is also the first presidential vote since President Patrice Talon confirmed he would leave office at the end of his second term. The National Democratic Institute said that makes Benin one of the few French-speaking African countries where leaders have consistently respected presidential term limits over the past three decades. (ndi.org) For election day, that leaves a simple test for tools like this dashboard: whether they can help citizens, observers and media follow the same vote in real time from one place. (x.com) (citizenlabbenin.org)