#Vote229

The hashtag #Vote229 was launched in November 2015 by Beninese bloggers in the run-up to the presidential election in Benin on 28 February 2016 and forms part of a wider citizen monitoring project aimed at contributing to a peaceful, transparent and democratic election, known as “Bénin vote 2016”.

Adopted by a large number of Web 2.0 users, politicians, civil society organisations and the media, it has quickly established itself as the official hashtag for the election. #Vote229 is used to share and disseminate (tag) all information relating to the electoral process. It also enables Beninese citizens to carry out various forms of civic monitoring via social media and blogs, through personal accounts, photos and videos relating to the electoral process. There is a website for monitoring all content tagged with the hashtag #Vote229, which can be found here: www.vote229.org