In Benin, the number of ANEC members has varied from one election to the other: 17 members in 1996, 23 in 1999, 25 until 2007, and since the adoption of the last law on the general rules for elections in the Republic of Benin, which dates back to November 2007, the number of ANEC members has been brought down to 17. The number of members of the national bureau of ANEC has equally changed: 5 in 1996, 9 in 2003 and 7 in 2006; it was brought back to 5 since 2007. These variations are linked with changes relating to the territorial administration of the state(subdivisions of the territory) and the developments at the level of the electoral body itself. In each department(old departments which comprise two new departments each), provisions are expected to be made for ANEC coordinators. In law n°2007-025 on the general rules for elections in the Republic of Benin mentioned here above, provisions are made for one coordinator fromANEC per department 1 . The ANEC coordinator in the department has a departmental electoral committee(DEC) under his direct control which supervises the activities of the community electoral committees(CEC), under whose authority the village electoral committees(VEC) work. These latter committees ensure the good implementation of the tasks entrusted to the census agents and members of the polling booths(on the day of elections). For each department, a headquarters is designated, because each departmental electoral committee must reside in a headquarters. The national office of ANEC is assisted by a technical committee made up of persons recruited by ANEC upon invitation to present applications which fulfil the profiles required. This committee helps 1 It is necessary to recognize the fact that, over time, this number which follows the example of all the other concerning Benin ANEC, has changed. Often, it was 2 coordinators per department and 3 coordinators for 2 departments; now(at least since the electoral law of November 2007), it is 1 ANEC coordinator per department. 50