sentences:  In 1979, the lists of the party received 1,243,286 votes (97.9%), in 1984 the lists of the party received 1,811,208 votes (98.1%) and in 1989 the lists of the party received 1,695,860 votes (89.6%).In 1989, the party renounced Marxism-Leninism as its ideological guidance.It remained the governing force of Benin until 1990.