Elections 2026: the Bloc Républicain bans individual candidate posters

In an internal memo addressed to campaign and constituency coordinators, the party president, Abdoulaye Bio Tchané, formally banned the use of posters featuring images of individual candidates.

Specifically, party activists are now forbidden from using visual materials that include photos of candidates in any form. Only official posters that comply with the party’s national directives may be deployed as part of the campaign.

This measure is part of a strategic coherence approach aimed at emphasizing the party’s collective identity rather than candidates’ personalities. It comes a few days after a similar decision by the Union progressiste le Renouveau (UP-R), which issued a comparable directive for its own candidates.

The Bloc Républicain thus joins the momentum that favors communication centered on the party’s colors, messages and symbols rather than on individual candidate portraits in the media campaign and on the ground.

This approach could also respond to the regulatory imperatives of the electoral campaign, which aim to ensure fair competition while respecting the standards established by the regulatory authorities.