2019 Tunisian presidential election
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| Turnout | 48.98% (first round)[1] 57.8% (second round)[2] | |||||||||||||||
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Presidential elections were held in Tunisia on 15 September 2019.[3] No candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round, so a runoff was held on 13 October.
Before the death of incumbent president Beji Caid Essebsi on 25 July, the elections had been planned for 17 and 24 November.[4] However, as a result of Essebsi's death, the elections were brought forward in order to ensure that a new president would take office within 90 days, as required by the constitution.
The elections were the second direct vote for the presidency since the 2011 revolution.[5]
Kaïs Saïed and Nabil Karoui were the two candidates who made it to the run off.[6] In the run-off, Saïed won the election in a landslide victory.[7]
Results[change | change source]
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Kaïs Saïed | Independent | 620,711 | 18.4 | 2,777,931 | 72.7 | |
| Nabil Karoui | Heart of Tunisia | 525,517 | 15.6 | 1,042,894 | 27.3 | |
| Abdelfattah Mourou | Ennahda Movement | 434,530 | 12.9 | |||
| Abdelkrim Zbidi | Independent (supported by Nidaa Tounes) | 361,864 | 10.7 | |||
| Youssef Chahed | Long Live Tunisia | 249,049 | 7.4 | |||
| Safi Saïd | Independent | 239,951 | 7.1 | |||
| Lotfi Mraihi | Union of the Republican People | 221,190 | 6.6 | |||
| Seifeddine Makhlouf | Dignity Coalition | 147,351 | 4.4 | |||
| Abir Moussi | Free Destourian Party | 135,461 | 4.0 | |||
| Mohamed Abbou | Democratic Current | 122,287 | 3.6 | |||
| Moncef Marzouki | Al-Irada | 100,338 | 3.0 | |||
| Mehdi Jomaa | Tunisian Alternative | 61,371 | 1.8 | |||
| Mongi Rahoui | Popular Front | 27,346 | 0.8 | |||
| Hechmi Hamdi | Current of Love | 25,284 | 0.8 | |||
| Hamma Hammami | Independent | 23,252 | 0.7 | |||
| Elyes Fakhfakh | Ettakatol | 11,532 | 0.3 | |||
| Saïd Aïdi | Beni Watani | 10,198 | 0.3 | |||
| Omar Mansour | Independent | 10,160 | 0.3 | |||
| Mohsen Marzouk | Machrouu Tounes | 7,376 | 0.2 | |||
| Hamadi Jebali | Independent | 7,364 | 0.2 | |||
| Néji Jalloul | Independent | 7,166 | 0.2 | |||
| Abid Briki | Tunisia Forward | 5,799 | 0.2 | |||
| Selma Elloumi Rekik | Al Amal | 5,094 | 0.2 | |||
| Mohamed Esghaier Nouri | Independent | 4,598 | 0.1 | |||
| Slim Riahi | New National Union | 4,472 | 0.1 | |||
| Hatem Boulabiar | Independent | 3,704 | 0.1 | |||
| Total | 3,372,973 | 100.0 | – | |||
| Valid votes | 3,372,973 | 97.3 | – | |||
| Blank votes | 23,867 | 0.7 | – | |||
| Spoilt votes | 68,344 | 2.0 | – | |||
| Turnout | 3,465,184 | 49.0 | ||||
| Registered voters | 7,074,566 | |||||
| Source: ISIE[permanent dead link] | ||||||
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Tunisia: How a cooking contest has brought rural voters to the ballot box". france24.com. 13 October 2019.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/ISIETN/status/1183485063725490177?s=19
- ↑ "Tunisie: l'élection présidentielle reprogrammée au 15 septembre". Le Figaro/Reuters (in French). 25 July 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ↑ "Tunisia delays presidential elections by one week to Nov 17". Reuters. 30 March 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ↑ "Tunisia set to hold second free presidential election". BBC. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ↑ "Tunisia: Saied, Karoui advance to runoff after topping polls". Al Jazeera. 17 September 2019.
- ↑ "In a blow to its political elites, a modest law professor is set to become Tunisia's next president". The Washington Post. 14 October 2019.
