2009 Tunisian general election

General elections were held in Tunisia on 25 October 2009.[1] Results released on 26 October 2009 indicated a substantial victory for incumbent President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who won the reelection for a fifth five-year term, and the governing Constitutional Democratic Rally. It was the last election contested under the Ben Ali regime, prior to the Tunisian Revolution.

2009 Tunisian general election
October 25, 2009 (2009-10-25)
Turnout89.45%
 
PUP
Nominee Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Mohamed Bouchiha
Party RCD PUP
Popular vote 4,238,711 236,955
Percentage 89.62% 5.01%
 
UDU
Nominee Ahmed Inoubli Ahmed Brahim
Party UDU Ettajdid
Popular vote 179,726 74,257
Percentage 3.80% 1.57%
President before election

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
RCD

 Elected President

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
RCD

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Observers

The African Union sent a team of election observers to cover the election. The delegation was led by Benjamin Bounkoulou who described the election as "free and fair".[2] However, a spokesperson from the United States State Department indicated that Tunisia did not allow international monitoring of elections, but the U.S. was still committed to working with the president of Tunisia and its government.[3] There also were reports of mistreatment of an opposition candidate.[4]

Results

President

The Interior Ministry released the official results for the election on Monday 26 October 2009.[5] Voter turnout was recorded at 89.40% with 4,447,388 of Tunisia's 5.3 million registered voters participating.[6] In the presidential race, incumbent president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali won 89.62% of the vote.[5] His nearest rivals were Mohamed Bouchiha with 5.01% of the vote and Ahmed Inoubli with 3.80%, and Ahmed Brahum with 1.57%.[5]

Candidate Party Votes %
Zine El Abidine Ben AliConstitutional Democratic Rally4,238,71189.62
Mohamed BouchihaPopular Unity Party236,9555.01
Ahmed InoubliUnionist Democratic Union179,7263.80
Ahmed BrahimEttajdid Movement74,2571.57
Invalid/blank votes7,718–
Total4,737,367100
Registered voters/turnout5,296,00889.45
Source: POGAR

Parliament

In the Chamber of Deputies election, the Democratic Constitutional Rally, which had governed continuously from Tunisia's independence from France in 1956 until the Tunisian Revolution, won 84.59% of the vote and 161 seats.[5][6] The Movement of Socialist Democrats won 16 seats with 4.63% of the vote, the Popular Unity Party won 12 seats and 3.39% of votes, The Unionist Democratic Union won 9 seats with 2.56%.[6] The remaining 16 seats were divided between the Social Liberal Party, who won eight seats, the Green Party for Progress, who won six and the Movement Ettajdid who won two seats.[6]

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Constitutional Democratic Rally3,754,55984.59161+9
Movement of Socialist Democrats205,3744.6316+2
Popular Unity Party150,6393.3912+1
Unionist Democratic Union113,7732.569+2
Social Liberal Party99,4682.248+6
Green Party for Progress74,1851.676New
Ettajdid Movement22,2060.502−1
Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties5,3290.120New
Progressive Democratic Party1,4120.030New
Independent lists11,5520.260–
Invalid/blank votes8,891–––
Total4,447,388100214+25
Registered voters/turnout4,974,70789.40––
Source: POGAR

References
  1. (in French) Official decree of July 7, 2009
  2. Tunisian president in fifth win, BBC News, October 26, 2009.
  3. World datelines, Deseret News, Oct. 27, 2009
  4. Opposition leader who gave TV interview in Paris is beaten by police on his return Archived 2017-10-19 at the Wayback Machine Menassat, October 1st, 2009
  5. Fifth term for Tunisia's president, Press Association, October 26, 2009.
  6. A parliamentary majority for the Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) with 89.59%, Tunisia Online News, October 26, 2009.

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