2009 Tunisian general election
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Presidential and parliamentary 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 and the governing Constitutional Democratic Rally.
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]
Candidates
There were four candidates in the presidential election:
- Incumbent Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (Constitutional Democratic Rally)
- Ahmed Ibrahim (Movement Ettajdid)
- Mohamed Bouchiha (Party of People's Unity)
- Ahmed Inoubli (Unionist Democratic Union)
Results
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]
In the Chamber of Deputies election, the Democratic Constitutional Rally, which has governed continuously since Tunisia's independence from France in 1956, won 84.59% of the vote and 161 seats.[6][5] The Movement of Socialist Democrats won 16 seats with 4.63% of the vote, the Party of People's Unity 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]
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References
- ^ Template:Fr Official decree of July 7, 2009
- ^ Tunisian president in fifth win, BBC News, October 26, 2009.
- ^ World datelines, Deseret News, Oct. 27, 2009
- ^ Opposition leader who gave TV interview in Paris is beaten by police on his return Menassat, October 1st, 2009
- ^ a b c d Fifth term for Tunisia's president, Press Association, October 26, 2009.
- ^ a b c d A parliamentary majority for the Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) with 89.59%, Tunisia Online News, October 26, 2009.
External links
Media
- Ben Ali reelected with 89 per cent - Radio France Internationale Transclusion error: {{En}} is only for use in File namespace. Use {{langx|en}} or {{in lang|en}} instead.
- Unsurprising victory for Ben Ali - Radio France Internationale Template:Fr
- Final results give President Ben Ali a fifth term - France 24 Transclusion error: {{En}} is only for use in File namespace. Use {{langx|en}} or {{in lang|en}} instead.
- Ben Ali wins unsurprising landslide in presidential election - France 24 Template:Fr
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