2019 Tunisian presidential election

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.

2019 Tunisian presidential election
15 September 2019 (first round)
13 October 2019 (second round)
Turnout48.98% (first round)[1]
57.8% (second round)[2]
 
Candidate Kaïs Saïed Nabil Karoui
Party Independent Heart of Tunisia
Popular vote 2,777,931 1,042,894
Percentage 72.71 27.29
President before election

Mohamed Ennaceur (interim)
Nidaa Tounes

 Elected President

Kaïs Saïed
Independent

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
Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Kaïs SaïedIndependent620,71118.42,777,93172.7
Nabil KarouiHeart of Tunisia525,51715.61,042,89427.3
Abdelfattah MourouEnnahda Movement434,53012.9
Abdelkrim ZbidiIndependent (supported by Nidaa Tounes)361,86410.7
Youssef ChahedLong Live Tunisia249,0497.4
Safi SaïdIndependent239,9517.1
Lotfi MraihiUnion of the Republican People221,1906.6
Seifeddine MakhloufDignity Coalition147,3514.4
Abir MoussiFree Destourian Party135,4614.0
Mohamed AbbouDemocratic Current122,2873.6
Moncef MarzoukiAl-Irada100,3383.0
Mehdi JomaaTunisian Alternative61,3711.8
Mongi RahouiPopular Front27,3460.8
Hechmi HamdiCurrent of Love25,2840.8
Hamma HammamiIndependent23,2520.7
Elyes FakhfakhEttakatol11,5320.3
Saïd AïdiBeni Watani10,1980.3
Omar MansourIndependent10,1600.3
Mohsen MarzoukMachrouu Tounes7,3760.2
Hamadi JebaliIndependent7,3640.2
Néji JalloulIndependent7,1660.2
Abid BrikiTunisia Forward5,7990.2
Selma Elloumi RekikAl Amal5,0940.2
Mohamed Esghaier NouriIndependent4,5980.1
Slim RiahiNew National Union4,4720.1
Hatem BoulabiarIndependent3,7040.1
Total3,372,973100.0–
Valid votes3,372,97397.3–
Blank votes23,8670.7–
Spoilt votes68,3442.0–
Turnout3,465,18449.0
Registered voters7,074,566
Source: ISIE

References
  1. "Tunisia: How a cooking contest has brought rural voters to the ballot box". france24.com. 13 October 2019.
  2. https://twitter.com/ISIETN/status/1183485063725490177?s=19
  3. "Tunisie: l'élection présidentielle reprogrammée au 15 septembre". Le Figaro/Reuters (in French). 25 July 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  4. "Tunisia delays presidential elections by one week to Nov 17". Reuters. 30 March 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  5. "Tunisia set to hold second free presidential election". BBC. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  6. "Tunisia: Saied, Karoui advance to runoff after topping polls". Al Jazeera. 17 September 2019.
  7. "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.
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