Electoral chronology
Date | Type | Observations | Results |
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Oct 24 2004 | Presidential | Ben Ali reelected for 4th term after constitutional amendment allowing him to run again. Official turnout: 91.4%. Ben Ali won 94.5% of vote, two other token candidates shared other 5%. Elections neither free nor fair. | See |
May 26 2002 | Referendum | Referendum held to approve changes to Tunisian constitution, especially abolition of three-term limit for the presidency & elevation from 70 to 75 of required age of candidates. Official turnout: 95.59%, referendum approved by 99.52% of voters. | See |
Oct 24 1999 | Legislative | Elections for 182 seat legislative assembly. Official turnout: 92%. RCD won all 148 constituency seats, five parties shared remaining 34 proportional list seats reserved for opposition. 21 women elected. Elections neither free nor fair. | See |
Oct 24 1999 | Presidential | Ben Ali reelected for 3rd and final term (as per current constitution) in "historic" first pluralist elections. Official turnout: 92%. Ben Ali won 99.4% of votes, two other token candidates shared remaining 0.6%. Elections neither free nor fair. | See |
Mar 20 1994 | Legislative | Elections for enlarged 163 seat legislative assembly. Official turnout: 95.5%. RCD won all 144 constituency seats. For first time a quota of 19 seats reserved for opposition parties, ultimately shared by four. Elections neither free nor fair. | See |
Mar 20 1994 | Presidential | Ben Ali reelected for second term. As the sole candidate in the election, his continuation in the presidency was ratified by 99.91% of voter. Official turnout: 94.9%. An attempt by the human rights activist Moncef Marzouki to run was quashed. | See |
Apr 02 1989 | Presidential | First presidential elections since 1974. Ben Ali is elected unopposed, sixteen months after seizing power, with 99.3% of the vote. Turnout was a credible 76.46%. | See |
Apr 02 1989 | Legislative | Tunisia's first properly multiparty elections after multi-party pact with government in November 1988. RCD (former PSD) won all 141 seats. Opposition & independents (Ennahda) officially won 20% of votes perhaps more given fraud allegations. Turnout: 76.5% | See |