1974 Tunisian general election

none 3 November 1974 Tunisia 1964 1969 Tunisian general election 1969 1989 Tunisian general election 1989 yes presidential Presidential election Habib Bourguiba Portrait.jpg Habib Bourguiba Socialist Destourian Party 1,570,954 100% President Elected President Habib Bourguiba PSD Habib Bourguiba PSD General elections were held in Tunisia on 3 November 1974 to elect a President and Chamber of Deputies. At the time the country was a one-party state with the Socialist Destourian Party (PSD) as the sole legal party. In the presidential election, Habib Bourguiba was the only candidate by virtue as his role as the chairman of the PSD. In the Chamber election, the PSD put forward a single list of candidates in each constituency. Voter turnout was 96.8% in the Chamber election.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p918 0-19-829645-2 In March 1975, four months after the election, the Chamber of Deputies voted to make Bourguiba president for life.Biography https://web.archive.org/web/20180629000444/http://www.bourguiba.com/pages/biography.aspx 2018-06-29 President Habib Bourguiba As a result, there were no presidential elections until 1989, after Bourguiba's overthrow. Results President Habib Bourguiba Socialist Destourian Party 1570954 2337 1623743 Nohlen et al. Chamber of Deputies Socialist Destourian Party 1570954 112 +11 +11 2337 1623743 IPU, Nohlen et al. References Tunisia Category:Elections in Tunisia Category:1974 in Tunisia Category:Single-candidate elections Category:One-party elections Category:Presidential elections in Tunisia Category:November 1974 in Africa