1989 Tunisian general election

General election in Tunisia 2 April 1989 Tunisia 1964 1974 Tunisian general election 1974 1994 Tunisian general election 1994 yes presidential Presidential election Ben Ali with Taha Yassin Ramadhan 1988 (cropped).jpg Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Socialist Destourian Party 2,087,028 100% President Elected President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali PSD Zine El Abidine Ben Ali PSD General elections were held in Tunisia on 2 April 1989. It was the first time presidential elections had been held since 1974, as Habib Bourguiba had been declared President-for-life the following year. However, Bourguiba was declared medically unfit to rule in 1987, and was succeeded by Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. In the presidential election, Ben Ali was the only candidate to obtain endorsements from 30 political figures, as required by the Constitution. As a result, he was unopposed for a full term.The World Today Series: Africa 2012 Dickovick J. Tyler 2008 Stryker-Post Publications Lanham, Maryland 978-161048-881-5 registration https://archive.org/details/africa20120000dick In the Chamber of Deputies election, the Constitutional Democratic Rally (a renamed Socialist Destourian Party) won 80.6 percent of the vote and all 141 seats. According to official figures, voter turnout was 76.5% in the parliamentary election and 76.1% in the presidential election.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, pp919-20 0-19-829645-2 Results President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Constitutional Democratic Rally 2087028 15348 2762109 Nohlen et al. Chamber of Deputies Although the elections were the closest Tunisia had come to a free election at the time, the results were heavily contested. Different sources offer ostensibly official figures that diverge significantly, particularly in respect to the share of votes received by the Ennahda Movement. Without official recognition as a party, the party fielded independent candidates that received between 10% and 17% of the vote nationally according to different "official" results quoted by different academics.Leveau, Rémy, ‘La Tunisie du Président Ben Ali: Equilibre interne et environnement arabe,’ Maghreb-Machrek No. 124 (1989), p10Burgat, François and William Dowell, The Islamic Movement in North Africa, 2nd Edition (Austin, 1997), p234Murphy, Emma C., Economic and Political Change in Tunisia: From Bourguiba to Ben Ali, (Basingstoke/London, 1999), p180Hermassi, Abdelbaki, ‘The Rise and Fall of the Islamist Movement in Tunisia,’ in Laura Guazzone (ed.), The Islamist Dilemma (Reading, 1995), pp118-119A. Dahmani ‘Tunisie: L’accès aux medias et le code electoral,’ Jeune Afrique (22 January 1990), p33 Constitutional Democratic Rally 1633004 141 +16 Movement of Socialist Democrats 76520 0 New Popular Unity Party 13956 0 New Unionist Democratic Union 7912 0 New Leftist Coalition 7619 0 New Social Party for Progress 5270 0 New Socialist Progressive Rally 4054 0 New IRSP 1224 0 New Independents 277155 0 0 +16 31836 2711925 Nohlen et al. Aftermath Both the legal opposition and the Ennahda Movement accused the government of electoral fraud, with the Ennahda Movement claiming to have received between 60% and 80% of the vote.Daoud, Zakya, ‘Chronique Tunisienne,’ Annuaire de l’Afrique du Nord Vol. 28 (1989), p685 According to other analysts, the elections demonstrated the staying power of the state party RCD, which had expanded its membership in the run-up to the election to encompass nearly 40% of the registered electorate.Daoud, Zakya, Chronique Tunisienne,’ Annuaire de l’Afrique du Nord Vol. 29 (1990), p784Daoud, Zakya, ‘Chronique Tunisienne,’ Annuaire de l’Afrique du Nord Vol. 28 (1989), p684 References General Category:Elections in Tunisia Tunisia Category:Presidential elections in Tunisia Tunisia