2009 Tunisian general election

none May 2022 2009 Tunisian general election Tunisia 2004 Tunisian general election 2004 25 October 2009 2011 Tunisian Constituent Assembly election 2011 yes Presidential election presidential no 89.45% Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (cropped) 3x4.jpg Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Democratic Constitutional Rally 4,238,711 89.62% 3x4.svg Mohamed Bouchiha fr Popular Unity Party (Tunisia) 236,955 5.01% President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Democratic Constitutional Rally Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Democratic Constitutional Rally General elections were held in Tunisia on 25 October 2009.fr Official decree of 7 July 2009July 2018 InternetArchiveBot no Results released on 26 October 2009 indicated a substantial victory for incumbent President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who won the reelection for a fifth five-year term, and the governing Constitutional Democratic Rally. It was the last election contested under the Ben Ali regime, prior to the Tunisian Revolution. 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".Tunisian president in fifth win, BBC News, 26 October 2009. 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.World datelines https://web.archive.org/web/20091103010650/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705339747/World-datelines.html 2009-11-03 , Deseret News, 27 October 2009 There also were reports of mistreatment of an opposition candidate.Opposition leader who gave TV interview in Paris is beaten by police on his return https://web.archive.org/web/20171019235016/http://www.menassat.com/?q=en%2Falerts%2F7221-opposition-leader-who-gave-tv-interview-paris-beaten-police-his-return 2017-10-19 Menassat, 1 October 2009 Results President The Interior Ministry released the official results for the election on Monday 26 October 2009.Fifth term for Tunisia's presidentJune 2024 medicmedic, Press Association, 26 October 2009. Voter turnout was recorded at 89.40% with 4,447,388 of Tunisia's 5.3 million registered voters participating.A parliamentary majority for the Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) with 89.59%July 2018 InternetArchiveBot no , Tunisia Online News, October 26, 2009. In the presidential race, incumbent president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali won 89.62% of the vote. His nearest rivals were Mohamed Bouchiha with 5.01% of the vote and Ahmed Inoubli with 3.80%, and Ahmed Brahum with 1.57%. Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Constitutional Democratic Rally 4238711 Mohamed Bouchiha fr Popular Unity Party 236955 Ahmed Inoubli Unionist Democratic Union 179726 Ahmed Brahim Ettajdid Movement 74257 7718 5296008 POGAR Parliament In the Chamber of Deputies election, the Democratic Constitutional Rally, which had governed continuously from Tunisia's independence from France in 1956 until the Tunisian Revolution, won 84.59% of the vote and 161 seats. The Movement of Socialist Democrats won 16 seats with 4.63% of the vote, the Popular Unity Party won 12 seats and 3.39% of votes, The Unionist Democratic Union won 9 seats with 2.56%. 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. File:Tunisian Parliament 2009.svg Democratic Constitutional Rally 3754559 161 +9 Movement of Socialist Democrats 205374 16 +2 Popular Unity Party 150639 12 +1 Unionist Democratic Union 113773 9 +2 Social Liberal Party 99468 8 +6 Green Party for Progress 74185 6 New Ettajdid Movement 22206 2 −1 Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties 5329 0 New Progressive Democratic Party 1412 0 0 Independent lists 11552 0 0 8891 +25 4974707 POGAR References External links Tunisian president re-elected for fifth term Presidential and Legislative Elections in Tunisia - 2009 Media Ben Ali reelected with 89 per cent - Radio France Internationale en Unsurprising victory for Ben Ali - Radio France Internationale fr Final results give President Ben Ali a fifth term - France 24 en Ben Ali wins unsurprising landslide in presidential election - France 24 fr Tunisia Category:Elections in Tunisia Category:2009 in Tunisia Category:Presidential elections in Tunisia Category:October 2009 in Africa