2004 Tunisian general election
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General elections were held in Tunisia on 24 October 2004 to elect a President and Chamber of Deputies. In the presidential election, incumbent Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was re-elected for a fourth five-year term, allegedly with 94.49% of the vote.[1] In the Chamber of Deputies elections his Constitutional Democratic Rally party won 152 of the 189 seats.[2] Voter turnout was stated to be 91.52% in the presidential election and 86.41% for the Chamber election.
Results
[edit]President
[edit]Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Zine El Abidine Ben Ali | Constitutional Democratic Rally | 4,204,292 | 94.49 | |
Mohamed Bouchiha | Popular Unity Party | 167,986 | 3.78 | |
Mohamed Ali Halouani | Ettajdid Movement | 42,213 | 0.95 | |
Mounir Beji | Social Liberal Party | 35,067 | 0.79 | |
Total | 4,449,558 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 4,449,558 | 99.67 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 14,779 | 0.33 | ||
Total votes | 4,464,337 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 4,877,905 | 91.52 | ||
Source: POGAR |
Parliament
[edit]Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Constitutional Democratic Rally | 3,678,645 | 87.59 | 152 | +4 | |
Movement of Socialist Democrats | 194,829 | 4.64 | 14 | +1 | |
Popular Unity Party | 152,987 | 3.64 | 11 | +4 | |
Unionist Democratic Union | 92,708 | 2.21 | 7 | 0 | |
Ettajdid Movement | 43,268 | 1.03 | 3 | −2 | |
Social Liberal Party | 26,099 | 0.62 | 2 | 0 | |
Progressive Democratic Party | 10,217 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 | |
Independents | 1,093 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 4,199,846 | 100.00 | 189 | +7 | |
Valid votes | 4,199,846 | 99.64 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 15,305 | 0.36 | |||
Total votes | 4,215,151 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 4,609,237 | 91.45 | |||
Source: IFES, UNHRC |