1994 Tunisian general election

General elections were held in Tunisia on 20 March 1994 to elect a President and Chamber of Deputies. In the presidential election, incumbent Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was re-elected unopposed for a second five-year term; he was the only candidate to get endorsements from 30 political figures, as required by the Constitution.[1] In the Chamber election, Ben Ali's Constitutional Democratic Rally won 144 seats in an expanded 163-seat Chamber with 97.1 percent of the vote; six other parties received two percent of the vote between them with four winning seats. It was the first time since Tunisia gained independence that the RCD would face any opposition MPs. Voter turnout was 95.47%.[2][3]

Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Zine El Abidine Ben AliConstitutional Democratic Rally2,987,375100.00
Total2,987,375100.00
Valid votes2,987,37599.92
Invalid/blank votes2,5050.08
Total votes2,989,880100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,150,61294.90
Source: Nohlen et al.

Chamber of Deputies

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Constitutional Democratic Rally2,768,66797.73144+3
Movement of Socialist Democrats30,6601.0810+10
Ettajdid Movement11,2990.404New
Unionist Democratic Union9,1520.323+3
Popular Unity Party8,3910.302+2
Social Liberal Party1,8920.0700
Progressive Socialist Rally1,7490.060New
Independents1,0610.0400
Total2,832,871100.001630
Valid votes2,832,87199.69
Invalid/blank votes8,6860.31
Total votes2,841,557100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,976,36695.47
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. ^ Dickovick, J. Tyler (2008). The World Today Series: Africa 2012. Lanham, Maryland: Stryker-Post Publications. ISBN 978-161048-881-5.
  2. ^ Tunisia: Elections held in 1994 Inter-Parliamentary Union
  3. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook pp919-921 ISBN 0-19-829645-2