1999 Tunisian general election

General elections were held in Tunisia on 24 October 1999 to elect a President and Chamber of Deputies. For the first time ever there was more than one candidate in the presidential election; the longstanding requirement for prospective candidates to get at least 30 endorsements had been lifted months earlier.[1] However, incumbent Zine El Abidine Ben Ali easily won a third five-year term with a reported 99.4 percent of the vote.[2] His Constitutional Democratic Rally won 148 of the 183 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. Voter turnout was 92%.[3]

Results

President

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Zine El Abidine Ben Ali	Constitutional Democratic Rally	3,269,067	99.45
	Mohemed Belhaj Amor	Popular Unity Party	10,492	0.31
	Abderrahmane Tlili	Unionist Democratic Union	7,662	0.23
Invalid/blank votes			8,799	–
Total			3,296,020	100
Registered voters/turnout			3,605,942	91.40
Source: Geisser

Parliament

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Constitutional Democratic Rally	2,831,030	91.59	148	+4
	Movement of Socialist Democrats	98,550	3.19	13	+3
	Popular Unity Party	52,054	1.68	7	+5
	Unionist Democratic Union	52,612	1.70	7	+4
	Ettajdid Movement	32,220	1.04	5	+1
	Social Liberal Party	15,024	0.49	2	+2
	Progressive Socialist Rally	5,835	0.19	0	0
	Independents	3,737	0.12	0	0
Invalid/blank votes		9,036	–	–	–
Total		3,100,098	100	182	+19
Registered voters/turnout		3,387,542	91.5	–	–
Source: Geisser, IPU

References

1. Dickovick, J. Tyler (2008). The World Today Series: Africa 2012. Lanham, Maryland: Stryker-Post Publications. ISBN 978-161048-881-5.
2. History - Tunisia Nations Encyclopedia
3. Tunisia: Elections held in 1994 Inter-Parliamentary Union