Tunisian general election, 1999

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

 Summary of the 24 October 1999 Tunisian presidential election results

Candidates		Parties	Votes	%
	Zine El Abidine Ben Ali	Constitutional Democratic Rally	3,269,067	99.45
	Mohemed Belhaj Amor	Popular Unity Party	10,594	0.31
	Abderrahmen Tlili	Unionist Democratic Union	7,560	0.23
Blank or invalid votes				-
Total				100.00
Source: (French) Samir Gharbi, « Radiographie d'une élection », Jeune Afrique, 2 novembre 1999

 Summary of the 24 October 1999 Tunisian Chamber of Deputies election results

Parties		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Constitutional Democratic Rally			148	+4
	Movement of Socialist Democrats			13	+3
	Popular Unity Party			7	+5
	Unionist Democratic Union			7	+4
	Ettajdid Movement			5	+1
	Social Liberal Party			2	+2
Valid votes		3,091,062	99.7	182	+19
Blank or invalid votes		9,036	0.3
Total		3,100,098	100.0
Voter turnout		91.5
Electorate		3,387,542
Source: IPU.org

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