Tunisian general election, 2004

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 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 91.52% in the presidential election and 86.41% for the Chamber election.

Results

 Summary of the 24 October 2004 Tunisian presidential election results

Candidates		Parties	Votes	%
	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
Valid votes			4,449,558	99.67
Blank or invalid votes			14,779	0.33
Total			4,464,337	100.00
Voter turnout			91.52
Electorate			4,877,905
Source: (French) POGAR

 Summary of the 24 October 2004 Tunisian Chamber of Deputies election results

Parties		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Constitutional Democratic Rally	3,678,645	87.59	152	+4
	Movement of Socialist Democrats	194,829	4.63	14	+1
	Popular Unity Party	152,987	3.64	11	+4
	Unionist Democratic Union	92,708	2.20	7	0
	Ettajdid Movement	43,268	1.74	3	−2
	Social Liberal Party	25,261	0.60	2	0
	Other parties	10,473	0.26	0	−5
Valid votes		4,199,846	99.64	189	+7
Blank or invalid votes		15,305	0.36
Total		4,215,151	100.00
Voter turnout		91.45
Electorate		4,609,237

References

1. Results IFES
2. Results IFES