Tunisia

Assembly of People's Representatives National Council of Regions and Districts

Assembly of People's Representatives

Political system: Presidential-Parliamentary
Structure of parliament: Bicameral
IPU membership: Yes

Election results

Data on parliamentary elections, including the background, candidates, voter turnout, results and the formation of the new legislature. By default the latest election results are displayed. Select a date to view results from previous elections.

Background

Election date(s): 26 Oct 2014
Date of dissolution of the outgoing legislature: 02 Dec 2014
Timing of election: No information available
Number of seats at stake: 217
Scope of elections: Full renewal

Candidates

Number of parties contesting the election: -

Notes: Number of parties contesting the election: 1,500 lists representing more than 100 parties
Total number of candidates: 15,652
Number of female candidates: -

Notes: Percentage of women candidates: About 47%
Percentage of women candidates: 0.0%
The number of women candidates is not available from authoritative sources.: Yes

Voter turnout

Registered voters: 5,236,244
Voters: 3,579,257
Voter turnout: 68.4%

Results

About the election: The elections were the first to be held under the new Constitution adopted in January 2014. No party won an outright majority in the newly-formed Assembly of People's Representatives. Nidaa Tounes, a secular party led by former Prime Minister Beji Caid Essebsi, came in first, taking 86 of the 217 seats. It won 17 more than Ennahdha, an Islamist party which had been the largest force in the previous National Constituent Assembly. Two other parties won more than 10 seats: the Free Patriotic Union (UPL) led by businessman Slim Riahi and the Popular Front, a leftist coalition, led by Mr. Hamma Hammami, which took 16 and 15 seats respectively. Another 15 parties entered parliament with less than 10 seats. Following the example of the 2011 elections to the National Constituent Assembly, the 2014 electoral law required that electoral lists be presented on the basis of gender equality, with women and men alternating on the list. 68 women were elected (31%), up from 57 in 2011.

Following the elections to the National Constituent Assembly in October 2011, Ennahdha had formed a coalition government with two secular parties: the Congress for the Republic (CPR) and the Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties (FDTL, Ettakatol). However, street protests over the murder of two prominent opposition figures by Islamist militants in February and July 2013 led two successive Prime Ministers from the Ennahdha – Mr. Hamadi Jebali and Mr. Ali Laarayedh - to resign. An interim technocratic government led by Mr. Mehdi Jomaa was formed in January 2014.

During the 2014 election campaigning, Nidaa Tounes, which comprises former members of the ousted President Ben Ali's Democratic Constitutional Rally (RCD), promised to work for a new development model to tackle unemployment and social inequality which, in its view, have worsened since 2011. It promised to create more jobs and to revive the tourism industry by bringing security and stability. Ennahdha, led by Mr. Rached Ghannouchi, called on voters’ renewed support, arguing that the party had learned from past mistakes. It called for a unity government to complete the democratic transition and for austerity measures to revive economic growth.

Presidential elections are due on 23 November, which will mark the end of the transitional period after the revolution that ousted President Ben Ali in February 2011.
Number of parties winning seats: 18
Percentage of parties winning seats: 1,800.0%
Percentage of seats won by largest party or coalition: 39.6%
Alternation of power after elections: Not applicable
Number of parties in government: 4
Names of parties in government: Nidaa Tounes, Ennahdha, Free Patriotic Union (UPL) and Afek Tounes

Parties or coalitions winning seats

Parties or coalitions winning seats
Political group	Total
Nidaa Tounes	86
Ennahdha	69
Free Patriotic Union (UPL)	16
Popular Front	15
Afek Tounes	8
Congress for the Republic (CPR)	4
Democratic Current	3
National Destourian Initiative party (Al Moubadara)	3
People's Movement	3
Current of Love (Mahabba)	2
Republican Party (Al Joumhouri)	1
Democratic Alliance	1
National Salvation Front	1
Farmers’ Voice party	1
Movement of Democratic Socialists	1
Call from Tunisians Abroad	1
Independent List Al Majd al-Jerid"	1
Independent List Rad el iîtibar"	1

Members elected, by sex

Number of men elected: 149
Number of women elected: 68
Percentage of women elected: 31.3%
Women Directly Elected: 68
Other notes on the elections: Timing of election: N/A. Election to a new full-fledged parliament replacing the National Constituent Assembly.

Number of parties winning seats: 18 (15 parties and three lists)
Sources: Assembly of People's Representatives (23.12.2014)

La Presse de Tunisie

New legislature

Total number of men after the election: 149
Total number of women after the election: 68
Percentage of women after the election: 31.3%
First-term parliamentarians: 171
Percentage of first-term parliamentarians: 78.8%
Date of the first session: 02 Dec 2014

First Speaker of the new legislature

Personal details for the first Speaker of the new legislature: Mohamed Ennaceur (Male)
Date of birth: 1934
Political party: Nidaa Tounes
Date of election: 04 Dec 2014

Updated at	Structure of parliament
2024-04	Bicameral
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