2014 Tunisian presidential election

2014 Tunisian presidential election

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21 December 2014 (second round)
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Registered5,285,625
Turnout63.18% (first round)
60.34% (second round)
 
Candidate Beji Caid Essebsi Moncef Marzouki
Party Nidaa Tounes CPR
Popular vote 1,731,529 1,378,513
Percentage 55.68% 44.32%


President before election

Moncef Marzouki
CPR

Elected President

Beji Caid Essebsi
Nidaa Tounes

Presidential elections were held in Tunisia on 23 November 2014, a month after parliamentary elections.[1] They were the first free and fair presidential elections since the country gained independence in 1956, and the first direct presidential elections after the Tunisian Revolution of 2011 and the adoption of a new Constitution in January 2014.

As no candidate won a majority in the first round, a second round between incumbent Moncef Marzouki and Nidaa Tounes candidate Beji Caid Essebsi took place on 21 December.[2] Official results released on 22 December showed that Essebsi won the elections with 55.68% of the vote.[3]

  1. ^ "Tunisie : les législatives fixées au 26 octobre et la présidentielle au 23 novembre". Jeune Afrique. 25 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Tunisia presidential runoff set for Dec 21". AP. 7 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Reuters Dec. 22 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).