2019 Tunisian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Tunisia on 15 September 2019. No candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round, so a runoff was held on 13 October.

Before the death of incumbent president Beji Caid Essebsi on 25 July, the elections had been planned for 17 and 24 November. However, as a result of Essebsi's death, the elections were brought forward in order to ensure that a new president would take office within 90 days, as required by the constitution.

The elections were the second direct vote for the presidency since the 2011 revolution.

Kaïs Saïed and Nabil Karoui were the two candidates who made it to the run off. In the run-off, Saïed won the election in a landslide victory.

Results
CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond roundVotes%Votes% Kaïs SaïedIndependent620,71118.4 2,777,931  72.7 Nabil KarouiHeart of Tunisia525,51715.6 1,042,894  27.3 Abdelfattah MourouEnnahda Movement434,53012.9 Abdelkrim ZbidiIndependent 361,86410.7 Youssef ChahedLong Live Tunisia249,0497.4 Safi SaïdIndependent 239,9517.1 Lotfi MraihiUnion of the Republican People221,1906.6 Seifeddine MakhloufDignity Coalition147,3514.4 Abir MoussiFree Destourian Party135,4614.0 Mohamed AbbouDemocratic Current122,2873.6 Moncef MarzoukiAl-Irada100,3383.0 Mehdi JomaaTunisian Alternative61,3711.8 Mongi RahouiPopular Front27,3460.8 Hechmi HamdiCurrent of Love25,2840.8 Hamma HammamiIndependent23,2520.7 Elyes FakhfakhEttakatol11,5320.3 Saïd AïdiBeni Watani10,1980.3 Omar MansourIndependent10,1600.3 Mohsen MarzoukMachrouu Tounes7,3760.2 Hamadi JebaliIndependent7,3640.2 Néji JalloulIndependent7,1660.2 Abid BrikiTunisia Forward5,7990.2 Selma Elloumi RekikAl Amal5,0940.2 Mohamed Esghaier NouriIndependent4,5980.1 Slim RiahiNew National Union 4,4720.1 Hatem BoulabiarIndependent3,7040.1Total3,372,973100.0 –Valid votes3,372,97397.3 –Blank votes23,8670.7 –Spoilt votes68,3442.0 –Turnout3,465,18449.0 Registered voters7,074,566  Source: ISIE

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