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==Background==
==Background==
In April 2019, incumbent President [[Beji Caid Essebsi]] said that he would not seek re-election, opening the candidate field to other candidates. However, Essebsi died on 25 July at age 92, with five months left in his term. The [[President of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People]], [[Mohamed Ennaceur]], became interim president, according to the [[Constitution of Tunisia|Constitutional]] provision for presidential succession.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tunisia-president-ennaceur-idUSKCN1UK1QM|title=Tunisia parliament speaker Ennaceur to serve as temporary president|date=25 July 2019|work=Reuters|access-date=25 July 2019|language=en}}</ref> According to Article 84 of the Tunisian constitution, an interim president may serve for a maximum of 90 days, meaning Ennaceur's role is due to expire on 23 October 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Tunisia_2014.pdf|title=Tunisia's Constitution of 2014|date=1 September 2019|website=Constitute Project|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref>{{Better source|date=July 2019}} In order to comply with this, the High Authority for Elections announced the election will be held sooner than scheduled,<ref name=BBCfirstpresident>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-49111905|title=Tunisia's first freely elected president dies|date=25 July 2019|website=BBC|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref> being moved up from 17 and 24 November to 15 and 29 September.
In April 2019, incumbent President [[Beji Caid Essebsi]] said that he would not seek re-election, opening the candidate field to other candidates. However, Essebsi died on 25 July at age 92, with five months left in his term. The [[President of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People]], [[Mohamed Ennaceur]], became interim president, according to the [[Constitution of Tunisia|Constitutional]] provision for presidential succession.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tunisia-president-ennaceur-idUSKCN1UK1QM|title=Tunisia parliament speaker Ennaceur to serve as temporary president|date=25 July 2019|work=Reuters|access-date=25 July 2019|language=en}}</ref> According to Article 84 of the Tunisian constitution, an interim president may serve for a maximum of 90 days, meaning Ennaceur's role is due to expire on 23 October 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Tunisia_2014.pdf|title=Tunisia's Constitution of 2014|date=1 September 2019|website=Constitute Project|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref>{{Better source|date=July 2019}} In order to comply with this, the High Authority for Elections announced the election will be held sooner than scheduled,<ref name="BBCfirstpresident">{{Cite web|url=https://sexupmovies.info|title=Tunisia's first freely elected president dies|last=|first=|date=25 July 2019|website=BBC|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref> being moved up from 17 and 24 November to 15 and 29 September.


As no candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round, a [[two-round system|runoff]] will be held in October between the top two candidates, Kaïs Saïed and Nabil Karoui.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/09/tunisia-saied-karoui-advance-run-topping-polls-190917151651216.html|title=Tunisia: Saied, Karoui advance to runoff after topping polls|work=[[Al Jazeera]]|date=17 September 2019}}</ref>
As no candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round, a [[two-round system|runoff]] will be held in October between the top two candidates, Kaïs Saïed and Nabil Karoui.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/09/tunisia-saied-karoui-advance-run-topping-polls-190917151651216.html|title=Tunisia: Saied, Karoui advance to runoff after topping polls|work=[[Al Jazeera]]|date=17 September 2019}}</ref>
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==References==
==References==
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2019 Tunisian presidential election
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Turnout49% (first round)[1]
 
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Candidate Kaïs Saïed Nabil Karoui
Party Independent Heart of Tunisia
Incumbent President

Mohamed Ennaceur (interim)
Nidaa Tounes



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Presidential elections were held in Tunisia on 15 September 2019,[2] the second direct vote for the presidency since the 2011 revolution.[3] The elections had originally been planned for 17 and 24 November,[4] but were brought forward after the death of incumbent president Beji Caid Essebsi on 25 July to ensure that a new president would take office within 90 days, as required by the constitution.

As no candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round, a runoff will be held in September or October between the top two candidates, Kaïs Saïed and Nabil Karoui.[5]

Background

In April 2019, incumbent President Beji Caid Essebsi said that he would not seek re-election, opening the candidate field to other candidates. However, Essebsi died on 25 July at age 92, with five months left in his term. The President of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People, Mohamed Ennaceur, became interim president, according to the Constitutional provision for presidential succession.[6] According to Article 84 of the Tunisian constitution, an interim president may serve for a maximum of 90 days, meaning Ennaceur's role is due to expire on 23 October 2019.[7][better source needed] In order to comply with this, the High Authority for Elections announced the election will be held sooner than scheduled,[8] being moved up from 17 and 24 November to 15 and 29 September.

As no candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round, a runoff will be held in October between the top two candidates, Kaïs Saïed and Nabil Karoui.[9]

Electoral system

The President of Tunisia is directly elected by universal suffrage using the two-round system. If no candidate receives a majority of the vote in the first round, a second round is held between the top two candidates.[10] Candidates must be at least 35 years old on the day of filing for candidacy, and are also required to be Muslim. Candidates must have Tunisian citizenship, and are required give up any other citizenship they hold.

Electoral reform controversy

On 18 June 2019, the Assembly of Representatives passed amendments to the country's electoral law, accused by some of blocking candidates like Nabil Karoui and Olfa Terras from being eligible to run in the election.[11] The amendments prohibited those with a criminal record, as well as those who run charitable organizations or received foreign funding for political advertising in the year preceding an election.[12] On 25 June, members of Nidaa Tounes and the Popular Front filed a motion in the Assembly of Representatives, calling the move unconstitutional.[12]

Candidates

Approved candidates

Candidates Party Reference
Mohamed Abbou Democratic Current [13]
Saïd Aïdi Beni Watani [14]
Hatem Boulabiar Independent [15]
Abid Briki Tunisia Forward [16]
Youssef Chahed Long Live Tunisia [17]
Selma Elloumi Al Amal [18]
Elyes Fakhfakh Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties [19]
Hechmi Hamdi Current of Love [20]
Hamma Hammami Popular Front [21]
Néji Jalloul Independent [22]
Hamadi Jebali Independent [23]
Mehdi Jomaa Tunisian Alternative [24]
Nabil Karoui Heart of Tunisia [25]
Seifeddine Makhlouf Dignity Coalition [26]
Omar Mansour Independent [27]
Mohsen Marzouk Machrouu Tounes [28]
Moncef Marzouki Al-Irada [29]
Abdelfattah Mourou Ennahda Movement [30]
Abir Moussi Free Destourian Party [31]
Lotfi Mraihi Union of the Republican People [32]
Mohamed Esghaier Nouri Independent [33]
Mongi Rahoui Popular Front [34]
Slim Riahi New National Union N/A
Safi Saïd People's Movement Party or Independent [35][36]
Kaïs Saïed Independent [37]
Abdelkrim Zbidi Independent (supported by Nidaa Tounes) [38]

Rejected candidates

Candidates who declined to run

Televised debates

Participating candidates in the ISIE-sanctioned debates[42]
Candidate

 P  Present  A  Absent  I  Invited  O  Invited to other debate  W  Withdrawn

1A - 7 Sept 1B - 8 Sept 1C - 9 Sept
Abbou P O O
Aïdi O O P
Boulabiar O P O
Briki P O O
Chahed O O P
Elloumi O O P
Fakhfakh O P O
Hamdi O P O
Hammami O O P
Jalloul P O O
Jebali O P O
Jomaa P O O
Karoui A O O
Makhlouf O O P
Mansour P O O
Marzouk O P O
Marzouki P O O
Mourou P O O
Moussi P O O
Mraihi O P O
Nouri O P O
Rahoui O P O
Riahi O O A
Safi Saïd O O P
Kaïs Saïed O O P
Zbidi O P O

Opinion polls

Main article: Opinion polling for the 2019 Tunisian presidential election

Preliminary results

Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Kaïs Saïed Independent 620,711 18.40
Nabil Karoui Heart of Tunisia 525,517 15.58
Abdelfattah Mourou Ennahda Movement 434,530 12.88
Abdelkrim Zbidi Independent 361,864 10.73
Youssef Chahed Long Live Tunisia 249,049 7.38
Safi Saïd Independent 239,951 7.11
Lotfi Mraihi Union of the Republican People 221,190 6.56
Seifeddine Makhlouf Dignity Coalition 147,351 4.37
Abir Moussi Free Destourian Party 135,461 4.02
Mohamed Abbou Democratic Current 122,287 3.63
Moncef Marzouki Al-Irada 100,338 2.97
Mehdi Jomaa Tunisian Alternative 61,371 1.82
Mongi Rahoui Popular Front 27,346 0.81
Hechmi Hamdi Current of Love 25,284 0.75
Hamma Hammami Independent 23,252 0.69
Elyes Fakhfakh Ettakatol 11,532 0.34
Saïd Aïdi Beni Watani 10,198 0.30
Omar Mansour Independent 10,160 0.30
Mohsen Marzouk Machrouu Tounes 7,376 0.22
Hamadi Jebali Independent 7,364 0.22
Néji Jalloul Independent 7,166 0.21
Abid Briki Tunisia Forward 5,799 0.17
Selma Elloumi Rekik Al Amal 5,094 0.15
Mohamed Esghaier Nouri Independent 4,598 0.14
Slim Riahi New National Union 4,472 0.13
Hatem Boulabiar Independent 3,704 0.11
Blank votes 23,867 – –
Invalid votes 68,344 – –
Total 3,465,184 100
Registered voters/turnout 7,074,566 48.98
Source: ISIE

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