2019 Tunisian parliamentary election

2019 Tunisian legislative election

6 October 2019 (2019-10-06)
All 217 seats to the Assembly of the Representatives of the People 109 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	41.70% ( ~27 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Rached Ghannouchi Nabil Karoui Mohamed Abbou Party Ennahda Heart of Tunisia Democratic Current Last election 69 seats, 27.79% New party 3 seats, 1.95% Seats won 52 38 22 Seat change 17 New party 19 Popular vote 561,132 415,913 183,464 Percentage 19.63 14.55 6.42   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Seifeddine Makhlouf Abir Moussi Zouhair Maghzaoui Party Dignity Coalition Free Destourian Party People's Movement Last election New party 0 seats 3 seats, 1.34% Seats won 21 17 15 Seat change New party 17 12 Popular vote 169,651 189,356 129,604 Percentage 5.94 6.63 4.53
Prime Minister before election Youssef Chahed Tahya Tounes Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh Ettakatol

Parliamentary elections took place in Tunisia on 6 October 2019.

Electoral system

The 217 members of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People were elected by closed list proportional representation in 33 multi-member constituencies (27 in Tunisia and 6 representing Tunisian expatriates). Seats were allocated using the largest remainder method. Lists must adhere to the zipper system with alternating female and male candidates, and must have a male and female candidate under the age of 35 in the top four in constituencies with four or more seats.

Results

No party or alliance obtained anywhere near enough seats for a majority, meaning long talks are likely ahead to form a governing coalition, especially compared to the previous elections in 2014. Ennahdha, despite losing seats, became the largest party due to the fracturing of votes between other smaller, newer, or less established parties. Habib Jemli, former Minister of Agriculture (2011 to 2014), is expected to be put forward as their candidate for Prime Minister, and the party could potentially turn to several others for assistance in forming a coalition, including the Islamist Dignity Coalition or the Democratic Current, as well as smaller parties. Heart of Tunisia, the Free Destourian Party, and Tahya Tounes announced after the results were released that they would prefer to sit in the opposition.

The new Assembly will take office no later than 30 November, and the leading party has two months after being selected by the president to form a coalition. If a coalition cannot be formed, the president can select a candidate of their choice to attempt to form a government. If this second attempt fails, a new election will be called.

In February 2020, the parliament approved a new coalition government in a confidence vote after months of struggling to form a coalition. The new coalition will include Ennahdha, Tahya Tounes, the People's Movement, the Democratic Current, and Tunisian Alternative, as well as several independents.

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
bgcolor="Template:Ennahda Movement/meta/color" |	Ennahda Movement	561,132	19.63	52	17
	Heart of Tunisia	415,913	14.55	38	New
	Free Destourian Party	189,356	6.63	17	17
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Current/meta/color" |	Democratic Current	183,464	6.42	22	19
	Dignity Coalition	169,651	5.94	21	New
	People's Movement	129,604	4.53	15	12
bgcolor="Template:Long Live Tunisia/meta/color" |	Tahya Tounes	116,582	4.08	14	New
	Republican People's Union	59,924	2.10	3	3
	Aïch Tounsi	46,401	1.62	1	New
	Tunisian Alternative	46,046	1.61	3	New
bgcolor="Template:Afek Tounes/meta/color" |	Afek Tounes	43,892	1.54	2	6
bgcolor=Template:Nidaa Tounes/meta/color|	Nidaa Tounes	43,213	1.51	3	83
	Machrouu Tounes	40,869	1.43	4	New
bgcolor="Template:Popular Front (Tunisia)/meta/color" |	Popular Front	32,365	1.13	1	14
	Democratic and Social Union (VDS-PR-MDS)	29,828	1.04	1	New
	Errahma	27,944	0.98	4	4
	Current of Love	17,749	0.62	1	1
	Socialist Destourian Party	16,235	0.57	1	New
	Farmers' Voice Party	9,366	0.33	1
	Green League	5,667	0.20	1	1
	Other parties/lists	590,602	20.66	0	30
bgcolor="Template:Independent/meta/color" |	Independent lists	82,384	2.86	12	12
Invalid/blank votes		88,441	–	–	–
Total		2,946,628	100.0	217
Registered voters/turnout		7,066,940	41.70	–	–
Source: ISIE, ISIE, ISIE