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2009 Tunisian general election

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The Interior Ministry released the official results for the election on Monday 26 October 2009. Voter turnout was recorded at 89.40% with 4,447,388 of Tunisia's 5.3 million registered voters participating. In the presidential race, incumbent president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali won 89.62% of the vote.
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indicated that Tunisia did not allow international monitoring of elections, but the U.S. was still committed to working with the president of Tunisia and its government. There also were reports of mistreatment of an opposition candidate.
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In the Chamber of Deputies election, the Democratic Constitutional Rally, which had governed continuously from Tunisia's independence from France in 1956 until the
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His nearest rivals were Mohamed Bouchiha with 5.01% of the vote and Ahmed Inoubli with 3.80%, and Ahmed Brahum with 1.57%.
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on 25 October 2009. Results released on 26 October 2009 indicated a substantial victory for incumbent President
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A parliamentary majority for the Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) with 89.59%
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who described the election as "free and fair". However, a spokesperson from the
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Ben Ali wins unsurprising landslide in presidential election
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Presidential and Legislative Elections in Tunisia - 2009
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Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Mohamed Bouchiha
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RCD
Popular Unity Party
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
RCD
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
RCD
Politics of Tunisia

African Union
Member State of the African Union
Arab League
Member State of the Arab League
Constitution
Constitution of 2022
Constitution of 1959
Constitution of 2014
Executive
President
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Kais Saied
Prime Minister
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Kamel Madouri
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