2019 Tunisian presidential election facts for kids
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| Turnout | 48.98% (first round) 57.8% (second round) |
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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
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Kaïs Saïed | Independent | 620,711 | 18.4 | 2,777,931 | 72.7 | |
| Nabil Karoui | Heart of Tunisia | 525,517 | 15.6 | 1,042,894 | 27.3 | |
| Abdelfattah Mourou | Ennahda Movement | 434,530 | 12.9 | |||
| Abdelkrim Zbidi | Independent (supported by Nidaa Tounes) | 361,864 | 10.7 | |||
| Youssef Chahed | Long Live Tunisia | 249,049 | 7.4 | |||
| Safi Saïd | Independent | 239,951 | 7.1 | |||
| Lotfi Mraihi | Union of the Republican People | 221,190 | 6.6 | |||
| Seifeddine Makhlouf | Dignity Coalition | 147,351 | 4.4 | |||
| align=left | align=left|Free Destourian Party | 135,461 | 4.0 | |||
| Mohamed Abbou | Democratic Current | 122,287 | 3.6 | |||
| Moncef Marzouki | Al-Irada | 100,338 | 3.0 | |||
| Mehdi Jomaa | Tunisian Alternative | 61,371 | 1.8 | |||
| align=left | align=left|Popular Front | 27,346 | 0.8 | |||
| Hechmi Hamdi | Current of Love | 25,284 | 0.8 | |||
| Hamma Hammami | Independent | 23,252 | 0.7 | |||
| Elyes Fakhfakh | Ettakatol | 11,532 | 0.3 | |||
| align=left | align=left|Beni Watani | 10,198 | 0.3 | |||
| align=left | align=left|Independent | 10,160 | 0.3 | |||
| Mohsen Marzouk | Machrouu Tounes | 7,376 | 0.2 | |||
| Hamadi Jebali | Independent | 7,364 | 0.2 | |||
| align=left | align=left|Independent | 7,166 | 0.2 | |||
| align=left | align=left|Tunisia Forward | 5,799 | 0.2 | |||
| Selma Elloumi Rekik | Al Amal | 5,094 | 0.2 | |||
| Mohamed Esghaier Nouri | Independent | 4,598 | 0.1 | |||
| Slim Riahi | New National Union | 4,472 | 0.1 | |||
| Hatem Boulabiar | Independent | 3,704 | 0.1 | |||
| Total | 3,372,973 | 100.0 | – | |||
| Valid votes | 3,372,973 | 97.3 | – | |||
| Blank votes | 23,867 | 0.7 | – | |||
| Spoilt votes | 68,344 | 2.0 | – | |||
| Turnout | 3,465,184 | 49.0 | ||||
| Registered voters | 7,074,566 | |||||
| Source: ISIE | ||||||
See also
In Spanish: Elecciones presidenciales de Túnez de 2019 para niños
