Parliamentary election in Tunisia in 1999
Distribution of seats:
Constitutional Democratic Assembly , 148 seats
Socialist Democratic Movement , 13 seats
People's Unity Party , 7 seats
Unionist Democratic Union , 7 seats
Ettajdid , 5 seats
Social Liberal Party , 2 seats
The parliamentary elections in Tunisia in 1999 took place on October 24th of that year at the same time as the presidential election.
Election process
In the parliamentary election, the members of the Chamber of Deputies were determined. There were 182 parliamentary seats to choose from.
Official election result
| Parties | proportion of | Seats | +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Constitutional Democratic Collection (RCD) | 81.32% | 148 | +4 |
| | Socialist Democratic Movement (MDS) | 7.14% | 13 | +3 |
| | Popular Unity Party (PUP) | 3.85% | 7th | +5 |
| | Unionist Democratic Union (UDU) | 3.85% | 7th | +4 |
| | Ettajdid | 2.75% | 5 | +1 |
| | Social Liberal Party (PSL) | 1.10% | 2 | +2 |
| Others | - | - | - | |
total |
182 |
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| Turnout = 91.5% | ||||
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The ruling party, the Constitutional Democratic Collection (RCD) won the election with 81.32% and thus had 148 of the 182 seats in parliament. The second strongest party was the Socialist Democrats (MDS) movement with 7.14%. In third place followed the People's Unity Party (PUP) and the Unionist Democratic Union (UDU) with 3.85% each.
Web links
- Chamber of Deputies website (Arabic)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b election result Tunisia 1999 IPU (English)
