1994 Tunisian general election

{{Politics of Tunisia}}

General elections were held in Tunisia on 20 March 1994 to elect a President and Chamber of Deputies. In the presidential election, incumbent Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was re-elected unopposed for a second five-year term; he was the only candidate to get endorsements from 30 political figures, as required by the Constitution.{{cite book |title=The World Today Series: Africa 2012 |last=Dickovick |first=J. Tyler |year=2008 |publisher=Stryker-Post Publications |location=Lanham, Maryland |ISBN=978-161048-881-5 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/africa20120000dick }} In the Chamber election, Ben Ali's Constitutional Democratic Rally won 144 seats in an expanded 163-seat Chamber with 97.1 percent of the vote; six other parties received two percent of the vote between them with four winning seats. It was the first time since Tunisia gained independence that the RCD would face any opposition MPs. Voter turnout was 95.47%.[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2321_94.htm Tunisia: Elections held in 1994] Inter-Parliamentary UnionDieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook pp919-921 {{ISBN|0-19-829645-2}}

Results

=President=

{{Election results

|cand1=Zine El Abidine Ben Ali|party1=Constitutional Democratic Rally|votes1=2987375

|invalid=2505

|electorate=3150612

|source=Nohlen et al.

}}

=Chamber of Deputies=

{{Election results

|party1=Constitutional Democratic Rally|votes1=2768667|seats1=144|sc1=+3

|party2=Movement of Socialist Democrats|votes2=30660|seats2=10|sc2=+10

|party3=Ettajdid Movement|votes3=11299|seats3=4|sc3=New

|party4=Unionist Democratic Union|votes4=9152|seats4=3|sc4=+3

|party5=Popular Unity Party|votes5=8391|seats5=2|sc5=+2

|party6=Social Liberal Party|votes6=1892|seats6=0|sc6=0

|party7=Progressive Socialist Rally|votes7=1749|seats7=0|sc7=New

|party8=Independents|votes8=1061|seats8=0|sc8=0

|invalid=8686

|total_sc=0

|electorate=2976366

|source=Nohlen et al.

}}

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