2011 Tunisian Constituent Assembly election information
2011 Tunisian Constituent Assembly election
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All 217 seats to the Constituent Assembly 109 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout
49.41%
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Rached Ghannouchi
Moncef Marzouki
Mohamed Hechmi Hamdi
Party
Ennahda
CPR
Popular Petition
Seats won
89
29
26
Popular vote
1,498,905
352,825
280,382
Percentage
36.97%
8.70%
6.92%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Leader
Mustapha Ben Jafar
Maya Jribi[1]
Party
Ettakatol
PDP
Seats won
20
16
Popular vote
285,530
160,692
Percentage
7.04%
3.96%
Prime Minister before election
Béji Caïd Essebsi
Independent
Elected Prime Minister
Hamadi Jebali
Ennahda
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An election for a constituent assembly in Tunisia was announced on 3 March 2011[2] and held on 23 October 2011,[3] following the Tunisian revolution. The Assembly had 217 members.[4] It was the first free election held in Tunisia since the country's independence in 1956, as well as the first election in the Arab world held after the start of the Arab Spring.[5]
The result was announced after counting began on 25 October 2011,[6] and Ennahda won a plurality of votes.
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^"Tunisians vote in first free election". The Charlotte Observer. Associated Press. 23 March 2011. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
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