Parliamentary elections took place in

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on 6 October 2019.

Electoral system

The 217 members of the

Assembly of the Representatives of the People The Assembly of the People's Representatives ( ar, مجلس نواب الشعب ', french: Assemblée des représentants du peuple; ARP) is Tunisia's legislative branch of government. The unicameral Assembly replaced the Constituent Assembly and ...

were elected by

closed list Closed list describes the variant of party-list systems where voters can effectively only vote for political parties as a whole; thus they have no influence on the party-supplied order in which party candidates are elected. If voters had some inf ...

proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...

in 33 multi-member constituencies (27 in Tunisia and 6 representing Tunisian expatriates). Seats were allocated using the

largest remainder method The largest remainder method (also known as Hare–Niemeyer method, Hamilton method or as Vinton's method) is one way of allocating seats proportionally for representative assemblies with party list voting systems. It contrasts with various h ...

. Lists must adhere to the

zipper system The zipper system, also known as "vertical parity" or the "zebra system", is a type of gender quota for party lists in proportional representation electoral systems. It requires that parties alternate between women and men on their candidate list ...

with alternating female and male candidates, and must have a male and female candidate under the age of 35 in the top four in constituencies with four or more seats.

Results

Aftermath

No party or alliance obtained enough seats for a majority. Despite losing seats,

Ennahdha The Ennahda Movement ( ar, حركة النهضة, Ḥarakatu n-Nahḍah; french: link=no, Mouvement Ennahdha), also known as the Renaissance Party or simply known as Ennahda, is a self-defined Islamic democratic political party in Tunisia. Foun ...

became the largest party due to the fracturing of votes between other smaller, newer, or less established parties.

Habib Jemli Habib Jemli or Habib Jomli ( ar, الحبيب الجملي; born 28 March 1959). is a Tunisian politician. He was the Secretary of State to the Minister of Agriculture from 2011 to 2014. He is an independent but is close to Ennahdha. He was appo ...

, a former Minister of Agriculture (2011 to 2014), was expected to be put forward as their candidate for Prime Minister.

Heart of Tunisia Heart of Tunisia ( ar, قلب تونس, Berber: Ul en Tunest, french: Au cœur de la Tunisie) is a Tunisian political party founded on 20 June 2019 by lawyer Houda Knani, a former member of the Free Patriotic Union. The party's candidate for the ...

, the

Free Destourian Party The Free Destourian Party ( ar, الحزب الدستوري الحر ', ; french: link=no, Parti destourien libre, PDL), until August 2016 known as the Destourian Movement ( ar, الحركة الدستورية '), is a Tunisian political party ...

, and

Tahya Tounes Tahya Tounes (Arabic: تحيا تونس , French: ''Vive la Tunisie'') is a secular party in Tunisia ) , image_map = Tunisia location (orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = Location of Tunisia in northern Afric ...

announced after the results were released that they would prefer to sit in opposition. In February 2020, Parliament approved a new coalition government in a confidence vote after months of negotiations. The new coalition included Ennahdha, Tahya Tounes, the People's Movement, Democratic Current and the

Tunisian Alternative Tunisian Alternative ( ar, البديل التونسي, ''al-Badil Ettounsi'') is a Tunisian political party founded on 29 March 2017 by former prime minister Mehdi Jomaa. History The party started as a think tank A think tank, or policy ...

, as well as several independents.

References

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