2009 Tunisian general election

2009 Tunisian general election

25 October 2009
Presidential election
Turnout89.45%
 
PUP
Nominee Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Mohamed Bouchiha
Party RCD Popular Unity Party
Popular vote 4,238,711 236,955
Percentage 89.62% 5.01%

President before election

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
RCD

Elected President

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
RCD

General elections were held in Tunisia on 25 October 2009. Results released on 26 October 2009 indicated a substantial victory for incumbent President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who won the reelection for a fifth five-year term, and the governing Constitutional Democratic Rally. It was the last election contested under the Ben Ali regime, prior to the Tunisian Revolution.