2011 Tunisian Constituent Assembly election

2011 Tunisian Constituent Assembly election
23 October 2011 (2011-10-23)
All 217 seats in the Constituent Assembly
109 seats needed for a majority
Turnout49.41%
  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
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

An election for a constituent assembly in Tunisia was announced on 3 March 2011 and held on 23 October 2011, following the Tunisian revolution. The Assembly had 217 members. 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.

The result was announced after counting began on 25 October 2011, and Ennahda won a plurality of votes.

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