Tunisian general election, 2014

Tunisian legislative election, 2014

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All 217 seats to the Assembly of the Representatives of the People 109 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	69%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Béji Caïd Essebsi Rached Ghannouchi Slim Riahi Party Nidaa Tounes Ennahda UPL Last election Did not contest 89 seats, 37.04% 1 seat, 1.26% Seats before 6 85 2 Seats won 86 69 16 Seat change 80 20 14 Popular vote 1 279 941 947 034 137 110 Percentage 37.56% 27.79% 4.02%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Hamma Hammami Yassine Brahim Imed Daimi Party Popular Front Afek Tounes CPR Last election Did not contest 4 seats, 1.89% 29 seats, 8.71% Seats before 6 4 12 Seats won 15 8 4 Seat change 9 4 8 Popular vote 124 654 102 916 72 942 Percentage 3.66% 3.02% 2.14%
Map showing the plurality of votes of the parties in each Tunisian governorate. Red voted for Nidaa Tounes and Blue voted for Ennahdha.
Prime Minister before election Mehdi Jomaa Independent Prime Minister-designate Habib Essid Independent

Mehdi Jomaa
Independent

Habib Essid
Independent

Legislative elections were held in Tunisia on 26 October 2014. Campaigning started on 4 October 2014. They were the first free regular legislative elections since independence in 1956, and the first elections held following the adoption of the new constitution in January 2014, which created a 217-seat Assembly of the Representatives of the People. According to preliminary results, Nidaa Tounes gained a plurality of votes, winning 85 seats in the 217-seat parliament, beating the Ennahda Movement (69 seats) and many smaller parties.

Presidential elections were held a month later on 23 November.

The 217 members of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People were elected in 33 constituencies. There were 27 multi-member constituencies in Tunisia varying in size from four to ten seats and electing a total of 199. There were also six overseas constituencies electing a total of 18 seats: two constituencies in France electing five seats each, one three-seat constituency in Italy, a single-member constituency in Germany, a two-member constituency covering the rest of Europe and the Americas, and a two-member constituency covering the Arab world and the rest of the world. Seats were elected by party-list proportional representation, using the largest remainder method.

Poll results are listed in the table below in chronological order, showing the most recent polls last.

According to the final results released by the Independent High Authority for Elections,Nidaa Tounes took the lead in the election, winning 86 seats in the 217-seat parliament. Ennahda Movement came second with 69 seats losing 16 seats compared to 2011 elections. The biggest losers were CPR of Moncef Marzouki and Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties who were members of a coalition government formed with Ennahda Movement following 2011 elections, and opposition party Current of Love (formerly Aridha Chaabia). On the other hand, there was a noticeable emergence of smaller parties like the UPL of businessman Slim Riahi with 16 seats, Popular Front with 15 seats and Afek Tounes with 8 seats.