2019 Tunisian presidential election
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Presidential elections were held in Tunisia on 15 September 2019.[3] No candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round, so a runoff was held on 13 October.
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Turnout | 48.98% (first round)[1] 57.8% (second round)[2] | |||||||||||||||
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Before the death of incumbent president Beji Caid Essebsi on 25 July, the elections had been planned for 17 and 24 November.[4] However, as a result of Essebsi's death, the elections were brought forward in order to ensure that a new president would take office within 90 days, as required by the constitution.
The elections were the second direct vote for the presidency since the 2011 revolution.[5]
Kaïs Saïed and Nabil Karoui were the two candidates who made it to the run off.[6] In the run-off, Saïed won the election in a landslide victory.[7]