2018 Tunisian local elections

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Local elections were held in Tunisia on 6 May 2018 under the supervision of the Independent High Authority for Elections.^[1] These were Tunisia's first free and democratic local elections following the Tunisian Revolution and saw unaffiliated independent lists win the most votes but on a very low turnout especially in terms of youth turnout which was down sharply.^[2]

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6 May 2018

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7,212 council seats in 350 electoral constituencies.

Turnout

1,806,969 (35.65)%

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader		Rached Ghannouchi	Mohamed Ennaceur
Party	Independent	Ennahdha	Nidaa Tounes
Popular vote	581,930	517,234	377,121
Percentage	32.2%	28,64 %	20.85%
Councillors		2,135 / 7,212	1,600 / 7,212
Councils		131 / 350	76 / 350

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Leader	Ghazi Chaouachi	Hamma Hammami
Party	Democratic Current	Popular Front
Popular vote	75,619	71,551
Percentage	4.19%	3.85%
Councillors	205 / 7,212	261 / 7,212
Councils	3 / 350	8 / 350

References edit

^ Tarek Amara (29 May 2018). "Tunisia's PM Accuses President's Son of Destroying Ruling Party". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
^ Tarek Amara (29 May 2018). "Independent candidates get most votes in Tunisia's municipal election". Reuters. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

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