Ben Ali's RCD wins 84% in the sham 2009 election

In the 25 October 2009 election — the last under Ben Ali — his Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) took 84.6% of the vote and 161 of 214 Chamber of Deputies seats, while Ben Ali was re-elected president with 89.6%. Like every Tunisian election since independence the contest was widely judged fraudulent, and HRW reported an intensified crackdown on critics in its wake.

Referenced entities

Parties

Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD)

Politicians

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali head-of-state

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APA 7Reference list · academic default

Gara, T. (2026). Ben Ali's RCD wins 84% in the sham 2009 election [Event record]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/20690c9e-d9bf-47d7-ae3c-6039c786afed

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Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Ben Ali's RCD wins 84% in the sham 2009 election." Event record, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/20690c9e-d9bf-47d7-ae3c-6039c786afed.

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@misc{tayyar-event-20690c9e-d9bf-47d7-ae3c-6039c786afed,
  title     = {{Ben Ali's RCD wins 84% in the sham 2009 election}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Event record},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/20690c9e-d9bf-47d7-ae3c-6039c786afed},
  urldate   = {2026-07-27},
  note      = {Event date: 2009-10-25. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

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Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper

BibTeXPreprint

@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-07-27},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

Event date: 2009-10-25. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.