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2014 Tunisian presidential election

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Field	Value
country	Tunisia
type	presidential
previous_election	Constituent Assembly of Tunisia#Provisional constitution and presidential election
previous_year	2011
election_date	23 November 2014 (first round)
21 December 2014 (second round)
next_election	2019 Tunisian presidential election
next_year	2019
registered	5,285,625
turnout	63.18% (first round)
60.34% (second round)
image1	Béji Caïd Essebsi 2015-05-20.jpg
candidate1	Beji Caid Essebsi
party1	Nidaa Tounes
popular_vote1	1,731,529
percentage1	55.68%
image2	Moncef Marzouki2.jpg
candidate2	Moncef Marzouki
party2	Congress for the Republic
popular_vote2	1,378,513
percentage2	44.32%
map	{{Switcher
default	2
title	President
before_election	Moncef Marzouki
before_party	Congress for the Republic
after_election	Beji Caid Essebsi
after_party	Nidaa Tounes

21 December 2014 (second round) 60.34% (second round)

Presidential elections were held in Tunisia on 23 November 2014, a month after parliamentary elections. They were the first free and fair presidential elections since the country gained independence in 1956, and the first direct presidential elections after the Tunisian Revolution of 2011 and the adoption of a new Constitution in January 2014.

As no candidate won a majority in the first round, a second round between incumbent Moncef Marzouki and Nidaa Tounes candidate Beji Caid Essebsi took place on 21 December. Official results released on 22 December showed that Essebsi won the elections with 56% of the vote.

Background

Main article: Tunisian Revolution

Protests in Tunisia began in December 2010 with riots in Sidi Bouzid after Mohamed Bouazizi set himself alight in protest against the confiscation of his fruit and vegetable cart. The riots then spread across the country and continued into 2011. Days after a curfew was imposed in the capital Tunis amid continuing conflagrations, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali left the country. Ben Ali's Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi briefly took over as acting president before he handed power over to parliamentary speaker Fouad Mebazaa after the head of Tunisia's Constitutional Court, Fethi Abdennadher, declared that Ghannouchi did not have the right to take power and Mebazaa would have 60 days to organise a new general election. For his part, Mebazaa said it was in the country's best interest to form a national unity government.

Ben Ali's Constitutional Democratic Rally considered changing its name (retaining the "Constitution" part in some form) and running in the general election on an anti-Islamist platform. However, the party was banned on 6 February 2011 and dissolved on 9 March 2011.

Upon being elected in 2011, the Troika coalition made a "moral pledge" to cede power within a year. However, Ennahdha and its allies, the Congress for the Republic and Ettakatol, were still in power and the Constituent Assembly had not finalized a new constitution. This led to the opposition accusing the government of overstaying their implicit term and also of using intimidation to try to silence dissent. The opposition also accused the government of using the Constituent Assembly to push through legislation that would enable them to stay in power. Former speaker of the Assembly, Ettakatol's Mustapha Ben Jaafar, then supported the opposition's call for a non-partisan government after he dissolved the assembly in August. Ennahda, on the other hand, feared that some parts of the opposition were trying to keep it from regaining power and had been emboldened by the August 2013 Egyptian raids. At the same time, a Gallup poll suggested that Tunisians were losing faith in their government.

The head of the Higher Political Reform Commission, Yadh Ben Achour, warned that Tunisia risked anarchy if the transitional period was not handled with care, as institutions and mechanisms of the state were either in disarray or still tainted by links to Ben Ali's regime. Ben Achour also stated that the commission was unsure whether it would be better to reform the constitution or elect a constitutional assembly to write a completely new one, but that it had to be decided soon, as the public was growing tired of waiting. He also confirmed elections would not be held by 15 March 2011 as theoretically stipulated by the constitution, pointing to force majeure as legitimate grounds for taking longer until the election. The election was delayed further by the annulment of 36 candidates who were elected to Tunisia's Board of Elections. The election board was created by giving the candidates' lists to the Constituent Assembly, thus bypassing the judiciary, which cannot review plenary sessions of the Constituent Assembly. The electoral law, which did not include a ban on former regime officials running from office, was approved on 1 May 2014. The filing period for presidential candidates lasted from 8 September until 22 September.

Dates

The interim government announced on 25 February 2011 that the election would be held by mid-July "at the latest". The constitution of Tunisia mandates an election to occur within 45 to 60 days of the Constitutional Council's declaration of the presidency being vacant, but there were calls by the opposition to delay the elections and hold them only within six or seven months, with international supervision. The elections were then delayed until late 2013. On 15 March 2013, the constituent assembly voted 81–21 to hold elections between 15 October 2013 and 15 December 2013.

As a result of the assassination of Mohamed Brahmi and ensuing protests, which called for the dismissal of the government and the dissolution of the government, that turned violent, Prime Minister Ali Larayedh set 17 December as the date of the election. He said: "This government will stay in office: we are not clinging to power, but we have a duty and a responsibility that we will exercise to the end. We think that the National Constituent Assembly will complete the electoral code by October 23 at the latest so elections can be held on December 17." This followed Education Minister Salem Labiadh submitting his resignation and calls by Ennahda ally Ettakatol to dissolve the government. Lobni Jribi said: "We have called for the dissolution of the government in favour of a new unity government that would represent the broadest form of consensus. If Ennahda refuses this suggestion, we will withdraw from government." A government of independents was sworn in on 29 January 2014.

Candidates

Ennahda announced on 8 September 2014 that it would not put forth a presidential candidate. Beji Caid Essebsi submitted his candidacy on 9 September 2014. Kamel Morjane, a foreign minister under former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, announced on 13 September 2014 that he would run for the presidency. Incumbent president Moncef Marzouki announced on 20 September 2014 that he would run for re-election. Other candidates included Mohamed Hechmi Hamdi, Mustapha Kamel Nabli, Ahmed Najib Chebbi, Mustapha Ben Jafar and Mondher Zenaidi. 27 candidates were allowed to run out of the 70 who applied. Five candidates withdrew before the election: Abderraouf Ayadi, Abderrahim Zouari (throwing his support to Essebsi), Mohamed Hamdi, Noureddine Hached and Mustapha Kamel Nabli.

The final list of presidential candidates included:

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Protests

Main article: 2013–14 Tunisian protests

Following the assassination of Brahmi, protests continued in Tunisia by liberals. After weeks of such protests supporters of the incumbent Ennahda party rallied in Kasbah Square, where rallies had occurred during the Tunisian revolution, on 3 August following a call from the party. The protesters chanted "No to coups, yes to elections."

Ennahda National Constituent Assembly (NCA) member Nejib Mrad's statement on the following Tuesday on Mutawassit TV that an overthrow was under way took Tunisian national media by storm. Following Ennahda spokeswoman Yusra Ghannouchi telling Al Jazeera that the country did not want a repeat of "the Egyptian scenario," party MP Nejib Mrad released a statement on 13 August on Mutawassit TV stating the aforementioned. However, party Vice President Walid Bennani later said: "There's no coup d'etat in Tunisia. There’s an opposition party that wants to dissolve the government. The opposition also still wants to repeat the Egyptian scenario. That can't happen. There is no option [for an alternative to rise to] power. There's no resemblance between the two cases." Party leader Rachid Ghannouchi agreed to work with the Tunisian General Labour Union to find a compromise solution to the political impasse. He said that this was "a starting point for national dialogue;" however he rejected calls for Ali Laarayedh's government to resign saying that "the coalition government will not resign and will continue its duties until national dialogue reaches a consensus agreement that guarantees the completion of the democratic transition and the organisation of free and fair elections."

The UGTT's leader, Hussein Abbassi, announced that an agreement had been reached between the ruling and opposition parties for the incumbent Prime Minister to resign at the end of 2013 and allow for an interim government, a new constitution to be written and a new election held. Mehdi Jomaa was named the caretaker Prime Minister.

Campaigning

The Ennada party has declined to officially endorse a presidential candidate. El Binaa El Watany, the Democratic Current, the Construction and Reform Party, Binaa Maghrebin, the National Movement for Justice and Development, and the Congress for the Republic announced support for Moncef Marzouki. The Afek Tounes party declared that it backs Beji Caid Essebsi for the presidency. The Al-Aman party endorsed Ahmed Nejib Chebbi's candidacy. Tounes Baytouna expressed support for Marzouki's campaign.

Opinion polls

During the campaign

Poll
source	Date(s)	Size	Undecided	Abdelli
Ind.	Ayadi
Wafa	Ben Jaafar
Ettakatol	Ben Slama
Ind.	Boussayene
Ind.	Caid Essebsi
Nidaa Tounes	Chaïbi
PCP	Chebbi
Joumhouri	Chennoufi
Ind.	Chourabi
Ind.	Frikha
Ind.	Hached
Ind.	H. Hamdi
Mahabba	M. Hamdi
AD	Hammami
PF	Kannou
Ind.	Kilani
Ind.	Labaoui
Ind.	Marzouki
Mottamar	Mejri
Ind.	Morjane
Initiative	Nabli
Ind.	Nasra
VPT	Riahi
UPL	Saïd
Ind.	Zenaidi
Ind.	Zouari
Destour

Before the campaign

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Undecided	Baccouche
Nidaa	Ben Jafar
Ettakatol	Chebbi
PR	Essebsi
Nidaa	Ghannouchi R.
Ennahda	Hamdi
Aridha	Hammami
PT/FP	Jebali
Ennahda	Laarayedh
Ennahda	Marzouki
CPR – Inc.	Saied
Ind.	Jomaa
Ind.	Morjane
Initiative	Other	Source	Date	Sample size	Undecided	Baccouche	Ben Jafar	Chebbi	Essebsi	Ghannouchi	Hamdi	Hammami	Jebali	Laarayedh	Marzouki	Saied	Jomaa	Morjane	Other
Nidaa Tounes}}		Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties}}		Republican Party (Tunisia)}}		Nidaa Tounes}}		Ennahda Movement}}		Popular Petition}}		Tunisian Workers' Communist Party}}		Ennahda Movement}}		Ennahda Movement}}		Congress for the Republic}}		Independent (politician)}}		Independent (politician)}}		National Destourian Initiative}}
url=http://directinfo.webmanagercenter.com/2012/03/27/sondage-20-9-des-tunisiens-font-toujours-confiance-a-marzouki/	title=Sondage : 20.9% des tunisiens font toujours confiance à Marzouki	language=fr	publisher=Directinfo.webmanagercenter.com	date=27 March 2012	access-date=7 August 2012}}	3–12 Mar 2012	900	37.4%		3.8%	2.5%	2.8%	6.2%	2.3%	–	6.2%	–	20.9%				4.9%
url=http://dl.dropbox.com/u/45511845/120415%201240%20R%C3%A9sultats%20Baro%20Politique%20vague%204%20-%20Avril%202012%20HB%20HG%20HB%20HG.pdf	title=Baromètre politique Tunisie. 4ème vague – avril 2012	publisher=3cetudes.com	language=ar	date=April 2012	access-date=7 August 2012 }}	Mar 2012	?	35%		6.0%	–	6.8%	1.9%	–	–	6.0%	–	23%				19.3%
3C Etudes	Apr 2012	?	34%		6.4%	2.0%	9.4%	2.4%	–	–	5.0%	–	20%				22.8%
3C Etudes	May 2012	?	38%		5.4%	1.7%	8.1%	3%	–	–	4.6%	–	16%				23.2%
3C Etudes	Jun 2012	?	41.2%		4.7%	1.3%	8.5%	1.9%	–	2.1%	5.8%	–	13.3%				21.2%
Emrhod	18–22 Jun 2012	960	21.9%		6.0%	1.6%	11.0%	1.3%	1.3%	–	7.0%	–	21.8%				28.1%
url=http://www.tekiano.com/ness/politik/6219-tunisie-sondage-lecart-se-resserre-entre-ennahdha-et-nida-tounes-.html	title=Tunisie- Sondage: L'écart se resserre entre Ennahdha et Nida Tounes	work=Tekiano :: TeK'n'Kult}}	Oct 2012	1665	38%		3.3%	0.9%	14.0%	1.1%	?	–	3.1%	–	9.7%				?
3C Etudes	Nov 2012	1648	42.1%	2.5%	3.6%	1%	10.9%	1%	–	2.1%	2.3%	1.3%	7.2%				?
url=http://blog.3cetudes.com/2012/12/24/480/	title=Rapport Baromètre politique 3C Etudes – 12ème vague – décembre 2012 \| Institut 3C ETUDES	publisher=Blog.3cetudes.com	date=24 December 2012	access-date=10 September 2013}}	Dec 2012	1692	40.9%	1.3%	3.6%	0.9%	10.9%	1.1%	–	2.3%	2.8%	1.2%	7%				?
Emrhod	Dec 2012	1200	?	1.5%	1.8%	?	12.2%	3.4%	2.1%	5.0%	3.6%	–	8.9%				?
url=http://www.businessnews.com.tn/Ennahdha-(41,4)-et-Ca%C3%AFd-Essebsi-(24,2)-occupent-les-premi%C3%A8res-places-des-derniers-sondages,520,35280,3	title=Ennahdha (41,4%) et Caďd Essebsi (24,2%) occupent les premičres places des derniers sondages	publisher=Businessnews.com.tn	access-date=10 September 2013}}	Dec 2012	1892	?	2.0%	5.6%	1.2%	24.2%	5.0%	?	9.2%	13.9%	–	12.1%				?
date=July 2018	bot=InternetArchiveBot	fix-attempted=no }}	Jan 2013	1652	37.3%	?	2.5%	1.5%	9.9%	?	?	3.8%	2.6%	0.8%	7.1%				?
Sigma	Feb 2013	1616	?	3.5%	1.9%	3.7%	29.1%	3.5%	?	12.0%	21.7%	7.3%	4.6%				?
3C Etudes	Feb 2013	1347	49.2%	?	1.6%	1.2%	6.8%	?	?	4.0%	6.0%	1.0%	5.0%				?
url=http://www.gnet.tn/temps-fort/tunisie/sondage-ennahdha-en-tete-des-legislatives-talonne-par-nida-tounes/id-menu-325.html	title=Tunisie/Sondage : Ennahdha en tête des législatives, suivi par Nida Tounes \| Temps Fort	publisher=Gnet.tn	access-date=10 September 2013}}	Mar 2013	1609	43%	1.3%	1.2%	2.1%	10.1%	?	?	3.1%	8.7%	2.5%	3.4%				?
Emrhod	Mar 2013	1200	21.1% (none)
8.3% (und.)	1.9%	1.0%	3.1%	20.7%	1.9%	1.8%	8.0%	12.5%	5.9%	1.3%				12.7%
author=webmanagercenter.com	url=http://www.webmanagercenter.com/actualite/societe/2013/04/30/134243/tunisie-sondages-3c-etudes-caid-essebsi-l-emporterait-au-1er-tour-de-la-presidentielle	title=Tunisie – Sondages 3C Etudes: Caïd Essebsi l'emporterait au 1er tour de la présidentielle	publisher=Webmanagercenter.com	access-date=10 September 2013}}	Apr 2013	1695	44%	2.5%	?	?	10.1%	?	?	3.9%	6.4%	?	3.1%				?
author1=Ennajeh Yamen	author2=KHELIL Med Amine	name-list-style=amp	url=http://directinfo.webmanagercenter.com/2013/05/09/sondage-hamadi-jebali-en-deuxieme-position-des-intentions-de-vote/	title=Sondage: Hamadi Jebali en deuxième position des intentions de vote \| Directinfo	publisher=Directinfo.webmanagercenter.com	access-date=10 September 2013}}	Apr 2013	1022	?	1.8%	?	2.0%	20.8%	?	?	4.1%	8.2%	2.3%	2.0%				?
url=http://tunisie14.tn/article/detail/sondage-forum-des-sciences-sociales-appliquees-ennahdha-devant-nidaa-tounes	title=Sondage Forum des Sciences Sociales AppliquĂŠes: Ennahdha devant Nidaa TounĂ¨s \| Tunisie 14	publisher=Tunisie14.tn	access-date=10 September 2013}}	Apr 2013	1210	?	22.2%	5.4%	9.7%	?	?	?	17.0%	27.1%	?	7.7%				?
3C Etudes	May 2013	1678	35.8%	1.6%	1.5%	2.6%	16.2%	?	?	2.9%	6.4%	2.1	2.3%				?
url=http://www.kapitalis.com/politique/16510-tunisie-politique-nida-tounes-et-caid-essebsi-solidement-en-tete-des-sondages.html	title=Tunisie-Politique: Nida Tounes et Caïd Essebsi solidement en tête des sondages	publisher=Kapitalis.com	access-date=10 September 2013}}	May 2013	1600	?	0.9%	?	1.3%	17.6%	?	1.4%	4.5%	3.3%	2.9%	1.3%				?
url=http://www.lapresse.tn/23062013/69013/la-bipolarisation-ennahdha-nida-tounes-se-renforce.html	title=La Presse de Tunisie – la-bipolarisation-ennahdha-nida-tounes-se-renforce \| 69013 \| 23062013	publisher=Lapresse.tn	access-date=10 September 2013	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829060501/http://www.lapresse.tn/23062013/69013/la-bipolarisation-ennahdha-nida-tounes-se-renforce.html	archive-date=29 August 2013 }}	June 2013	?	?	4.1%	?	3.3%	33.8%	?	?	?	19.8%	?	5.5%				?
url=http://www.kapitalis.com/politique/16956-tunisie-politique-caid-essebsi-et-nida-tounes-survolent-encore-les-sondages.html	title=Tunisie-Politique : Caïd Essebsi et Nida Tounes survolent encore les sondages	newspaper=Kapitalis	date=3 July 2013}}	June 2013	1067	?	0.9%	?	1.3%	17.7%	?	1.1%	4.6%	7.1%	3.7%	2.2%				?
url=http://www.babnet.net/cadredetail-67909.asp	title=Baromètre politique: Nidaa 33,6% , Ennahdha 29,7% des suffrages	newspaper=Babnet Tunisie	date=5 July 2013}}	July 2013	944	30%	2.6%	1.4%	2.3%	15.8%	?	?	3.7%	6.4%	2.5%	2.1%				?
url=http://www.leconomistemaghrebin.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Barometre-politiqueSIGMA-TUNISIE-Aout2013.pdf	title=Barometre-politique	language=fr	date=August 2013	access-date=15 December 2022}}	Aug 2013	1724	65%	?	?	2.7%	40.5%	4.8%	?	7.3%	8.6%	6.3%	7.0%	4.0%			?
url=http://www.leconomistemaghrebin.com/2013/09/19/sondages-essebsi-en-tete-de-peloton-kais-saied-en-2e-position/	title=Tunisie : Sondages : Essebsi en tête de peloton, Kaïs Saïed en 2e position – L'Economiste Maghrébin	publisher=Leconomistemaghrebin.com	access-date=25 October 2013}}	Aug 2013	1249	34%	?	?	?	15.2%	?	?	2.6%	3.9%	2.6%	3.5%	4.7%			?
Emrhod	Sep 2013	?	?	?	?	?	20.8%	?	?	2.4%	4.5%	2.8%	4.0%	5.1%			?
url=http://www.mag14.com/national/40-politique/2438-caid-essebsi-caracole-en-tete-selon-sigma.html	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029184814/http://www.mag14.com/national/40-politique/2438-caid-essebsi-caracole-en-tete-selon-sigma.html	url-status=usurped	archive-date=29 October 2013	title=Caid Essebsi caracole en tête selon Sigma	publisher=Mag14.com	access-date=25 October 2013}}	Oct 2013	?	49.6%	?	?	?	45.3%	2–5%	?	9.5%	6.3%	4.8%	7.0%	2–5%			?
url=http://www.tunisiait.com/article,tunisienbsp_ennahdha_reprend_la_tete_des_sondages,13454.html	title=Tunisie Ennahdha reprend la tête des sondages	publisher=TunisiaIT	date=16 November 2013	access-date=25 November 2013	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223102412/http://www.tunisiait.com/article,tunisienbsp_ennahdha_reprend_la_tete_des_sondages,13454.html	archive-date=23 February 2014	url-status=dead }}	Oct 2013	1318	35.5%	1.7%	?	?	14.3%	?	?	?	4.7%	?	3.3%	4.7%			?
url=http://tunisie14.tn/article/detail/emrhod-consulting-nidaa-tounes-et-beji-caid-essebsi-toujours-en-tete-des-sondages	title=Emrhod Consulting: Nidaa Tounes et Béji Caid Essebsi toujours en tête des sondages	publisher=Tunisie14	date=14 November 2013 }}	Nov 2013	1900	?	?	?	?	14.7%	?	?	?	3.9%	?	?	?			?
url=http://www.tunisiait.com/article,tunisie_ennahdha_toujours_en_tete_des_sondages,13713.html	title=Ennahdha toujours en tête des sondages	publisher=TunisiaIT	date=18 December 2013	access-date=3 January 2014	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104005959/http://www.tunisiait.com/article,tunisie_ennahdha_toujours_en_tete_des_sondages,13713.html	archive-date=4 January 2014	url-status=dead }}	Nov 2013	1658	38.6%	?	?	?	11.9%	?	?	1.9%	3.6%	?	4.0%	4.9%			?
url=http://www.kapitalis.com/politique/19773-sondage-les-principaux-partis-tunisiens-perdent-du-terrain-dans-l-opinion.html	title=Sondage: Les principaux partis tunisiens perdent du terrain dans l'opinion	publisher=Kapitalis	date=20 December 2013}}	Dec 2013	?	nearly 65%	?	?	?	34.6%	?	?	6.9%	6.6%	?	7.1%	?			?
url=http://www.tunisiait.com/article,tunisie_ennahdha_toujours_en_tete_des_sondages,13855.html#.UtxKKPYwf6c	title=Tunisie : Ennahdha toujours en tête des sondages	publisher=TunisiaIT	date=7 January 2014	access-date=19 January 2014	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220023036/http://www.tunisiait.com/article,tunisie_ennahdha_toujours_en_tete_des_sondages,13855.html#.UtxKKPYwf6c	archive-date=20 February 2014	url-status=dead }}	Dec 2013	1681	38.3%	?	?	?	11.2%	?	?	?	2.6%	1.7%	3.2%	4.6%			?
url=http://www.africanmanager.com/160427.html	title=Sondages : Les Tunisiens sont-ils si versatiles ? lundi, ils votent Ennahdha, mardi Nidaa Tounès !	publisher=African Manager	date=7 January 2014}}	Jan 2014	?	?	?	?	1.0%	13.3%	?	?	2.6%	4.8%	2.5%	?	3.3%			?
url=http://www.mena-post.com/2014/02/04/nidaa-tounes-et-beji-caid-essebsi-en-tete-de-sondage/	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204211403/http://www.mena-post.com/2014/02/04/nidaa-tounes-et-beji-caid-essebsi-en-tete-de-sondage/	url-status=dead	archive-date=4 February 2014	title=Nidaa Tounes et Béji Caid Essebsi en tête des sondages	work=Mena Post	date=4 February 2014 }}	Jan 2014	11362	?	0.8%	2.3%	0.8%	35.2%	2.7%	?	3.7%	6.1%	7.8%	7.8%	3.9%	14.8%		?
url=http://www.businessnews.com.tn/beji-caid-essebsi-et-nidaa-tounes-en-tete-du-sondage-emrhod-consulting,520,44250,3	title=Béji Caïd Essebsi et Nidaa Tounes en tête du sondage EMRHOD Consulting	publisher=BusinessNews.com.tn	date=13 January 2014}}	Feb 2014	1200	?	?	?	?	14.5%	?	?	2.8%	4.1%	5.6%	?	3.4%	?		?
url=http://www.mag14.com/national/40-politique/2813-caid-essebsi-et-nida-tounes-grands-favoris-selon-sigma.html	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315181538/http://www.mag14.com/national/40-politique/2813-caid-essebsi-et-nida-tounes-grands-favoris-selon-sigma.html	url-status=usurped	archive-date=15 March 2014	title=Caïd Essebsi et Nida Tounes grands favoris selon Sigma	publisher=Mag14	date=2 March 2014}}	Feb 2014	1517	?	?	3.7%	2.0%	33.3%	?	?	2.0%	5.2%	2.9%	14.3%	4.6%	17.6%		?
url=http://www.businessnews.com.tn/details_article.php?a=45024&t=520&lang=fr&temp=3	title=Sondage Emrhod : Nidaa Tounes et Béji Caïd Essebsi creusent l'écart avec leurs poursuivants	publisher=BusinessNews.com.tn	date=18 March 2014}}	Feb 2014	1051	?	?	?	?	19.3%	3.9%	?	4.9%	4.9%	4.8%	2.4%	4.8%	?		?
Sigma	Apr 2014	1636	55.4%	—	3.0%	2.2%	31.6%	1.1%	?	4.1%	10.9%	2.6%	9.9%	2.1%	21.1%		11.3%
Sigma	May 2014	?	?	—	?	?	24.2%	?	?	?	5.7%	?	9.3%	?	30.1%	5.3%	?
Sigma	June 2014	?	?	—	?	?	29.9%	?	?	?	12.8%	?	?	?	—	8.3%	?
Emrhod	Jun 2014	?	?	—	?	?	19.1%	?	?	?	3.7%	?	5.1%	?	—	3.5%	?
Institut international des études des sondages	Jun 2014	?	?	—	3.2%	1.4%	23.2%	?	3.6	3.8%	14.4%	2.9%	8.7%	2.6%	—	?	?
Sigma	July 2014	?	?	—	3.2%	5.1%	29.8%	?	3.1%	4.8%	11.2%	?	9.9%	?	—	10.3%	?

Runoff

Candidates	3C Etudes
Jun 2012	3C Etudes
Jul 2012	3C Etudes
Apr 2013	url=http://www.gnet.tn/temps-fort/tunisie/-sondage-nida-tounes-en-tete-des-legislatives-et-presidentielles/id-menu-325.html	title=Tunisie/ Sondage : Nida Tounes en tête des législatives et présidentielles \| Temps Fort	publisher=Gnet.tn	date=28 May 2013	access-date=10 September 2013}}
May 2013
Beji Caid Essebsi (Nidaa)	38.8%	39%	–	–
Moncef Marzouki (CPR)	61.2%	61%	–	–
Beji Caid Essebsi (Nidaa)	90.4%	–	–	–
Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali (ex-RCD)	url=http://shemsfm.net/fr/actualite/actualites_shems-news/resultats-du-sondage-3c-etudes-elections-presidentielles-90-4-des-voix-pour-bce-contre-9-6-pour-ben-ali/42	first=Hichem	last=Guerfali	title=Résultats du sondage 3C Etudes. Elections présidentielles : 90.4% des voix pour BCE contre 9.6% pour Ben Ali	publisher=Shemsfm.net	date=27 June 2012	access-date=7 August 2012}}	–	–	–
Hamma Hammami (PCOT)	79.2%	–	–	–
Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali (ex-RCD)	20.8%	–	–	–
Hamadi Jebali (Ennahda)	51.4%	46%	–	–
Moncef Marzouki (CPR)	48.6%	54%	–	–
Ahmed Najib Chebbi (Republican)	22.5%	22%	–	–
Moncef Marzouki (CPR)	77.5%	78%	–	–
Hamadi Jebali (Ennahda)	74.9%	73%	–	–
Ahmed Najib Chebbi (Republican)	25.1%	27%	–	–
Hamadi Jebali (Ennahda)	58.2%	61%	50.6%	48.8%
Beji Caid Essebsi (Nidaa)	41.8%	39%	49.4%	51.2%

Results

In the first round, Beji Caid Essebsi and Moncef Marzouki gained the most votes (39% and 33%, respectively), making it to the runoff. Hamma Hammami came in a distant third at 8%. Essebsi was the top candidate in most of the governorates in northern Tunisia, with Marzouki receiving the most votes in Tunisia's southern governorates. Hammami won a plurality of the votes in Siliana Governorate.

After the run-off polls closed on the night of 21 December 2014, Essebsi claimed victory on local television, and said that he dedicated his win to "the martyrs of Tunisia". The following day, results of the election showed that Essebsi beat his rival Moncef Marzouki by 55.68% of the vote, despite initial claims by Marzouki's spokesman that Essebsi's claim of victory was "without foundation". Marzouki himself said that Essebsi's claim was "undemocratic", but did not comment following the official results. However, his campaign's Facebook page congratulated Essebsi. The Associated Press said that the election was free and fair with 60% of voters participating, which was less than the first round's 70%.

In the capital Tunis, several hundred Essebsi supporters gathered around the Nidaa Tounes headquarters to celebrate his victory, waving national flags, singing and honking car horns. However, riots broke out in the southern city of El Hamma. Police used teargas to disperse many who came out to protest his victory because he was part of the old Ben Ali regime. The protesters were reported by Reuters to have burned tires while shops were closed, chanting "No to the old regime". Protesters also set fire to a Nidaa Tounes office in Tataouine.

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