September 10, 2024

A weekly review of news and analysis of elections in the greater Middle East and North Africa, usually posted on Tuesdays and occasionally updated throughout the week.

The King Abdullah I Mosque in Amman, Jordan. Photo credit: Wikimedia/Makeandtoss (CC0)

Upcoming Middle East Elections

Tunisia Presidential Election: October 6, 2024

AP (September 9, 2024): Rejected poll monitors accuse Tunisia’s election authorities of bias

Tarek Amara, Reuters (September 6, 2024): Tunisian police re-arrest presidential candidate minutes after his release

Jennifer Holleis and Tarak Guizani, DW (September 6, 2024): Tunisia: Opposition crackdown dominates election run-up

Past Middle East Elections

Jordan Parliamentary Elections: September 10, 2024

Reuters (September 11, 2024): Jordan’s Islamist opposition gains amid low voter turnout and electoral system bias

AFP (September 10, 2024): Jordan holds parliamentary elections with spotlight on Gaza, economic woes

Dr Neil Quilliam, Chatham House (September 9, 2024): Jordan elections will be a moment of truth for reform policies

Taylor Luck, Wilson Center (September 9, 2024): Jordan’s Wartime Elections

Reuters (September 6, 2024): What’s at stake in Jordan’s parliamentary election?

Algeria Presidential Election: September 7, 2024

Farid Alilat, The Africa Report (September 9, 2024): Algeria: Tebboune’s electoral victory marred by 23% voter turnout

AP (September 8, 2024): Algeria’s president joins opponents in claiming election irregularities after being named the winner

Al Jazeera (September 8, 2024): Algeria’s Abdelmadjid Tebboune re-elected president with 94.7 percent vote

Sally Nabil, BBC (September 7, 2024): Why elections are a bitter pill for many Algerians to swallow