September 17, 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.
Roman ruins in Téboursouk, Tunisia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Photo credit: Wikimedia/Oleg Seliverstov (CC BY 3.0)
Upcoming Middle East Elections
Tunisia Presidential Election: October 6, 2024
AP (September 14, 2024): Tunisia’s presidential campaign season begins a day after protests
France24 (September 14, 2024 – video): Thousands rally in Tunisia as president cracks down on opponents ahead of election
Euronews with AP (September 14, 2024): Pre-election crackdown in Tunisia as Islamists arrested en masse
Haythem Guesmi, Le Monde (September 12, 2024): Presidential election in Tunisia: ‘Kais Saied is a new dictator, a new Ben Ali’
Iraq, Kurdistan Regional Parliamentary Elections: October 20, 2024
Kurdistan 24 (September 14, 2024): Election Campaign Set to Begin for Kurdistan’s Parliamentary Elections
Syria, Local Elections in Kurdish Militant-Controlled Northeast Syria: Planned
Anadolu Agency (September 13, 2024): US rejects YPG/PKK-controlled elections in northeastern Syria, citing unfair conditions
Past Middle East Elections
Jordan Parliamentary Elections: September 10, 2024
Neville Teller, Jerusalem Post (September 16, 2024): Jordan’s political future looks uncertain as Islamists make gains in recent election
Reuters (September 15, 2024): Jordan’s king appoints Harvard-educated technocrat as prime minister
Nora Adin Fares, Al Jazeera (September 14, 2024): Posters to protests: The dynamics of Jordan’s recent elections
Saud Al-Sharafat, Fikra Forum (September 12, 2024): Hamas’s Misleading Narrative and Its Impact on Jordanian National Security
Algeria Presidential Election: September 7, 2024
RFI (September 14, 2024): Algeria president re-elected with 84.3 percent of vote: official results
Africanews with AP (September 12, 2024): Algeria: after the elections, confusion over the results
Sam Metz, AP (September 11, 2024): Algeria election results are being questioned by the opposition candidates and the president himself
Pakistan General Elections: February 8, 2024
Umair Jamal, The Diplomat (September 13, 2024): Is Pakistan on the Brink of Another Political Showdown?
Afghanistan Presidential Election: September 28, 2019
Afghanistan held its last presidential election on September 28, 2019. Following the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban took over and re-instituted its brutal policies.
Rick Noack, Washington Post (September 15, 2024): Taliban begins enforcing new draconian laws, and Afghan women despair
Elections On Deck
Middle East This Week: September 17, 2024
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September 17, 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.
Upcoming Middle East Elections
Tunisia Presidential Election: October 6, 2024
AP (September 14, 2024): Tunisia’s presidential campaign season begins a day after protests
France24 (September 14, 2024 – video): Thousands rally in Tunisia as president cracks down on opponents ahead of election
Euronews with AP (September 14, 2024): Pre-election crackdown in Tunisia as Islamists arrested en masse
Haythem Guesmi, Le Monde (September 12, 2024): Presidential election in Tunisia: ‘Kais Saied is a new dictator, a new Ben Ali’
Iraq, Kurdistan Regional Parliamentary Elections: October 20, 2024
Kurdistan 24 (September 14, 2024): Election Campaign Set to Begin for Kurdistan’s Parliamentary Elections
Syria, Local Elections in Kurdish Militant-Controlled Northeast Syria: Planned
Anadolu Agency (September 13, 2024): US rejects YPG/PKK-controlled elections in northeastern Syria, citing unfair conditions
Past Middle East Elections
Jordan Parliamentary Elections: September 10, 2024
Neville Teller, Jerusalem Post (September 16, 2024): Jordan’s political future looks uncertain as Islamists make gains in recent election
Reuters (September 15, 2024): Jordan’s king appoints Harvard-educated technocrat as prime minister
Nora Adin Fares, Al Jazeera (September 14, 2024): Posters to protests: The dynamics of Jordan’s recent elections
Saud Al-Sharafat, Fikra Forum (September 12, 2024): Hamas’s Misleading Narrative and Its Impact on Jordanian National Security
Algeria Presidential Election: September 7, 2024
RFI (September 14, 2024): Algeria president re-elected with 84.3 percent of vote: official results
Africanews with AP (September 12, 2024): Algeria: after the elections, confusion over the results
Sam Metz, AP (September 11, 2024): Algeria election results are being questioned by the opposition candidates and the president himself
Pakistan General Elections: February 8, 2024
Umair Jamal, The Diplomat (September 13, 2024): Is Pakistan on the Brink of Another Political Showdown?
Afghanistan Presidential Election: September 28, 2019
Afghanistan held its last presidential election on September 28, 2019. Following the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban took over and re-instituted its brutal policies.
Rick Noack, Washington Post (September 15, 2024): Taliban begins enforcing new draconian laws, and Afghan women despair
Elections On Deck
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