October 1, 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 coast in Mahdia, Tunisia. Photo credit: Wikimedia/Fatma Hamdi (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Upcoming Middle East Elections

Tunisia Presidential Election: October 6, 2024

Tarek Amara, Reuters (September 27, 2024): Tunisia assembly votes to strip court of electoral authority, days before presidential vote

Ghaya Ben Mbarek, The National (September 27, 2024): Power struggle between parliament and courts undermining faith in Tunisia’s upcoming election

The Economist (September 26, 2024): Tunisia’s strongman president looks set to win another term in office

Al Jazeera (September 26, 2024): Tunisian presidential candidate Zammel sentenced to six months in prison

Sarah Yerkes, Carnegie Endowment (September 24, 2024): How Tunisia’s President Has Used the Law to Secure His Election Victory

Iraq, Kurdistan Regional Parliamentary Elections: October 20, 2024

Rikar Hussein, Voice of America (September 26, 2024): Kurdistan Region set to hold long-delayed parliamentary election

Dana Taib Meny, The New Arab (September 24, 2024): Iraq’s electoral commission announces start of campaigning for Kurdistan Region’s parliamentary  elections

Past Middle East Elections 

Israel Chief Rabbi Election: September 29, 2024

Gavriel Fiske, Times of Israel (September 29, 2024): Election underway for new chief rabbis, after repeated delays and political deals

Jordan Parliamentary Elections: September 10, 2024

Curtis Ryan, Arab Center Washington DC (September 29, 2024): Jordanian Elections in the Shadow of Domestic and Regional Tensions

Algeria Presidential Election: September 7, 2024

Abdennour Toumi, Daily Sabah (September 25, 2024): Algeria’s youth push for quiet change

Elections On Deck