Ettajdid Movement

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Ettajdid Movement
حركة التجديد
National affiliationDemocratic Modernist Pole
Website
ettajdid.org

The Ettajdid Movement (Movement for Renewal ;

, active from 1993 to 2012.

History and profile

Ettajdid evolved out of the old

Tunisian revolution of 2011, it became part of the Democratic Modernist Pole alliance and in 2012 it merged into the Social Democratic Path. It was led by its First Secretary Mohamed Harmel from its creation until 2007 and then by Ahmed Brahim
until its dissolution.

Adopting its new name and abandoning

Tunisian parliament
.

After

Constituent assembly election, Ettajdid formed a strongly secularist alliance called Democratic Modernist Pole (PDM), of which it was the mainstay.[7][8]

On 1 April 2012, it merged with the Tunisian Labour Party and some individual members of the Democratic Modernist Pole to form the Social Democratic Path.[9]

Ettajdid published Attariq al Jadid (New Path).[10]

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election date Party candidate Votes % Result
2004
Mohamed Ali Halouani 42,213 0.95% Lost Red XN
2009
Ahmed Brahim
74,257 1.57% Lost Red XN

Chamber of Deputies elections

Election Party leader Votes % Seats +/–
1994
Mohamed Harmel 11,299 0.4%
4 / 163
Increase 4
1999
5 / 182
Increase 1
2004
43,268 1.74%
3 / 182
Decrease 2
2009
Ahmed Brahim 22,206 0.50%
2 / 214
Decrease 1

Footnotes

  1. ^ Marks, Monica (26 October 2011), "Can Islamism and Feminism Mix?", The New York Times, retrieved 28 October 2011
  2. ^ a b Fisher, Max (27 October 2011), "Tunisian Election Results Guide: The Fate of a Revolution", The Atlantic, retrieved 28 October 2011
  3. ^ Ryan, Yasmine (14 January 2011). "Tunisia president not to run again". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  4. ^ Chebbi, Najib (18 January 2011). "Tunisia: who are the opposition leaders?". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  5. ^ "Tunisia seeks to form unity cabinet after Ben Ali fall". BBC News. 16 January 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  6. ^ "Tunisia forms national unity government amid unrest". BBC. 17 January 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  7. ^ Chrisafis, Angelique (19 October 2011), "Tunisian elections: the key parties", The Guardian, retrieved 24 October 2011
  8. ^ Bollier, Sam (9 Oct 2011), "Who are Tunisia's political parties?", Al Jazeera, retrieved 21 October 2011
  9. ^ Ghribi, Asma (2 April 2012), Fusion of Centrist Parties to Create a New Force in Tunisian Politics, Tunisia-live, archived from the original on 2 January 2014, retrieved 6 November 2013
  10. ^ "Tunisia's Media Landscape" (Report). International Media Support. June 2002. Retrieved 11 October 2014.

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