TITLE:
Multi-Scalar Mapping of Potential Voters in Tunisia’s 2019 Presidential Elections
AUTHORS:
Mongi Belarem
KEYWORDS:
Multi-Scalar Mapping, Presidential Elections, Potential Voters, Tunisia
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Political Science,
Vol.10 No.1,
December
16,
2019
ABSTRACT: In Tunisia, and after the 2011 revolution, the electoral potential
increased between 2011, 2014, 2017, 2018 and 2019. Similarly, the structure of this
potential, by age and sex, has evolved during these different periods. During
the 2019 presidential and legislative elections, 6,620,983
people were registered to vote within Tunisia (www.isie.tn). The
structure of this electoral potential deserves to be mapped and analysed on
different scales. In this study and using the Hyperatlas software, we have mapped and
analyzed the Tunisian electoral potential for 2019, by sex and age group.
HyperAtlas is a means of multiscale analysis. It is a “tool for
measuring and mapping territorial inequalities” (Ysebaert et al., 2011). After the creation of the registration database for elections, we were
able to visualize and analyse the inequalities in distribution and structures
between the three regions (North, Central and South), the six sub-regions (NE,
NO, CE, CO, SE and SO), the 24 governorates of the territory and the 275
delegations of the country, on the one hand, and between the different units on
the other hand.