Chamber of Deputies of Tunisia

Chamber of Deputies مجلس النواب تونس Majlis al-Nuwaab
Type
Type	Lower house of Parliament of Tunisia
Leadership
President	Sahbi Karoui (a. i.)
Website
chambre-dep.tn

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The Chamber of Deputies (Arabic: مجلس النواب تونس‎ Majlis al-Nuwaab, French: Chambre des députés) is the lower chamber of the Parliament of Tunisia, the bicameral legislative branch of the government of Tunisia. It has 189 seats and members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms. 20% of the seats are reserved for the opposition. Elections are held in the last 30 days of each five-year term. To be eligible for office, one must be a voter with a Tunisian mother or father and be at least 23 years old the day candidacy is announced.^[1] Elections were most recently held in October 2009.

Under the Constitution of Tunisia, the Chamber of Deputies theoretically has great lawmaking powers, and even has the right to censure the government by a two-thirds majority. In practice, the body has been dominated by the Democratic Constitutional Rally (formerly the Neo-Destour Party and Socialist Destour Party) since independence, and there was little opposition to executive decisions until the overthrow of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011. During the last few years of Ben Ali's tenure, the chamber took an increased role in debating national policy, but all legislation still originated with the president.

Elections held on October 24, 2004 and October 25, 2009, resulted in substantial majorities for the Democratic Constitutional Rally. The 2009 election yielded the following results:

e • d Summary of the 25 October 2009 Tunisian Chamber of Deputies election results

Parties		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Constitutional Democratic Rally	3,754,559	84.59	161	+9
	Movement of Socialist Democrats	205,374	4.63	16	+2
	Party of People's Unity	150,639	3.39	12	+1
	Unionist Democratic Union	113,773	2.56	9	+2
	Social Liberal Party	99,468	2.24	8	+6
	Green Party for Progress	74,185	1.67	6	+6
	Ettajdid Movement	22,206	0.50	2	-1
	Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties	5,329	0.12	-	-
	Progressive Democratic Party	1,412	0.03	-	-
	Independent lists	11,552	0.26	-	-
Valid votes		4,438,497	99.80	214	+25
Blank or invalid votes		8,891	0.20
Total		4,447,388	100.00
Voter turnout		89.40
Electorate		4,974,707
Source: POGAR, (French) Business News

See also

• President of the Chamber of Deputies of Tunisia

References

1. ^ Dahmène Touchent (August 2005). "A Guide to the Tunisian Legal System". New York University School of Law. http://www.nyulawglobal.org/Globalex/Tunisia.htm. Retrieved 3 November 2010.