Chamber of Deputies of Tunisia

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The Chamber of Deputies (Arabic: Majlis al-Nuwaab) is the unicameral legislative branch of the government of Tunisia.

The Chamber of Deputies has 189 seats and its members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms.

The last elections were held on October 24, 2004, with a victory for the ruling Democratic Constitutional Rally. The next election is to be held in 2009. The 2004 election yielded the following results:

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**Summary of the 24 October 2004 **Chamber of Deputies of Tunisia** election results**
Parties	Votes	%	Seats
Democratic Constitutional Rally (Rassemblement Constitutionelle et Démocratique)	3,678,645	87.7	152
Movement of Socialist Democrats (Mouvement des Démocrates Socialistes/Hizb al-Dimocratiyin al-Ishtirakiyin)	194,829	4.6	14
Party of People's Unity (Parti de l'Unité Populaire)	152,987	3.6	11
Unionist Democratic Union (Union Démocratique Unioniste	92,708	2.2	7
Renewal Movement Ettajdid (Mouvement de la Rénovation-Ettajdid)	43,268	1.0	3
Social Liberal Party (Parti Social-Libéral)	25,261	0.6	2
Total (turnout 91.5 %)	4,199,846		189
Invalid votes	15,305
Total votes	4,215,151
Source: Rulers/Adam Carr

The previous election, held on October 24, 1999, had also resulted in a victory for the ruling Democratic Constitutional Rally with 91.6% of the vote. The Chamber of Deputies comprised 182 deputies at this time. Result details:

Party	Seats
Democratic Constitutional Rally	148
Movement of Socialist Democrats	13
Unionist Democratic Union	7
Popular Unity Party	7
Movement for Renewal	5
Social Liberal Party	2