Chamber of Deputies of Tunisia

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The Chamber of Deputies (Arabic: Majlis al-Nuwaab) is part of the National Assembly of Tunisia, the bicameral 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 Constitutionel 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