IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Tunisia

Name	Official Name	Type
Tunisian Assembly of People's Representatives	Majlis Nawwab ash-Sha'ab	Assembly
Tunisian Constituent Assembly	al-Majlis al-Waṭanī at-Ta’sīsī	Assembly
Tunisian Presidency	None	Head of State

Chief of State: President Kais SAIED
Head of Government: Prime Minister Ahmed AL-HACHANI
Assembly: Tunisia has a bicameral parliament with a National Council of Regions and Districts and a 161-seat Assembly of the Representatives of the People (مجلس نواب الشعب)

The President is elected by an absolute majority vote in up to two rounds and serves up to two 5-year terms.
The Prime Minister is appointed by the President.
In the Assembly, 151 members are elected in single-seat constituencies and 10 members are elected by overseas voters. All members are directly elected by absolute majority vote in up to two rounds and serve 5-year terms.
The National Council of Regions and Districts has yet to be established but is supposed to be composed of regional and district council members indirectly elected by their peers.

Election For	Date	Votes	Registered Voters	Turn Out
Referendum	1999-10-24	195,906	218,400	89.7%
Tunisian Presidency	2004-10-24	4,464,337	4,877,905	91.52%
Tunisian Constituent Assembly	2004-10-24	4,215,151	4,877,905	86.41%
Tunisian Presidency	2009-10-25	195,906	218,400	89.7%
Tunisian Constituent Assembly	2011-10-23	4,308,888	8,289,900	51.98%
Tunisian Assembly of People's Representatives	2014-10-26	3,579,256	5,285,136	67.72%
Tunisian Presidency	2014-11-23	3,339,666	5,285,625	63.18%
Tunisian Presidency	2014-12-21	3,189,672	5,236,244	60.92%
Tunisian Presidency	2019-09-15	3,465,184	7,074,566	48.98%
Tunisian Assembly of People's Representatives	2019-10-06	2,946,628	7,066,940	41.7%
Tunisian Presidency	2019-10-13	3,820,825	7,074,566	54.01%
Referendum	2022-07-25	2,830,094	9,278,541	30.5%
Tunisian Assembly of People's Representatives	2022-12-17	1,025,418	9,136,502	11.22%