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TheTunisian Parliament (Arabic:البرلمان التونسيal-Barlamān at-Tūnsī) is thebicameral institution exercising thelegislative power of theTunisian Republic.^[1] After the election of a constituent assembly in 1956, theConstitution of 1959 created the National Assembly, which became theChamber of Deputies in 1981. The constitutional reform of 1 June 2002 created a second chamber, the parliament thus becoming bicameral; it is therefore composed of the Chamber of Deputies, which has become thelower house, and theChamber of Advisors, the newupper house.

During the transitional period following the2011 revolution, parliament once again had a single chamber, theconstituent assembly, a configuration confirmed by the creation of theAssembly of the Representatives of the People (ARP) by the2014 Constitution. TheTunisian Constitution of 2022 restores anupper house, called theNational Council of Regions and Districts (NCRD).^{[1][2][additional citation(s) needed]}

The first legislative elections took place in 1959, at the same time as the election of the President of the Republic, after the Constituent Assembly had completed the drafting of the Republican Constitution. In 2002, PresidentZine El Abidine Ben Ali organized the first referendum which aimed to modify the conditions of candidacy for the presidency of the Republic as well as to create the House of Advisors.

Following the2011 revolution, theChamber of Deputies was chaired during its session on 4 February 2011 by its vice-president,Sahbi Karoui, after the departure of the titular president,Fouad Mebazaa, who became interim president of the Republic. The two chambers vote full powers to the latter, who can now govern by decree-laws. From then on, they ceased their activity then were dissolved under the decree-law of 23 March 2011 relating to the provisional organization of public authorities, before being replaced by the High Authority for the achievement of the objectives of the revolution, political reform and of the democratic transition then by a newConstituent Assembly, elected on 23 October 2011.

Following this election, it elects a President of the Republic and votes confidence in the new government. It also suspends theConstitution of 1959 and replaces it with the constituent law of 2011. The Constitution promulgated on 10 February 2014 marks the creation of theAssembly of the Representatives of the People.

On 25 July 2021, PresidentKaïs Saïed, invoking article 80 of the Constitution, suspended the work of the assembly and announced the lifting of the immunity of all deputies. On 22 September, he announced the extension of the decisions and decided to suspend the salaries and benefits granted to the president of the assembly and its members. On 30 March 2022, based on article 72 of the Constitution, the president dissolves parliament. TheTunisian Constitution of 2022 restores an upper house, called theNational Council of Regions and Districts.

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