Assembly of the Representatives of the People

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Assembly of the Representatives of the People مجلس نواب الشعب Mejlis Nuwwēb esh-She‘b
3th legislature
Type
Type	Lower house
History
Preceded by	Constituent Assembly of Tunisia
New session started	13 March 2023 (2023-03-13)
Leadership
Speaker	Ibrahim Bouderbala, Independent since 13 March 2023
First Deputy Speaker	Saoussen Mabrouk, Independent since 13 March 2023
Second Deputy Speaker	Anouar Marzouki, Independent since 13 March 2023
Structure
Elections
Voting system	Party-list proportional representation using multi-member constituencies
Last election	17 December 2022
Meeting place
Bardo Palace, Le Bardo (near Tunis)
Website
www.arp.tn

36°48′31″N 10°08′07″E / 36.8087°N 10.1353°E / 36.8087; 10.1353

The Assembly of the Representatives of the People (Arabic: مجلس نواب الشعب Mejlis Nuwwēb esh-She‘b, French: Assemblée des représentants du peuple; ARP) is Tunisia's legislative branch of government. The unicameral Assembly replaced the Constituent Assembly and was first elected on 26 October 2014.^[1] The legislature consists of 217 seats.^[2] Before the 2011 revolution, Tunisia's parliament was bicameral and consisted of an upper chamber called the Chamber of Advisors and a lower chamber called the Chamber of Deputies.

Tunisia's electoral law requires "vertical gender parity", i.e. male and female candidates must alternate within each party's regional list of candidates. Consequently, as of 2015, 68 of the chamber's members are women, the highest proportion of female legislative representatives in the Arab world.^[3]