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1959 Tunisian general election

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378: 51: 64: 617: 35: 389: 861: 458:, who had become president upon the republic's proclamation, was the only candidate to obtain the endorsement of 30 political figures, as required by the constitution. He was thus unopposed for a full five-year term. In the parliamentary elections, Bourguiba's 196: 481:. In 1963, a year before the Chamber's term ran out, the Neo Destour was declared the only legally permitted party, though Tunisia had effectively been a one-party state since independence. 1184: 1179: 179: 1174: 1158: 948: 426: 191: 849: 1036: 269: 1153: 1021: 956: 827: 1235: 184: 451:, following the promulgation of a new constitution on 1 June. They were also the first elections held since the proclamation of a republic in 1957. 1240: 1194: 1189: 359: 346: 342: 329: 1031: 1026: 991: 986: 981: 780: 478: 279: 264: 1230: 936: 931: 926: 292: 250: 245: 146: 1215: 819: 419: 1052: 842: 1016: 1011: 1006: 1001: 996: 976: 971: 966: 921: 916: 911: 906: 901: 896: 891: 886: 448: 795: 1220: 1135: 444: 129: 103: 98: 88: 412: 399: 322: 218: 835: 1145: 1130: 1125: 1120: 1115: 1110: 1105: 1100: 1095: 1090: 1085: 1080: 1075: 1070: 309: 142: 1225: 658: 463: 299: 78: 364: 304: 593: 172: 118: 873: 865: 231: 211: 125: 25: 815: 776: 354: 616: 515: 455: 393: 157: 34: 388: 1209: 807: 382: 152: 55: 50: 769: 640: 520: 459: 68: 63: 477:
This would be the last even nominally contested election held in Tunisia until
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won all 90 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, with only the
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Politics of Tunisia

African Union
Member State of the African Union
Arab League
Member State of the Arab League
Constitution
Constitution of 2022
Constitution of 1959
Constitution of 2014
Executive
President
List
Kais Saied
Prime Minister
List
Kamel Madouri
Cabinet
Legislature
National Council of Regions and Districts
Speaker
Assembly of the Representatives of the People
Speaker
Judiciary
Court of Cassation
Elections
2019
2024
2019
2022–23

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