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Line 1: {{Infobox legislature \| background_color = red \| text_color = \| name = Chamber of Deputies \| native_name = Majlis al-Nuwaab \| transcription_name = مجلس النواب( تونس \| legislature = \| coa_pic = \| coa_res = \| coa_alt = \| house_type = Lower house \| body = Parliament of Tunisia \| houses = \| leader1_type = President \| leader1 = [[Fouad Mebazaa]] \| party1 = \| election1 = \| leader2_type = \| leader2 = \| party2 = \| election2 = \| leader3_type = \| leader3 = \| party3 = \| election3 = \| leader4_type = \| leader4 = \| party4 = \| election4 = \| leader5_type = \| leader5 = \| party5 = \| election5 = \| leader6_type = \| leader6 = \| party6 = \| election6 = \| members = \| house1 = \| house2 = \| structure1 = \| structure1_res = \| structure1_alt = \| structure2 = \| structure2_res = \| structure2_alt = \| political_groups1 = \| political_groups2 = \| committees1 = \| committees2 = \| joint_committees = \| voting_system1 = \| voting_system2 = \| last_election1 = \| last_election2 = \| previous_election1 = \| previous_election2 = \| session_room = \| session_res = \| session_alt = \| meeting_place = \| website = {{URL\|http://www.chambre-dep.tn}} \| footnotes = }} {{Politics of Tunisia}} The '''Chamber of Deputies''' ({{lang-ar\|مجلس النواب( تونس)}} ''Majlis al-Nuwaab'', {{lang-fr\|Chambre des députés}}) is the [[lower chamber]] of the [[Parliament of Tunisia]], the [[bicameralism\|bicameral]] [[legislature\|legislative branch]] of the government of [[Tunisia]]. It has 189 seats and members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms. 20% of the seats are reserved for the opposition. Elections are held in the last 30 days of each five-year term. To be eligible for office, one must be a voter with a Tunisian mother or father and be at least 23 years old the day candidacy is announced.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.nyulawglobal.org/Globalex/Tunisia.htm \|title=A Guide to the Tunisian Legal System \|author=Dahmène Touchent \|date=August 2005 \|work= \|publisher=New York University School of Law \|accessdate=3 November 2010}}</ref> Elections were most recently held in October 2009. Under the [[Constitution of Tunisia]], the Chamber of Deputies theoretically has great lawmaking powers, and even has the right to [[motion of no confidence\|censure]] the government by a two-thirds majority. In practice, the body has been dominated by the [[Democratic Constitutional Rally]] (formerly the Neo-Destour Party and Socialist Destour Party) since independence, and historically there has been little opposition to executive decisions. Recently, the chamber has taken an increased role in debating national policy, but all legislation still originates with the president.

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