Early parliamentary elections were held in

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on 1 November 1981, following changes to the constitution to allow for multi-party politics after 18 years of

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by the

Socialist Destourian Party The Socialist Destourian Party ( ar, الحزب الاشتراكي الدستوري ' ; french: Parti socialiste destourien) was the ruling political party of Tunisia from 1964 to 1988. Bahi Ladgham was the first Prime Minister from the party an ...

(PSD). The PSD contested the elections as the lead party of the National Front, an alliance with the

Tunisian General Labour Union The Tunisian General Labour Union (french: Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail, ''UGTT''. ar, الاتحاد العام التونسي للشغل) is a national trade union center in Tunisia. It has a membership of more than one million and wa ...

. Three other parties also nominated candidates; the

Movement of Socialist Democrats The Movement of Socialist Democrats ( ar, حركة الديمقراطيين الاشتراكيين, ' ; french: Mouvement des démocrates socialistes, MDS, also translated as "Socialist Democrats Movement") is a political party in Tunisia. The MD ...

, the Popular Unity Movement and the

Tunisian Communist Party The Tunisian Communist Party ( ar, الحزب الشيوعي التونسي ' ; french: Parti Communiste Tunisien) was a Marxist political party in Tunisia. The PCT was founded on 21 May 1934 as the Tunisian federation of the French Communist Pa ...

. In total 366 candidates (including 18 independents) contested the 136 seats.Tunisia
Inter-Parliamentary Union According to official results, the National Front won all 136 seats in the

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. Voter turnout was 85%.

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, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', p918 Opposition parties would not manage to enter the Chamber until

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Results

References

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Elections in Tunisia

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1981 elections in Tunisia

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