1956 Tunisian Constituent Assembly election

none May 2022 Tunisia 1959 All 98 seats in the National Assembly 49 25 March 1956 83.56% National Union Habib Bourguiba new 98.75 98 #B22222 Prime Minister Habib Bourguiba Neo Destour Constituent Assembly elections were held in Tunisia on 25 March 1956, five days after independence.Tunisia Local Histories The result was a victory for the National Union, an alliance of the Neo Destour party, the Tunisian General Labour Union, the National Union of Tunisian Farmers and the Tunisian Union of Craftsmen and Merchants, which won all 98 seats,Tunisia - Political parties Encyclopedia of the Nations with the opposition Communists and independents only receiving a combined 1% of the vote.Tunisia since independence: the dynamics of one-party government p74 Following the election, Habib Bourguiba was appointed Prime Minister of a Neo Destour-dominated government.Europa World Year Book 2, Book 2 p4201 Voter turnout was 84%.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p918 0-19-829645-2 Results File:Tunisian Parliament 1956.svg National Union #B22222 597763 98 Tunisian Communist Party 7352 0 Independents 235 0 1447 0 726168 Nohlen et al. References Tunisia Category:Elections in Tunisia Constituent Tunisia Category:Constituent assembly elections in Africa