House of Representatives

Historical Brief

Draft of a First Constitution that failed with the advent of the protectorate	1908
Designation of the advisory board	1959-1956
First Constitution	1962
First Legislature : Bicameral Parliament	1963 -1965
House of Representatives : members elected by direct suffrage (144 members) House of Counselors : members elected by indirect suffrage (120 members)
Second Constitution	1970
Second Legislature: Unicameral Parliament	1970- 1971
(240 members, 2/3 of members elected by indirect universal suffrage (150 members) and 1/3 elected by direct universal suffrage (90 members).
Third Constitution	1972
Third Legislature: Unicameral Parliament	1977- 1983
(267 members), 2/3 of members elected by direct universal suffrage (178 members) and 1/3 elected by indirect universal suffrage (89 members).
Fourth Legislature: Unicameral Parliament	1984- 1992
(306 Members), 2/3 of Members elected by direct universal suffrage (204 Members) and 1/3 elected by indirect universal suffrage (102 Members).
Fourth Constitution	1992
Fifth Legislature: Unicameral Parliament	1993- 1997
(333 Members), 2/3 of Members elected by direct universal suffrage (222 Members) and 1/3 elected by indirect universal suffrage (111 Members).
Fifth Constitution	1996
Sixth Legislature: Bicameral Parliament	1997- 2002
House of Representatives : members elected by direct universal suffrage (325 members) ouse of Counselors : Members elected by indirect universal suffrage (270 members)
Seventh Legislature	2002- 2007
Eighth Legislature	2007- 2011
Sixth Constitution	2011
ninth legislature: Bicameral Parliament	2011- 2016
House of Representatives : il consists of 395 members elected by direct universal suffrage through list ballot; they are distributed as follows: (305 Membres as elected at the level of local constituencies), (90 Membres as elected at the level of national constituency : 60 of them women and 30 youth) House of Counselors : it is composed of 120 members elected in accordance whith the lollowing rules and modes: - 72 Membres representing local constituencies ; - 20 Membres representing professional chambers ; - 08 Membres representing employers’ professional organisations ; - 20 Membres representing employees.