Member State of the African Union Parliamentary elections were held in Tunisia on 4 November 1979,[1] with a presidential election not required after Habib Bourguiba had been made President-for-life in 1975.
At the time the country was a one-party state with the Socialist Destourian Party (PSD) as the sole legal party.
Unlike previous elections, in which the PSD put forward a single list of candidates in each constituency, for this election there were multiple PSD candidates to choose from.
Voter turnout was 80.55%.