Demonstrators march from Bab Saadoun to Rahil rally in Bardo Square, August 24, 2013. Photo credit: Tunisia Live
Asked whether they favored dissolving the NCA, 48 percent of respondents opposed the measure, 37 supported and 15 percent were undecided, according to a survey conducted by Tunisian market research firm 3C Etudes.
On another demand, dissolving the current government, 29 opposed the measure, 23 percent supported doing so immediately, 10 percent supported it, but not right now, and 38 percent were unsure.
The poll also asked about voting preferences in promised upcoming elections.
For legislative elections, 43 percent are undecided, 33.9 percent support opposition party Nidaa Tounes and 30.6 percent support Ennahdha. Both parties made gains from the last poll in June. No other parties received over 10 percent.
The leftist Popular Front coalition, which assassinated politician Mohamed Brahmi belonged to, sank from 10.2 to 9.7 percent.
For the presidency, Nidaa Tounes leader Beji Caid Essebsi led the poll, but still received only 15.2 percent, worse than his June performance. No other candidate passed the 5 percent mark, with current president Moncef Marzouki winning 3.5 percent of respondents, who were not given choices on the poll, but rather were asked who they planned to vote for.
The undecideds have increased since June, now at 34 percent.
The survey polled 1,249 adults over the phone in late August and early September and claimed to have a representative population sample.
The survey results come amid a nearly two-month long political crisis. No date has been set for elections.
The draft constitution has not been approved and there is no board of elections or electoral law, meaning that no preparations are underway for a new vote.
Work on these measures has stopped since Brahmi’s assassination in late July.
Tunisians first post-revolutionary election was held in October 2011.
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