This tightens President Kais Saied's grip in what critics fear is a march to a new era of autocracy.
The commission said 95% of voters approved the constitution in Monday's referendum boycotted by opposition groups, which accuse Saied of staging a coup against the young democracy that emerged from Tunisia's Arab Spring uprising of 2011.
The new constitution includes changes that shift power back to the presidency and away from parliament which - to Saied's supporters - had become synonymous with political bickering and government paralysis.Fewer people voted in the referendum than in any of the three parliamentary and two presidential elections held since Tunisians rose up against dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.
There was no immediate reaction from Saied or the election commission to the opposition's accusation. Speaking on Monday night as he walked among supporters at a rally in central Tunis, Saied said people were free to boycott the vote"but it would have been better if they had taken part".
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