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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Simon Speakman Cordall

Tunisian parliamentary election records just 8.8% turnout

Tunisian President Kais Saied casting his vote at a polling station in Tunis, Tunisia on 17 December 2022.
President Kais Saied casting his vote at a polling station in Tunis, Tunisia on 17 December 2022. Photograph: Tunisian Presidency Press Service Handout/EPA

Tunisia has been plunged into political uncertainty after it recorded the lowest electoral turnout in its recent history following President Kais Saied’s suspension of parliament and subsequent redrawing of the country’s political map.

Its main opposition alliance called on Saied to “leave immediately” as voters overwhelmingly snubbed the the legislative election in what officials at the country’s Instance Supérieure Indépendante pour les Élections (ISIE) said was a participation rate of 8.8%.

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