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Tunisia set for runoffs after low turnout parliamentary elections

Only 21 candidates secured victory in the first round of votes marked by low turnout, electoral commission says.

Al Jazeera · Dec 19, 2022

Runoffs due in most Tunisian districts in controversial parliament election

Runoffs will be held in most Tunisian regions after only 21 candidates secured victory in the first round of parliamentary elections, the electoral commission said on Monday, following the controversial vote marked by a very low turnout.

Reuters · Dec 19, 2022

U.S. urges Tunisia to expand political participation

The low voter turnout in Tunisia's parliamentary elections reinforces the need for the North African nation to further expand political participation in the coming months, a U.S. State Department spokesperson said on Sunday.

Reuters · Dec 18, 2022

Tunisians Shun Vote for Powerless New Parliament

Tunisians on Saturday overwhelmingly boycotted an election for a new parliament, and electoral board president Farouk Bouasker said that by close of polls at 6:00 pm (1700 GMT), just 8.8 percent of the nine-million-strong electorate had cast votes. That would be the lowest participation in any poll since the revolution,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 18, 2022

Tunisian parliamentary election records just 8.8% turnout

Fall in votes follows President Kais Saied’s suspension of legislature and redrawing of country’s political map

The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2022

Record low turnout, opposition boycott mar Tunisia elections

Less than 9 percent of voters turned up to cast their ballot amid an opposition boycott of parliamentary elections.

Al Jazeera · Dec 17, 2022

Tunisian opposition calls on president to quit after low turnout election

Tunisia's "Salvation Front" opposition coalition called for President Kais Saied to quit office, saying he had lost his legitimacy after Saturday's parliamentary election had a preliminary turnout figure of less than 9%.

Reuters · Dec 17, 2022

Electoral Commission: Tunisian Election Had 8.8% Turnout

Tunisia's parliamentary election on Saturday had a turnout of only 8.8%, the head of the electoral commission announced, saying that about 803,000 people voted according to official preliminary figures. Most Tunisian political parties had boycotted the election, rejecting the constitutional basis for the vote and criticizing the electoral law that…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 17, 2022

Turnout low so far as Tunisia votes for a ‘dummy’ parliament

After sending in tanks to shutter Tunisia’s last parliament, the leader of a nation once seen as the Arab world’s most progressive democracy is taking no chances in the vote for its successor.

Tribune News Service · Dec 17, 2022

Tunisians vote for hamstrung parliament in poll shunned by opposition

Tunisians are voting Saturday in the first general elections after a constitutional referendum in July gave President Kais Saied sweeping powers. Political parties have boycotted the vote and there's little enthusiasm among the population since the election's outcome is unlikely to improve the country's economic situation.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 17, 2022