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Polls closed in Tunisian presidential elections

2019-09-15T19:28:31.284Z


Tunis-SANA: Polling stations in the Tunisian presidential elections closed this evening. Quotes Media


Tunisia-Sana

Polls closed in Tunisia's presidential election this evening.

Tunisian media quoted Nabil Bafoun, head of the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC), as telling a news conference: "The turnout in the country was 35 percent, just an hour before polling stations were closed."

The Election Commission has allocated 4,554 polling stations with 13,000 polling stations inside the country, while 304 polling stations have opened abroad, including 384 polling stations in 46 countries.

The number of registered voters abroad 384 thousand voters and voters, while the number of their counterparts at home 7 million.

The head of the Tunisian House of Representatives, Mohamed Nasser, who assumed the functions of President of the Republic temporarily after the death of former Tunisian President Beji Kaid Essebsi last July called for early presidential elections on the 15th of September.

Source: sena

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