The
“yes”
to the new Constitution in Tunisia won by a large majority of
“92 to 93%”
, indicated to AFP the director of the Sigma Conseil institute, on the basis of a poll at the leaving the polls.
This controversial new fundamental law, imposed by President Saied, grants vast powers to the Head of State, breaking with the parliamentary system in place since 2014. A total of 21.86% of the 9.3 million registered voters had voted at 6:00 p.m. GMT, according to Farouk Bouasker, president of the electoral authority (Isie).
Hassen Zargouni estimated that
“exceeding 20% of voters is rather a good result”
.
In Tunisia, we vote less and less in recent years, "systematically below 40%", he underlined, recalling that the participation fell from 52% in the legislative elections of 2011, after the fall of the dictator Ben Ali, at 32% in 2019 (out of 7 million voters).
According to Sigma Conseil,
"between 1.8 and 1.9 million people"
followed the call for a boycott, launched by the main parties opposed to Kaïs Saïed, who denounce a Constitution leading the country towards a dictatorship.
This study was carried out on Monday on a sample of more than 7,500 voters in 27 constituencies between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
The first official results are expected
"Tuesday afternoon"
, according to a spokesman for Isie, Mansri Tlili.