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Tunisians will head to polling stations on Sunday (December 24th) to elect members of local councils, in a first step towards establishing the National Council of Regions and Regions to complete the bicameral legislative system, as stipulated in the 2022 constitution.
Polling stations opened at eight in the morning Tunisian time, and the electoral process continued until six in the evening local time.
In Tunisia’s local council elections, 7,205 candidates from parties supporting Tunisian President Kais Saied and independents are competing for 2,155 seats to form 279 local councils.
Tunisian opposition parties have called for a boycott of local elections. The National Salvation Front said it would see a broad boycott and would represent an additional disappointment to the authority.
Among the parties boycotting the local council elections are the National Salvation Front, a coalition led by Ahmed Nejib Chebbi and consisting of six parties, most notably Ennahda: the Workers’ Party, Afek Tounes and the Republican Party.
In addition, 979,271 voters inside Tunisia are eligible to cast their votes in these elections, which represent the last electoral entitlement in a series of exceptional measures taken by President Kais Saied, which created a severe political crisis in the country.