A total of 1,429 candidates have applied to contest Tunisia's parliamentary elections scheduled to be held on Dec. 17, the country's election commission said. Faroukh Bouasker, head of the Independent High Authority for Elections, said in a televised interview that the deadline for receiving applications from candidates ended on Thursday. #Tunisia : the number of candidate files for the legislative elections reached 1,427, incl. 1,213 by men & 214 by ...