Tunisians vote in polls

Published January 30th, 2023 - 05:26 GMT

ALBAWABA - Tunisians have gone to the polls on Sunday to vote for a new parliament. This is the second round of voting under new reforms introduced by president Kais Saied to elect a new legislature made up of 131 seats as 262 candidates stood for these elections that were marred by a low turnout. 

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Tunisia's Al-Amal Party's political committee chief and leader of the opposition National Salvation Front, Ahmed Nejib Chebbi, speaks during a press conference in Tunis on January 29, 2023, following the second tour of parliamentary elections. Chebbi announced that his party will not recognise the assembly resulting from the polls which had a low turnout of just 11.3 percent, according to initial figures announced by Tunisia's electoral board, as the politically divided nation grapples with economic woes. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP)

At the polling station

An election official sits behind a desk at a voting station during the second round of parliamentary elections on January 29, 2023, in the capital Tunis. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP)

Tunisian poll official

Tunisia's electoral board president Farouk Bouasker holds a press conference to announce preliminary results of the second round of parliamentary elections in the capital Tunis, on January 29, 2023. Just 11.3 percent of Tunisians voted in a second-round poll for a toothless parliament, according to initial figures announced by the electoral board as the politically divided nation grapples with economic woes. (Photo by YASSINE MAHJOUB / AFP)

Tunisian voter

) A Tunisian voter displays their ink-stained finger after casting their ballot at a polling station for the second round of parliamentary elections on January 29, 2023, in Ettadhamen, a working-class suburb west of the capital Tunis. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP)

Stained ink

A Tunisian voter dips his finger in ink after casting their ballot in the second round of parliamentary elections on January 29, 2023, in Ettadhamen, a working-class suburb west of the capital Tunis. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP)

Tunisian voter

A Tunisian voter displays their ink-stained finger after casting their ballot at a polling station for the second round of parliamentary elections on January 29, 2023, in Ettadhamen, a working-class suburb west of the capital Tunis. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP)

Tunisian voter

Tunisian voters arrive at a polling station for the second round of parliamentary elections on January 29, 2023, in Ettadhamen, a working-class suburb west of the capital Tunis. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP)

Tunisians vote
At the polling station
Tunisian poll official
Tunisian voter
Stained ink
Tunisian voter
Tunisian voter
Tunisians vote
Tunisia's Al-Amal Party's political committee chief and leader of the opposition National Salvation Front, Ahmed Nejib Chebbi, speaks during a press conference in Tunis on January 29, 2023, following the second tour of parliamentary elections. Chebbi announced that his party will not recognise the assembly resulting from the polls which had a low turnout of just 11.3 percent, according to initial figures announced by Tunisia's electoral board, as the politically divided nation grapples with economic woes. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP)
At the polling station
An election official sits behind a desk at a voting station during the second round of parliamentary elections on January 29, 2023, in the capital Tunis. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP)
Tunisian poll official
Tunisia's electoral board president Farouk Bouasker holds a press conference to announce preliminary results of the second round of parliamentary elections in the capital Tunis, on January 29, 2023. Just 11.3 percent of Tunisians voted in a second-round poll for a toothless parliament, according to initial figures announced by the electoral board as the politically divided nation grapples with economic woes. (Photo by YASSINE MAHJOUB / AFP)
Tunisian voter
) A Tunisian voter displays their ink-stained finger after casting their ballot at a polling station for the second round of parliamentary elections on January 29, 2023, in Ettadhamen, a working-class suburb west of the capital Tunis. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP)
Stained ink
A Tunisian voter dips his finger in ink after casting their ballot in the second round of parliamentary elections on January 29, 2023, in Ettadhamen, a working-class suburb west of the capital Tunis. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP)
Tunisian voter
A Tunisian voter displays their ink-stained finger after casting their ballot at a polling station for the second round of parliamentary elections on January 29, 2023, in Ettadhamen, a working-class suburb west of the capital Tunis. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP)
Tunisian voter
Tunisian voters arrive at a polling station for the second round of parliamentary elections on January 29, 2023, in Ettadhamen, a working-class suburb west of the capital Tunis. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP)

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