- Title: Voting ends in Tunisian parliamentary election amid low turnout
- Date: 6th October 2019
- Summary: TUNIS, TUNISIA (OCTOBER 6, 2019) (REUTERS) POLLING STATION VOLUNTEERS OPENING BALLOT BOX / CONTENTS OF BALLOT BOX BEING EMPTIED ONTO TABLE EUROPEAN UNION CHIEF OBSERVER, FABIO MASSIMO CASTALDO, LOOKING ON VARIOUS OF BALLOTS ON TABLE CASTALDO STANDING NEXT TO TABLE WITH BALLOTS (SOUNDBITE) (French) EUROPEAN UNION CHIEF OBSERVER, FABIO MASSIMO CASTALDO, SAYING: "This election amounts to a fundamental stage that confirms that democracy has taken root in the country, and the continuity of the values of the Tunisian revolution in 2011. Also because these are the second free elections in the country after the adoption of the 2014 constitution." VOTER CASTING VOTE BEFORE POLLS CLOSE (SOUNDBITE) (French) EUROPEAN UNION CHIEF OBSERVER, FABIO MASSIMO CASTALDO, SAYING: "We find that according to the reports from our observations in the field, that in the majority of cases the procedural rules have been properly followed. So we can say that the staff at the polling stations have shown a good level of professionalism." PARTY REPRESENTATIVES AND OBSERVERS SITTING INSIDE POLLING STATION VOTER CASTING VOTE VARIOUS OF ANOTHER VOTER REGISTERING, CASTING VOTE BALLOT BOX BEING SEALED SEALED BALLOT BOX, VOLUNTEERS STANDING NEARBY CASTALDO TALKING TO VOTING STATION VOLUNTEER AFTER POLLS CLOSED VARIOUS OF POLLING STATION VOLUNTEERS LOOKING THROUGH LISTS VARIOUS OF BALLOT BOX BEING OPENED OBSERVERS AND POLITICAL PARTY REPRESENTATIVES SITTING AND WATCHING CONTENTS OF BALLOT BOX BEING EMPTIED ONTO TABLE
- Embargoed: 20th October 2019 20:01
- Keywords: Tunisia Parliamentary Elections Tunis Polls Closing Ballot Boxes European Union Chief Observer
- Location: TUNIS, TUNISIA
- City: TUNIS, TUNISIA
- Country: Tunisia
- Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
- Reuters ID: LVA001AZYJBRB
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Polling stations closed on Sunday (October 6) in Tunisia's parliamentary election, with early indications from the electoral commission showing that the turnout was low across the country.
The moderate Islamist Ennahda party and its rival Heart of Tunisia party of detained media mogul Nabil Karoui both said they had won a parliamentary election on Sunday, though no official results are expected yet.
Ennahda, Tunisia's best organised party with a widescale national presence, has been in several governing coalitions since the 2011 revolution that introduced democracy.
Karoui is one of two candidates who made it through the first round of a presidential election last month to reach a runoff vote next Sunday. He was arrested in August on charges of money laundering and tax fraud, which he denies, and has contested the election from a jail cell pending his trial.
The biggest party in parliament will nominate a prime minister who has two months to form a government.
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