Municipal elections: youth abstain, women to participate in greater numbers

22 August 2017 / Hayfa Dhouib / Translation: Vanessa Szakal / Journalist : Yassine Nabli

Voter registration for municipal elections closed on 10 August 2017, and Tunisia’s Independent Elections Authority, the ISIE, announced its decision not to extend the process, in spite of relatively low turnout. On August 11, the ISIE released the results of the two-month registration period: 535,784 new voters and 92,201 updated registrations for a total of 5,373,845 voters who will participate in local elections on December 17.