President of the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE), Farouk Bouasker, said at a press conference held Sunday at the Convention Center in Tunis, that 131 constituencies are involved in the second round of legislative elections scheduled for January 29.

The number of candidates is 262 including 34 women. Most of them are adults (49.2% aged between 46-60 years). The percentage of young people aged between 30-45 years is 38.9%.

The total number of registered voters in the second round is 7 million 853 thousand 447 voters, including 5 million 827 thousand 949 registered voluntarily and two million 25 498 registered automatically.

The ISIE has mobilised 632 officers to monitor the campaign, including 524 field officers and 108 administrative officers, in addition to continuing the work of six monitoring cells composed of 71 officers.

The authority has set up 4222 voting centers and 10 thousand 012 polling stations for the second round. The total number of officers mobilised will amount to 40 thousand 594 people.

ISIE President had announced at a press conference held Sunday morning that the second round of parliamentary elections will be held on January 29. He said that the election campaign for the second round will start Monday, January 16 at midnight and will end on January 27 at midnight.

The period of electoral silence will begin on Saturday, January 28 at midnight and will end on Sunday, January 29 with the closing of the last polling station. The announcement of the preliminary results of the second round will take place, at the latest, on February 1, 2023. The Electoral Authority will announce the final results of the legislative elections after the end of the appeal period, no later than March 4, 2023.

Source: Tap News Agency