President of the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE), Farouk Bouasker said that until 10:00 pm after the closing of polling stations, 2 million 458 thousand 985 voters voted during the referendum held on Monday on the draft of the new Tunisian Constitution, i. e. a turnout of 27.54% of all registered voters (8,929,665 people).

During a press briefing held Monday evening by the ISIE at the Convention Centre in Tunis, Bouasker stressed that this percentage is “approximate and expected to increase” as some polling stations abroad continue to receive voters, specifically in the two Americas. The polling station in San Francisco, in the United States, will be the last one to close its doors on Tuesday at around 2am.

He said that the counting of ballots will continue until the early hours of Tuesday, noting that the collection of results will be carried out after the receipt of the minutes of 33 regional election authorities (27 authorities in the country and 6 abroad).

“We will try to announce the preliminary results of the election on Tuesday afternoon,” Bouasker concluded.

Source: Tap News Agency