Polls Open İn Tunisia's Presidential Runoff Vote

Polls opened Sunday as Tunisians head to cast their ballots to elect the country's next president in a runoff vote that pits interim President Moncef Marzouki against Beji Caid Essebsi of Nidaa Tounes party.



Nearly 5.3 million Tunisian voters are eligible to cast ballot in Sunday's election, which is billed as the final round of the country's first democratic presidential vote.



Voters are distributed among 33 electoral districts with over 10,000 polling stations across the country's 24 provinces.



Expatriate voters began casting their ballot in the polls on Friday and will continue until Sunday.



The first round of Tunisia's presidential election – in which 27 candidates competed – saw Essebsi winning some 1.9 million votes (39.4 percent) and Marzouki clinching roughly 1.1 million votes (33.4 percent).



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