Millions of Tunisians are casting their ballots to directly elect their president for the first time since the revolution four years ago that swept away longtime leader, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Al Jazeera reports.
Sunday’s election will be a closely fought contest among stalwarts of the deposed regime, members of the once-outlawed parties, as well as a new breed of politicians that has emerged since the 2011 revolution.
Early voter turnout after the opening of the polling stations at 8am local time (07:00 GMT) was low, especially among the young.
Al Jazeera visited a polling centre at 18 Rue de L’Inde in Lafayette district in downtown Tunis, where the voting process was progressing smoothly.