Polling booths closed at 6 p.m. (1700 GMT) in Tunisia Sunday after voting in the first round of a presidential election in the young democracy.
The head of the electoral commission had earlier called for young voters to head to the polls, with turnout standing at only 27.8 percent by 3 p.m.
Meanwhile, Hatem Mliki, a spokesperson for the detained media magnate Nabil Karoui said Sunday that he has advanced to a second-round run off in Tunisia's presidential election along with another candidate.
"Today Tunisians said their word and wanted to change the power system... we have to respect the will of the people...Nabil Karoui will be in the second round...we won," Mliki told reporters.
Reuters
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