TUNIS, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- The ongoing legislative elections in Tunisia are conducted with full transparency, Farouk Bouaskar, president of the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE), said on Saturday.
"Two hours after the polls opened, a total of 270,032 voters have casted their ballots in the elections," Bouasker said during a press conference held in the capital Tunis.
According to Bouaskar, the African Union, the League of Arab States, the Carter Center, and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation have all dispatched missions to the elections as international observers.
At 8 a.m. local time (0700 GMT) on Saturday, Tunisians began casting ballots in legislative elections at 4,551 voting centers and 11,310 polling stations across the country.
Preliminary results of the elections will be announced between Sunday and Tuesday.
Tunisian President Kais Saied announced on March 30 the dissolution of the Assembly of People's Representatives, or the Tunisian parliament.
In December last year, Saied said a constitutional referendum would be held in July this year, followed by parliamentary elections at the end of 2022. ■