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Tunisia: Launch of the campaign for the election of October 23

The election campaign officially starts Saturday in Tunisia, for the election of a Constituent Assembly on October 23, the first election since the fall of the Ben Ali on January 14.

Some lists 1424, nearly 11,000 candidates appear in the 27 districts of Tunisia, according to latest statistics from the higher independent body for the elections (ISIE) reported by TAP.

Tunisians abroad, which will have 19 seats in the 218 in the future assembly, will vote in six districts (two in France, Italy, one in Germany, one for North America and one for Arab countries ).

Throughout the month of September, representatives from each list in Tunisia have recorded a 3-minute election.These messages will start to be broadcast on national public media from Saturday.

This is also from Saturday comes into force prohibiting the dissemination of political polls until election day.

The campaign will end on October 21 at midnight.

The amount spent on public funding of the campaign amounted to 9.5 million dinars (about 4.5 million) according to the ISIE, of which two thirds have already been paid to parties and independent lists.

All foreign funding is prohibited, under a decree law passed during the summer.

Tunisians are called upon to elect 23 October a constituent assembly to draft a new constitution, nine months after the flight of former President Ben Ali ousted Jan. 14 by a popular uprising.