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Observers expect voters will use the legislative poll to reinforce their choice of political outsiders in the presidential race

ISIE said campaigning would kick off Thursday for the second and final round of voting

More than 15,000 candidates, running on more than 1,500 lists, are competing for 217 seats

Ben Ali, who ruled Tunisia from 1987 until 2011, was viewed by some as a bulwark against Islamist extremist

Kais Saied advances to the next round with 18.85 of votes, while Nabil Kaorui advances second with 15.7% of votes cast

Turnout was reported by the elections commission (ISIE) to be 45 percent, down from 64 percent recorded in the 2014 polls

Tunisia has been praised as a rare success story for democratic transition after the Arab Spring regional uprisings

Karoui wrote from prison, calling on voters to “make a ballot box revolution” and to “return Tunisia to the people”.

Nabil Karoui was arrested on money laundering charges on August 23 shortly after announcing his presidential bid

Seven million Tunisians are expected to head to the ballot box in the September 15 poll