The overall turnout in the first round of the local elections reached 11.66%, said President of the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE), Farouk Bouasker, describing this rate as "satisfactory". At a press briefing held, Sunday, at the Palais des Sports of El Menzah, Bouasker underscored that 1 million 59 thousand and 4 voters went to the polls, before the closing of the voting centers at 6 p.m. The turnout, which exceeded the one of the first round of the 2022 legislative elections, is «respectable», Bouasker added. Men's turnout is 67.63% compared to 32.37% for women. Regarding voters' age groups, Bouasker indicated that 50.15% of voters are between 36 and 60 years old. 30.33% are over 60 years old and 19.51% are under 35 years old. He underlined that 279 members including persons with disabilities were selected by sortition on Sunday. Women represent 13.3% of the winning candidates in the sortition (87.7% are men), the same source said. According to the electoral schedule, the preliminar y results of the first round of the local elections must be announced no later than December 27 to determine the electoral districts which will host the second round. Bouasker pointed out that the second round will take place 15 days following the announcement of the final results of the first round. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse