TUNIS: Tunisian voters turned out in low numbers for a referendum on a new constitution. There were a total of 92,78,541 registered voters and polling stations across the country opened at 6 a.m, the High Authority for Elections (ISIE) chief Farouk Bouasker said in a statement.

However, the number "remains an estimation" due to some polling stations have not yet reached the polling centre, Bouasker added. Tunisia began the referendum in its 24 provinces on the country's Republic Day, which fell on July 25.

There were a total of 92,8,541 registered voters and polling stations across Tunisia opened a.m. The final results of the referendum will not be declared until the deadlines have passed, but no later than August 28.

The new constitution, which replaces one drafted in 2014 three years after the Arab Spring, would give the head of state full executive control, the supreme command of the army, and the ability to appoint a government without parliamentary approval.

Tunisia meanwhile faces a growing economic crisis and is seeking an International Monetary Fund rescue package – issues that have preoccupied ordinary people far more over the past year than the political crisis.

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