3,684 candidacies have been filed for the local elections by October 29, three days before the deadline.
The highest number of candidates was registered in the governorates of Sidi Bouzid and Kasserine.
A total of 3,242 candidacies were submitted directly and the remaining 442 were submitted by people with disabilities, from which one candidate will be chosen by lot for each local council, according to data published on Monday by the Independent High Authority for the Elections (ISIE).
The largest number of candidacies, 258 (221 direct candidates and 37 candidates chosen by lot), was registered in the governorate of Sidi Bouzid, followed by the governorate of Kasserine with a total of 213 candidacies. The governorate of Gabes had the fewest candidates, with 50 candidacies (45 direct and 5 by lot).
Source : Zawya