President of the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE), Farouk Bouasker, said that “the project for the territorial division of local electoral constituencies, which has made rapid progress in just a few days, is an important national project. At a press conference on Saturday at the headquarters of the Nabeul 1 regional elections authority, held to monitor the progress of the work of the field teams responsible for demarcating the boundaries of the delegations in the Nabeul governorate, Bouasker said that this project “will help to establish a precise administrative map of the country and to draw up development plans at the local and regional level”. The local council elections and the regional and district council elections, he explained, will lead to the establishment of the 2nd parliamentary chamber, which will have 77 or 78 members. All regional councils will be represented by three MPs, while district councils will be represented by one MP. According to Bouasker, these elections will be held as soon as possible, specifying that “this project applies not only to local, regional and district council elections but also to municipal and presidential elections scheduled for 2024”. The number of electoral constituencies in the governorate of Nabeul will be approximately 104, and there will be eight local councils. Fieldwork for the national project on the territorial division of local electoral constituencies began on May 23, simultaneously in all governorates and delegations, according to a predefined timetable. This national project will lead to the creation of 2,155 electoral constituencies, by decree law no. 2023-10 of March 8, 2023, on the organisation of elections to local councils, regional councils and districts.
Source: EN – Agence Tunis Afrique Presse