Tunisians head to the polls in historic election

  • 13 years ago
Polls opened Sunday in Tunisia's first-ever free elections, with an Islamist party poised to win nine months after the surprise toppling of strongman Zine el Abidine Ben Ali that sparked the Arab Spring. Some 7.2 million people are eligible to elect a 217-member assembly that will write a new constitution after decades of autocratic government under Ben Ali, ousted in a popular revolt. Duration: 01:24