Tunisia Election - Oct 1, 2011 - 09:00

Sat, 1 Oct 2011, 07:00 GMT+3 - Tunisia Election

Campaigining officially begins for Tunisia's October 23 election. Tunisians will be voting on a constitutent assembly, with elected officals tasked with writing a new constitution and deciding on what political system the country will be governed by in the new era.

The election will be the first since President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was forced from power in a popular uprising.