TUNIS: European Union observers on Tuesday hailed Tunisian elections as transparent and said only "minor irregularities" were reported.
"The ISIE (independent elections body) held these elections in transparency," the EU observer mission said in a statement, adding it was "satisfied" with the conduct of the vote in 97 percent of polling stations.
"The remaining three percent presented minor irregularities," mission chief Michael Gahler told reporters in Tunis.
The statement added the vote took place "in a context of freedom of expression".
Results are due later Tuesday in Tunisia's first-ever democratic polls in which massive numbers of voters elected a new 217-member assembly that will rewrite the constitution and appoint a new caretaker president and government for the duration of the drafting process.
The Islamist Ennahda party has claimed the lead with up to 40 percent of the vote.
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