Decree No. 256 of 2026, dated October 12, 2026, and relating to the summons of voters registered in the local electoral district of the imada of Sondes Foum El Khenka, under the delegation of Tamerza, in the governorate of Tozeur, was published this Tuesday in the Official Journal of the Tunisian Republic (JORT).
The voters are thus called to participate in local partial elections on Sunday, January 17, 2027, from 8:00 to 18:00.
The organization of this partial election in the local electoral district of Tamerza follows the vacancy of the seat that occurred after the vote on the removal of the mandate of a member of the local council, held on the 27th of last September.
This consultation had resulted in the removal of the mandate of the concerned representative, the ‘yes’ having obtained 52.43% of the expressed votes, against 47.57% for the ‘no’.
The petition aiming to remove the mandate of the elected member of the local council had been filed on May 11, 2026 by 51 electors, on the basis of Article 61 of the Constitution, Organic Law No. 23 of 2012, Organic Law No. 16 of 2014, Decree-Law No. 10 of 2023 as well as Decision No. 281 of 2024 of the Instance, which allows any elector to file a petition seeking the removal of the mandate of one of the council’s representatives.
