Poor turnout in Libyan vote for constitution-drafting body


  • World
  • Friday, 21 Feb 2014

A woman casts her ballot during a vote to elect a constitution-drafting panel in Tripoli February 20, 2014. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyans trickled to the polls on Thursday to elect an assembly to draft a constitution, with the paltry turnout reflecting deep political disillusion with the chaos pervading Libya since Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year rule ended in 2011.

Less than 498,000 people cast ballots, the election commission said, out of one million who had registered to vote - a number far lower than the three million who did so before the 2012 parliamentary election.

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