<span style="color: #222222;">In Tunisia, voting began today for the third parliamentary polls of a successful but hectic transition to democracy since the North African country's 2011 revolution.<br />''  <br />'' Polling stations opened for the seven-million electorate at 8:00 am Local Time (1230 PM IST) and will close 12 hours later. Preliminary official results are scheduled for Wednesday although exit polls will be released from late today.<br />'' <br />'' The vote comes two weeks after the first round of a presidential election that swept aside traditional political parties in favour of independent candidates, a trend likely to be repeated in the ballot for MPs.<br />'' <br />'' More than 15,000 candidates on 1,500 lists are contesting 217 seats in a parliament dominated by Ennahdha in alliance with centrist party Nidaa Tounes that has been decimated by infighting.<br />'' <br />''<br />''While the presidential race may have overshadowed the legislative contest, parliament is responsible for tackling the main challenges facing Tunisian society.</span>