Tunisia's presidential vote will feature 27 candidates, including 1 woman
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Tunisia's election commission has announced that 27 candidates will be competing in November's presidential election.
For the first time in the country's history, a woman, judge Kalthoum Kannou, will be running for president.
Tunisians overthrew their dictator in 2011 and will be completing their transition to a democracy with the election of a parliament in late October and a president on Nov. 23.
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Polls show octogenarian politician Beji Caid Essebsi of the secular Nida Tunis (Tunisia Calls) party is the front runner.
Tunisia's powerful moderate Islamist party, Ennahda, said it will back a "consensual" candidate.
Other prominent candidates include incumbent President Moncef Marzouki, a human rights activist.
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Commission head Chafiq Sarsar said Tuesday the 27 were chosen from 70 applications with the rest not meeting requirements.