Polling started in Tunisia on Sunday in a landmark run-off to choose the country's first president nearly four years after the political and social turmoil during late 2010 and early 2011.

The second round of voting will last from 8:00 a.m. local time (0700 GMT) to 6:00 p.m. (0500 GMT) on Sunday at around 10,000 polling centers across the country.

However, due to security measures, voting is limited from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at 124 polling centers in three governorates near the Algerian borders.

Over 5.3 million Tunisians will have the opportunity to decide their country's fate by choosing between two candidates, the leader of the anti-Islamist Nidaa Tounes party, Beji Caid Essebsi, and incumbent President Moncef Marzouki from an alliance with the moderate Islamist movement Ennahda.

Essebsi won the first round with 39.46 percent of the votes, while Marzouki a close rate of 33.43 percent.

Tunisians abroad already started voting on Thursday and will continue until early morning on Monday.

Preliminary results of the second round voting are to be revealed on Monday evening, according to the Elections Board. Endit

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