More than 47 million people are eligible to vote in the first round of a parliamentary election on Sunday to choose members of the National Assembly, the country's lower house of parliament, Al Jazeera reports.
Polls open at 8am (06:00 GMT). They will close, in the largest cities, at 8:00pm (18:00 GMT).
A total of 7,882 candidates are running for 577 seats in the National Assembly in Sunday's first round of the two-stage legislative elections.