DHAKA: Tunisians are set to vote in the country’s first presidential election since the 2011 ‘Arab Spring’ that triggered uprisings across the region.

More than 25 candidates are in the race, but incumbent Moncef Marzouki and anti-Islamist leader Beji Caid Essebsi are widely seen as the favourites.

The poll forms part of political changes since the revolution that ousted leader Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.

A parliamentary vote was held in October.

Tunisia - seen as the birthplace of the Arab Spring that saw political upheaval in several Arab countries - is considered to have had the most successful outcome, with relatively low levels of violence.

More than five million people are eligible to vote in Sunday's election, which will deliver the country's first directly elected leader since the removal of Mr Ben Ali.

Most polling stations open at 08:00 (07:00 GMT) and close 10 hours later, reports the BBC.

BDST: 1403 HRS, NOV 23, 2014