hasham albahara reports. >> reporter: tunisia's youngest candidate in the upcoming election.is campaigning in the area where he was born and spent most of his life. 23-year-old mukdad realtime graduated from university and wants to win a seat in parliament. his friend's bike is his only way to move around and meet people. like many young tunisians, he says he doesn't trust the political parties. >> i have decided to run for the election so that young people in tunisia take destiny in to their own hand. here, political parties use young and poor people to distribute leaveless, banners and candidate posters and when the elections are over, they ignore them. >> people here say they are willing to vote for him but they are not sure a young inexperienced candidate can solve their problems. he is getting a taste of the challenges candidates face. munya lives with her family in this crudely-built place. she wants a decent house, financial aid and free medicine for her chronic illness. a day later, she is in good spirits. he is joined by young candidates for a final rally. apart from

. >> hasham, thank you. joining us from tunnis. we have a very compromisive coverage of those elections going on our website. it includes this info graphic you are looking at as well as updates throughout the day. voting elsewhere and in brazil in fact is underway in the presidential run-off there. the incumbent catch her vote in the country's south. she is seeing a second four-year term. rousseff is facing a challenge from nevez who received 34% of votes in the first round. he is a former governor as well as a state governor. asia newman is joining us from braz i thinkia to tell us how the voting is going. first of all, lucia. reporter: hello. the voting is going very well there have been a few hiccups with the electronic systems. they were one of the first countries in the world to instate this it kind of voting but they are first-generation machines. there have been some problems but nothing too serious according to the electoral council. all of the 150 brazilians are voting, very, very exciting race indeed. very, very close. to

the polling stations have now officially closed, hasham. >> indeed, it's eight minutes past 6:00 p.m.ocal time and voting is over in tunisia at one of the biggest polling stations here in the capitol, and as you can see behind me, counting officers and scrutinies representing candidates are about to start counting ballots. it's going to take them some time. now, the voting has been described in general as regular, things went pretty smooth according to international observers despite some irregularities, mine or irregularities in different points. until about an hour ago, it was at 51%. according to officials, thes quite significant. it's almost the same voter turnout of 2011 despite all of the concerns, the fear about the country, the instability and the violence that has been on the rise over the last few years. >> hashem, you have been in tunisia. you were covering the tension stand-off that was going on with the militants there and the security forces. so really, is security a concern for tun easeians? did that affect the way they voted at all? what did they tell you? >> sur veins

we begin this report with hasham al abaya. >> a country casting an historic vote. security forces track a group of people with explosived in the house in the suburb was capitol. killing most of the fighters, including five women police officials say were armed and planning to disrupt the elections. this is the leader of the secular tun easeians call a party that's likely to major make significant gains. members of the former government and the president are also taking part in these elections. one of them is kamal mazan. >> my priority is security given the rise of terrorism here in tunisia here and in the region. i am determined to fix the economy and build strong ties with the international community. >> morjane and ase psi face a tough challenge. tunisia's election system is based upon proportional representation. no party is likely to win a majority. consensus is the only way forward. the lesson that we learned from egypt and other countries is that in a transitional period, a single majority won't be able to solve the country's problems. you have to have an ex