 According to a poll in "Al Wasat" newspaper, 1.9% of voters will heed calls for a boycott being made by a splinter group of Salafists and the Haq Movement.Turnout was thus expected to be "fairly high" according to a survey by "Al Wasat", which predicts that it should be significantly up on 2002's 53% participation rate.Several individuals contesting the election had faced accused of links with international terrorism.