Polling got under way Sunday across Lebanon, where voters will be electing their parliament for the first time in nine years.

Polling stations opened at 7:00 am across the country, which has an electorate of around 3.7 million, and were due to close 12 hours later. Results from all 15 districts are expected on Monday.

The Interior Ministry launched a hotline number on Saturday dedicated to take control of complaints and inquiries. Individuals can contact the hotline call centre on the toll-free number, 1766, the National News Agency reported.

At 7:00 am Sunday Lebanon will launch its first legislative elections in nine years under “tight security measures,” ensuring a calm electoral process.

The distribution of ballot boxes began at 7:00 am on Saturday, under official supervision, at fund distribution centers around various districts in Lebanon in preparation for crucial parliamentary elections on Sunday.

President Michel Aoun assured on Friday that Lebanon will find a solution for the Syrian refugees crisis “regardless of the EU and U.N.'s opinions because it is an existential threat,” the Presidency media office quoted Aoun.

Army chief General Joseph Aoun held talks at Yarze with head of U.S. Central Command special forces, Major General Darsie Rogers, in the presence of U.S. Ambassador Elizabeth Richard, the National News Agency reported Friday.

Marada Movement chief MP Suleiman Franjieh accused President Michel Aoun of allegedly “interfering and taking sides in the parliamentary elections” by supporting his own Free Patriotic Movement, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Friday.

Head of the Electoral Supervisory Committee, Judge Nadim Abdul Malak reminded parliamentary hopefuls to observe the period of pre-election silence in accordance with the law ahead of Sunday’s general elections, the National News Agency reported on Thursday.

The campaign silence allows a period for voters to reflect on events before casting their votes.

Thousands of polling station employees started casting their votes on Thursday in an early election, two days before the country launches its first legislative elections in nine years on Sunday.

Lebanon’s government will convene in a final meeting before the country launches its general elections on Sunday, to discuss some files described as “non controversial” amid expectations it is going to be “calm and short”, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Thursday.