Saudi men are voting in a nationwide election for local council representatives in Saudi Arabia's the only second election ever, but polling booths have been empty, showing very low enthusiasm and poor turnout.

Officials said 1.08 million Saudi men of the country's 18 million population registered to vote this year. However, Al Jazeera Mohamed Vall, reporting from Riyadh on Thursday, said no more than 300,000 men registered.

Al Jazeera's Mohammed Vall reports from Riyadh.