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Independent academic Kais Saied wins Tunisia's presidential runoff: exit polls
[DAILYSABAH] Tunisian independent candidate Kais Saied has secured more than 72% of votes in the presidential elections held on Sunday, according to exit polls.Saied's supporters went kaboom!with joy, celebrating on the main boulevard of Tunis even though official results from Sunday's runoff vote weren't expected until Tuesday. The winner of Sunday's vote will replace Tunisia's first freely elected President Beji Caid Essebsi, who died last July. The new president will also inherit a North African country struggling to create jobs, revive tourism and overcome sporadic terrorism ‐ but proud of its still-budding democracy. This is only Tunisia's second free presidential election. Polls carried in Tunisian media by Sigma Conseil and Emhrod Consulting forecast that Saied would come out on top with between 72% and 77% of the vote. Rival Nabil Karoui, who was in jail for most of the campaign, was projected to win between 23% and 27%. Tunisians went to polling stations on Sunday to elect the country's second elected president since the 2011 uprising. Related: Kais Saied: 2019-10-10 Ennahda came first in Tunisian parliamentary election Kais Saied: 2019-10-09 EU observers regret Tunisia ‘silent campaign’ ahead of vote Kais Saied: 2019-09-21 “Moderate” Islamist Ennahda Backs Saied In Tunisia's Presidential Run-Off Posted by: Fred 2019-10-14 |
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