Kais Saied set to win Tunisia presidential election: Exits poll
Al Jazeera
The incumbent in the lead with 89.2 percent of votes as voter turnout was 28 percent in Sunday’s election.
Tunisian President Kais Saied is on course to win the presidential election with 89.2 percent of the vote, according to an exit poll aired on state TV, solidifying Saied’s rule after a power grab three years ago.
But the Independent High Authority for Elections of Tunisia (ISIE) will announce the official results of the election on Monday evening.
Saied, 66, was running against two rivals, including his former ally turned critic Chaab Party leader Zouhair Maghzaoui, and Ayachi Zammel, a businessman who was seen as posing a big threat to Saied’s re-election until he was jailed last month.
According to the exit poll, Maghzaoui, 59, received 3.9 percent of the vote and Zammel, 47, received 6.9 percent.
The ISIE said voter turnout stood at 27.7 percent in Sunday’s vote. The board’s spokesman, Mohamed Tlili Mansri, said earlier that they were expecting around a 30 percent turnout.
