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Saied re-elected Tunisia president with 90.7% of the vote: official

Published: 07 Oct 2024 - 09:51 pm | Last Updated: 07 Oct 2024 - 09:52 pm
Supporters of Tunisia's President celebrate after the announcement of the first estimates in favor of the incumbent President, during Tunisia's Presidential election, on the Avenue Habib Bourguiba in Tunis on October 6, 2024. (Photo by YASSINE MAHJOUB / AFP)

Supporters of Tunisia's President celebrate after the announcement of the first estimates in favor of the incumbent President, during Tunisia's Presidential election, on the Avenue Habib Bourguiba in Tunis on October 6, 2024. (Photo by YASSINE MAHJOUB / AFP)

AFP

Tunisia's President Kais Saied was re-elected on Monday with 90.69 percent of the vote, the head of the electoral authority ISIE said on national television.

Saied, 66, won Sunday's election by a landslide, with his challengers Ayachi Zemmal collecting 7.3 percent and Zouhair Maghzaoui 1.9 percent of votes cast, ISIE said.

The turnout was 28.8 percent.