on Sunday 6 October, 2024

Incumbent Kais Saied Set To Win Tunisia Vote With 89%: Exit Polls

File picture of Tunisian President Kais Saied taken on November 16, 2020. © Karim Jaafar, AFP
by : AFP

Tunisia's incumbent President Kais Saied is set to win the country's presidential election with 89.2 percent support, according to exit polls broadcast on national television Sunday after polls closed.

Saied, 66, is expected to win by a landslide with his challengers Ayachi Zemmal set to collect 6.9 percent and Zouhair Maghzaoui 3.9 percent of the vote, independent polling group Sigma Conseil said.