Tunisia’s incumbent president, Kaïs Saïed, has secured a second term in office after winning the first round of the presidential election with an overwhelming 90.69% of the vote. The preliminary results were announced Monday evening by the Independent Higher Authority for Elections (ISIE).
The other candidates, Ayachi Zammel and Zouhair Maghzaoui, received 7.35% and 1.97% of the votes, respectively, according to ISIE president Farouk Bouasker during a press conference.
Despite a relatively low voter turnout of 28.8%, a total of 2,438,954 voters cast their ballots in favor of Saïed.
