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October 7, 2024

Tunisia’s President Kais Saied re-elected for second term

Tunisia’s President Kais Saied re-elected for second term

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, the lowest since the country’s 2011 revolution.

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