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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Simon Speakman Cordall

Saied’s low turnout win in Tunisia election sparks repression concerns

Supporters of Tunisian President Kais Saied celebrate in Tunis after preliminary results show he won the presidential election [Zoubeir Souissi/Reuters]

Tunisians are reckoning with what preliminary results suggest will be a landslide victory for incumbent Kais Saied in the presidential election despite a markedly low turnout.

In a contest marked by judicial controversy, widespread accusations of rigging and one of the three-man field languishing in prison, few believed that Saied would struggle to emerge victorious.

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