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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Kaouther Larbi

Tunisia Incumbent Saied Set To Win Presidential Vote: Exit Polls

Tunisia's President Kais Saied waves outside a polling station in Tunis after casting his vote in the affluent Ennasr neighbourhood (Credit: AFP)

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

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

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