Tunisia’s President Kais Saied won re-election in a landslide victory in results announced on Monday after a campaign season that saw his opponents jailed alongside journalists, activists and attorneys.
The North African country’s Independent High Authority for Elections, known as ISIE, said on Monday evening that Saied had won 90.7% of the vote, AP reported.
His closest challenger, businessman Ayachi Zammel, won 7.4% of the vote after sitting in prison for the majority of campaign season facing multiple prison sentences for election-related crimes.
Election officials reported 28.8% voter turnout — a significantly smaller showing than the first round of the country’s previous elections. It was Tunisia’s third presidential race since the 2011 Arab Spring, when protests for “bread, freedom and dignity” led to the ouster of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
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