By the time polling places closed, preliminary voter turnout was 27.7 percent, according to the Independent High Authority for Elections.
According to an exit poll, 89.2 percent of voters gave incumbent Tunisian President Kais Saied the victory he needed to win a second term in office.
According to Hassan Zargouni, the director of polling firm Sigma Conseil, “the estimated results indicate Kais Saied’s victory in the presidential election with 89.2%, totaling 2,194,150 votes,” during a speech on public television in Tunisia.
On September 2, the electoral authority released the final list of candidates, which included three candidates: Saied, the incumbent president; opposition candidate Ayachi Zammel, secretary-general of the Azimoun movement; and Saied’s supporter, Zouhair Maghzaoui, secretary-general of the People’s Movement.
According to Zargouni, Maghzaoui garnered 3.9 percent with 95,933 votes, while Zammel received 6.9 percent with 169,727 votes.
Prior to the polls closing at 6 p.m. local time (1700 GMT) on Sunday, the Independent High Authority for Elections in Tunisia declared that the preliminary voter turnout was 27.7 percent.
“The electoral process went smoothly, and we did not record any incidents that marred this election day,” Authority President Farouk Bouaskar stated at a press conference in Tunis. “Tunisians turned out to polling places both domestically and abroad with a respectable turnout.”
“A total of 2,704,155 voters participated in the voting process today, resulting in a preliminary turnout of 27.7%,” he stated.
According to Bouaskar, the official and final turnout percentages will be revealed on Monday night along with the preliminary election results.
Tunisia had its presidential election on Sunday morning for a five-year term, while 59 other nations held their elections on Friday.
The election in Tunisia is happening in the midst of polarized voters, economic difficulties, and political tensions.
