The participation rate stood at 28.8% according to the electoral authority Isie, the lowest since the advent of democracy in 2011 in the country.
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In Tunisia, outgoing President Kaïs Saïed won Sunday’s presidential election with 90.7% of the votes, the electoral authority Isie announced on Monday October 7. The participation rate stood at 28.8% according to L’Isie, the weakest since the advent of democracy in 2011 in Tunisia. The two other candidates, Ayachi Zammel and Zouhair Maghzaoui, won 7.35% and 1.97% of the votes respectively.
Kais Saied, accused by civil society of “authoritarian drift”, obtained the votes of just over 2.4 million voters out of 9.7 million registered. After the broadcast on Sunday evening of estimates giving him largely victorious, several hundred of his supporters came down to cheer him on the main avenue of Tunis, with horns and patriotic songs.
Speaking Sunday evening from his campaign headquarters, Kais Saied said, in a martial tone, wanting “continue the 2011 Revolution” and build “a country cleansed of corrupt people and conspiracies”. “Tunisia will remain free and independent and will never accept foreign interference”he added.