BFF-38 Saied wins Tunisia presidency with 72.71 percent: commission

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Saied wins Tunisia presidency with 72.71 percent: commission

TUNIS, Oct 14, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Conservative political outsider Kais Saeid has won Tunisia’s presidential election with 72.71 percent of votes, the North African country’s electoral commission said Monday.

Saied garnered 2.7 million votes against one million received by his rival business tycoon Nabil Karoui in Sunday’s runoff, the commission said.

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