Kais Saied advances to the next round with 18.85 of votes, while Nabil Kaorui advances second with 15.7% of votes cast
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Turnout was reported by the elections commission (ISIE) to be 45 percent, down from 64 percent recorded in the 2014 polls
Tunisia has been praised as a rare success story for democratic transition after the Arab Spring regional uprisings
Karoui wrote from prison, calling on voters to “make a ballot box revolution” and to “return Tunisia to the people”.
Nabil Karoui was arrested on money laundering charges on August 23 shortly after announcing his presidential bid
Seven million Tunisians are expected to head to the ballot box in the September 15 poll
The poll was brought forward from November following Essebsi’s death in July
Tunisian authorities arrested presidential candidate and media mogul, Nabil Karoui for alleged money laundering, his party said, hours after his channel was banned from covering campaigns.…
The 43-year-old, Tunisia’s youngest Prime Minister, faces competition from Abdelfattah Mourou of the Ennahdha
Eight would-be candidates submitted their papers to the country’s electoral commission.