- Title: Official results show Kais Saied won Tunisian presidential election
- Date: 14th October 2019
- Summary: ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PRESIDENT OF THE INDEPENDENT HIGH AUTHORITY FOR ELECTIONS, NABIL BAFFOUN, SAYING: "The committee has now announced the preliminary results for the second round of presidential elections with candidate Kais Saied winning by 72.71 percent of the vote." SCREEN SHOWING PERCENTAGES OF BOTH CANDIDATES KAIS SAIED AND NABIL KAROUI (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PRESIDENT OF THE THE INDEPENDENT HIGH AUTHORITY FOR ELECTIONS, NABIL BAFFOUN, SAYING: "Kais Ben al-Monsef Ben Mohamed Saied received 2,777,931 votes with a percentage of 72.71 percent, and Nabil Ben Rashid Karoui received 1,042,894 votes." SCREEN SHOWING PICTURE OF SAIED WITH VOTING PERCENTAGE AND NUMBER NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS
- Embargoed: 28th October 2019 17:14
- Keywords: presidential election Kais Saied
- Location: TUNIS, TUNISIA
- City: TUNIS, TUNISIA
- Country: Tunisia
- Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
- Reuters ID: LVA002B12L26F
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- Story Text: Kais Saied won Sunday's presidential election in Tunisia, taking 72.71% of votes, the electoral commission said on Monday (October 14), giving its own official preliminary results.
Saied's opponent Nabil Karoui conceded defeat earlier on Monday and the electoral commission said turnout was 55% of the vote.
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