Reuters: Tunisian establishment stunned as outsiders claim election win
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian voters appear to have up-ended their nation’s politics in Sunday’s presidential election, rejecting established leaders for two outsiders with 39% of votes counted.
Kais Saied, a conservative law professor, and Nabil Karoui, a media magnate held in detention since last month, have an apparently solid lead over a moderate Islamist candidate and seem set to advance to a runoff vote next month.
Eight years after Tunisians staged the first of the Arab Spring revolutions to overthrow autocratic rule, Sunday’s vote represents a sharp rebuke of democratically elected governments that struggled to improve living standards or end graft.
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Update #1: Outsiders claim first round wins in Tunisia polls (France 24)
Update #2: Tunisian election upset as early polls place Saied and Karoui out front (Middle East Eye)
WNU Editor: The official results will be released tomorrow.
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