TUNIS: Thousands of supporters of presidential candidate Kais Saied thronged the grand boulevards of central Tunis in celebration late on Sunday after two exit polls said he was elected by a landslide.
The prime minister, chosen by parliament, has more direct powers than the president, but since he is the most senior elected official in Tunisia, he shoulders much of the public praise or blame for the state of the country. One of the foreign election monitoring missions in Tunisia said earlier on Sunday that Karoui's detention had raised concerns about the vote, saying it was"not business as usual".
The electoral commission said after polls closed that turnout would be more than 60 per cent. In the first round of the presidential election, which put Saied and Karoui through to the runoff above 24 other candidates, turnout was only 45 per cent.
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