89.2% of voters will support incumbent President Kais Saied of Tunisia, according to AFP, even though voter turnout was low.
According to independent polling organization Sigma Conseil, Saied, 66, is predicted to win handily, trouncing his rivals, jailed competitor Ayachi Zammel, who was predicted to receive 6.9% of the vote, and Zouhair Maghzaoui, with 3.9%.
Rights groups fear that Saied’s re-election will simply solidify his dominance in the nation, which emerged as the only democracy from the Arab Spring upheavals, three years after he staged a massive power grab.
In a nation of around 12 million people, the electoral board of Tunisia, ISIE, has reported that approximately 9.7 million people were eligible to cast ballots.
According to it, just 27.7% of voters cast ballots.
Sixty-five percent of the men were in their 36s to 60s.
Due to a number of issues, including inadequate endorsements, ISIE had disqualified 14 candidates from the contest.
On Monday, the board is scheduled to declare the official election results.
The turnout for this year’s presidential election is the lowest since the country’s 2011 revolution, with 45% of voters casting ballots in 2019.
