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September 16, 2019

Outsiders Lead Tunisia's Presidential Exit Polls
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In Tunisia, two outsider candidates are leading in the exit polls after
voters cast their ballots Sunday in the country's second-ever
presidential elections. One of them is populist media mogul Nabil
Karoui, who is currently in prison, accused of money laundering -
charges he has denied. And Kaïs Saïed, a law professor and
constitutional affairs expert running as an independent, also appears to
be headed to a runoff. Sunday's turnout reached just 45% - nearly 20
percentage points lower than 2014's election. The two candidates will
now likely head to a runoff vote within the next month.


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