Outsider Saeid leading Tunisia presidential poll: commission

Tunis (AFP) – Conservative academic Kais Saied leads the first round of Tunisia’s presidential election with 19 percent of votes, according to partial results released by the electoral commission on Monday.

With just over a quarter of votes counted, Saied is ahead of imprisoned media magnate Nabil Karoui, at 14.9 percent, and the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha’s candidate Abdelfattah Mourou, at 13.1 percent.