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Tunisian candidate Essebsi's campaign claims election victory

Published 21/12/2014, 17:27
© Reuters. Essebsi, leader of Tunisia's secular Nidaa Tounes party and a presidential candidate, gestures after casting his vote at a polling station in Tunis

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian presidential candidate Beji Caid Essebsi's campaign team said initial indications showed he had won Sunday's run-off election by a clear margin over rival Moncef Marzouki.

Preliminary official results have still to be released by election authorities. But his campaign manager Mohsen Marzouk said "indications" showed Essebsi had won the first free presidential election since the country's 2011 uprising.

© Reuters. Essebsi, leader of Tunisia's secular Nidaa Tounes party and a presidential candidate, gestures after casting his vote at a polling station in Tunis

He gave no details, but Tunisian parties often have observers at polling stations to observe preliminary counting.

(Reporting by Tarek Amara; writing by Patrick Markey; Editing by Alison Williams)

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