Tunisia Presidential Vote Heads into Close Run-Off

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25 November 2014 09:05 WIB

An election official writes counted votes on a board at a polling station in Tunis, Tunisia (11/24). A veteran politician from the previous regime that ran on a platform of restoring the prestige of the state took the lead in Tunisia's first free and fair presidential election Sunday, according to exit polls. But there will still likely be a runoff next month. AP/Hassene Dridi

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People queue outside a polling station during Tunisia's presidential election in Sousse (11/23). An official under former hardline ruler Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali appears set for a close run-off in Tunisian presidential polls with a rival who says he represents the 2011 "Arab Spring" uprising that toppled him. REUTERS/Anis Mili

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Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki gestures at a polling station during Tunisia's presidential election in Sousse (11/23). Tunisians went to the polls on Sunday to vote for their first directly elected president since the 2011 revolution that ended the regime of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. REUTERS/Anis Mili

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Hamma Hammami (C), leader of Tunisia's Popular Front Party and presidential candidate, and his wife Radhia embrace after casting their votes at a polling station in Tunis (11/23). An official under former hardline ruler Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali appears set for a close run-off in Tunisian presidential polls with a rival who says he represents the 2011 "Arab Spring" uprising that toppled him. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

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Judge and presidential candidate Kalthoum Kannou casts her vote at a polling station in Tunis (11/23). An official under former hardline ruler Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali appears set for a close run-off in Tunisian presidential polls with a rival who says he represents the 2011 "Arab Spring" uprising that toppled him. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

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Beji Caid Essebsi, leader of Tunisia's secular Nidaa Tounes party and a presidential candidate, casts his vote at a polling station in Tunis (11/23). Tunisians vote on Sunday in a presidential election pitting an ex-official from the days of autocrat Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali against a rights activist appealing to the spirit of the 2011 revolt that ousted him. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

25 November 2014 00:00 WIB