Kais Saied elected president of Tunisia with 72.71 percent of vote

Conservative political outsider Kais Saied has won Tunisia’s presidential election with 72.71 percent of votes, the North African country’s electoral commission said Monday.

Saied garnered 2.7 million votes against one million received by his rival business tycoon Nabil Karoui in Sunday’s runoff, the commission said.

Karoui conceded defeat earlier on Monday.

Tunisia’s electoral commission said turnout was 55 percent of the vote.