Tunisia presidential runoff set for December, as secular candidate leads first round

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[url]http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/11/tunisia-essebsi-wins-first-round-poll-201411256411664203.html[/url]
[quote]Tunisian secularist leader Beji Caid Essebsi has beat incumbent President Moncef Marzouki in the first round of the country's landmark presidential election, but the two men will now have to stand again in a December run-off, early results show.

Essebsi, from the Nidaa Tounes party, received 39.46 percent in Sunday's poll, short of the overall majority needed but ahead of Marzouki, who got 33.4 percent, according to the latest figures.

Essebsi, is an eighty-seven-year old former official under the toppled ruler Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, and Marzouki, who is popular amongst Islamists, have already begun campaigning for the run-off vote.[/quote]

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87-year old still running for presidency.

Huh.