President Kais Saied, the incumbent independent officially re-elected for another five-year term to be the eighth President of Tunisia, announced Farouk Bouasker, head of Tunisia’s independent commission for the elections ISIE, in a press conference held on October 6 in Tunis.
An exit poll broadcast on public television after the end of voting projected that the 66-year-old Saied was set to win with 89.2% support, but from a turnout of less than 28%, according to the country's election body.

The third presidential elections held after the Tunisian revolution, have taken place in an unprecedented legal and electoral process where many candidates were disqualified and prisoned while the Parliament has passed a law stripping the administrative court of its role to adjudicate the electoral disputes; no candidate can appeal results later.

According to Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Tunisia President is using law to secure his election victory. Seventeen candidates formally filed papers with the ISIE. Fourteen of them were disqualified for failing to acquire the required signatures, failing to meet the nationality criteria, or failing to provide a sufficient financial guarantee. Additionally, seven potential candidates said they were unable to file their paperwork, as they could not obtain legal documents from the Ministry of Interior showing that they had no criminal records.

Three candidates have appealed their disqualifications in the administrative court which has reinstated them. Yet, the electoral commission has defied the administrative court ruling and allowed only three candidates in the ballot; Zouhaier Maghzaoui was the only candidate able to campaign, he visited different Tunisian cities to introduce himself as a candidate. The President relied on volunteers to campaign for him and he had delivered a speech only two days before the election was held, while Ayachi Zammal was jailed for falsifying nominations and charged for at least 12 years prison-sentence.

In a recent electoral speech, Kais Saied promised to reform the economy through restructuring the public sectors for instance public health, transport and education. However, These promises seem to be unachievable within the current blocked political climate, in a report published by the Arab Centre Washington DC on September 6th, 2024, researcher Patricia Karam asserted that “Though he sees himself as a man of solutions, Saied has not been able to resolve the country’s economic problems or provide a semblance of political stability.”

Re-electing the President despite his inability to improve the economy during his first term, means that Tunisians still have confidence in him but their expectations have became higher. Therefore, It is expected that the President will face more social-economic challenges that he cannot ignore anymore.