An imprisoned populist who owns a TV channel and a reserved law professor are the two leading candidates. The vote has been widely seen as a stress test for Tunisia's fledgling democracy.
Tunisia's elections were headed to a runoff on Tuesday between a jailed media mogul and a socially conservative academic, according to preliminary results. Both have branded themselves political outsiders in a contest that included 26 candidates.
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