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My Profile Top News Reuters top ten news stories delivered to your inbox each day. Subscribe You are here: Home > News > International > Article Home Business & Finance News U.S. Politics International Technology Entertainment Sports Lifestyle Oddly Enough Health Science Special Coverage Video Pictures Your View The Great Debate Blogs Weather Reader Feedback Do More With Reuters RSS Widgets Mobile Podcasts Newsletters Your View Make Reuters My Homepage Partner Services CareerBuilder Affiliate Network Professional Products Support (Customer Zone) Reuters Media Financial Products About Thomson Reuters Tunisian president in landslide election victory Sun Oct 25, 2009 11:08pm EDT Email | Print | Share | Reprints | Single Page [-] Text [+] By Christian Lowe and Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali has won a fifth term in office by a massive margin, near-complete results from the North African country's presidential election showed on Monday. Vote tallies from 20 of Tunisia's 26 regions showed that in two regions Ben Ali won 99 percent of the vote, and in the rest his support did not dip below 84 percent, according to figures from the Interior Ministry, which oversaw Sunday's election. Ben Ali has been in power for 22 years. The 73-year-old has established Tunisia as a moderate voice in the Arab world and Western governments view the country as a bulwark against Islamist extremism -- though some have raised questions about its record on democracy. Tunisia's most prominent opposition figures did not take part in the election. Two of Ben Ali's challengers on the ballot rarely criticize the president and the third acknowledged during the campaign that he could not win. International human rights groups have alleged that campaigning took place in an atmosphere of repression. Ben Ali hit back hours before polling stations opened, saying the vote would be democratic and accusing his opponents of peddling lies. Many voters in Sunday's election said the president deserved another term because he had made Tunisia into one of the region's most stable and prosperous countries. SAVIOUR "He is the savior of our country," said 50-year-old Nejia Azouzi as she voted for Ben Ali in the capital, Tunis, on Sunday. Ben Ali won 86 percent of the vote in the city, according to the Interior Ministry figures. The ministry was to announce the final, nationwide result later on Monday. Results were also expected for a parliamentary election held in parallel with the presidential vote. The Tunisian president came to power in 1987 when doctors declared his predecessor, Habib Bourguiba, unfit to rule after more than 30 years in power. Ben Ali won the last election, in 2004, with 94.4 percent of the vote. Official figures showed a high turnout on Sunday, but with most Tunisians in little doubt about the outcome of the vote, enthusiasm was muted. 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