TUNIS, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Presidential candidate Kais Saied won the second round of Tunisia's presidential election by garnering 76.9 percent of the vote, said a survey released by the Tunisian company Sigma Conseil on Sunday.

Nabil Karoui, leader of the Heart of Tunisia party and media mogul, won only 23.1 percent of the vote, the state television Watanya 1 reported, quoting the survey.

The victory of Saied was also confirmed by Emrod Consulting, another company specializing in opinion polls in Tunisia.

Tunisia's Independent High Authority for Election (ISIE) revealed on Sunday evening at a press conference that the national participation rate of the second round of the presidential election is about 57.8 percent after the completion of 70 percent of the counting process.

"Abroad, the participation rate is about 23.5 percent," the ISIE said.

Nabil Baffoun, president of the ISIE, said that some polling stations overseas will close on early Monday given the jet lag with the Tunisian capital.

Baffoun added that the official results of the second round of the presidential election would be announced by Monday. Enditem

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