Tunisians vote in third presidential election since Arab Spring

Concerns have been raised about whether this year’s election is free and fair (Anis Mili/AP)

Voting was under way in Tunisia on Sunday in an election expected to grant President Kais Saied a second term, as his most prominent detractors – including one of the candidates challenging him – are in prison.

The 66-year-old president faces few obstacles to winning re-election, five years after riding an anti-establishment backlash to a first term, and three after suspending parliament and rewriting the constitution giving the presidency more power.