The official results are in.<br /> <br />Tunisia has a new president.<br /> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PRESIDENT OF TUNISIA'S INDEPENDENT HIGHER ELECTION AUTHORITY, MOHAMED CHAFIK SARSAR, SAYING:<br /> <br />"The election authority announces the victory of the candidate Mr. Beji Caid Essebsi in the presidential elections for the year 2014."<br /> <br />In the country's first free presidential election, Essebsi beat out the incumbent whose government many voters blamed for the turmoil after the 2011 revolt.<br /> <br />Outside, at Essebsi's Call for Tunisia party headquarters, celebrations ensue under a banner that reads "Long Live Tunisia."<br /> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) BEJI CAID ESSEBSI SUPPORTER, AYA KHIARI, SAYING:<br /> <br />"As a young Tunisian who took part in the revolution - we succeeded to achieve part of our struggle. This is a social model. With regards to a social project, we have won the battle, but we still need to rebuild Tunisia."<br /> <br />Critics of Essebsi, a former official in the Ben Ali government ousted
