Beji Essebsi, 88 year old opposition leader defeated the incumbent president to become the first freely elected president of Tunisia.

This is a good pointer that incumbency does not really matter in elections. Candidate's integrity and popularity are more important than incumbency.

GEJ should forget about incumbency factor; it will not work.

@op, source pls

If Beji Essebsi who is 88 year old opposition leader could defeat the incumbent president in Tunisia;

Muhammadu Buhari, 72year old opposition candidate can equally defeat the incumbent president of Nigeria.

Incumbency is no more the ultimate factor in elections.

TrishaP:
@op, source pls

Its all over the media; Essebsi won with 55.7% while Mazourki (incumbent) got 44.3%.
CNN, BBC, and France24 are my sources.