Tunisia’s secularist party Nidaa Tounes has won 85 seats in the country’s parliament following Sunday’s elections, official results show.<\/p>\n
The governing Islamist Ennahda party won 69 seats in the 217-seat chamber.<\/p>\n
The official results confirm earlier predictions and Ennahda officials have already urged Nidaa Tounes to form an inclusive government.<\/p>\n
Tunisia’s transition to democratic rule after a 2011 revolt has been hailed as a regional success story.<\/p>\n
The revolt was the first and least violent of the Arab Spring uprisings against autocratic governments across the region.<\/p>\n
The parliamentary poll was the second such election since the uprising.<\/p>\n
Tunisia’s secularists and Islamists have managed the transition to democracy with less acrimony and bloodshed than their neighbours, correspondents say.<\/p>\n
The country nevertheless faces a persistent low-level threat from militants.<\/p>\n
Around five million Tunisians were registered to cast their ballot.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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