The secular party Nidaa Tounes is the strongest force in the new Tunisian parliament. According to the official election result, the Islamists of the Nahda Party lost its majority. They had already conceded defeat.

In Tunisia, the secular party Nidaa Tounes won in the parliamentary elections on Sunday, according to official result 85 seats. The moderate Islamist Nahda party, which was so far the strongest force come on 69 of the total 217 seats, the Election Commission has now announced with.

The election had gone on Sunday without interference to end. In the first democratic election in 2011, the Nahda Party had received the most votes. The party had conceded defeat on Monday.

Nidaa Tounes combines political forces of the left to the center-right spectrum, including supporters of the ousted Ben Ali in 2011. The Nahda party has been the dominant force in the Constituent Assembly, but to have lost support.

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