Polls Close in Tunisian Parliamentary Elections

Polls have closed in Tunisia's first full term parliamentary elections since 2011 when a popular uprising ousted veteran autocrat Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, sparking the Arab Spring. Candidates from some 90 political parties competed Sunday for 217 seats in parliament. The members of new legislature will then elect a new prime minister. The moderate Islamist Ennahda Party, which dominated elections in 2011, is one of two parties expected to have a strong showing in the...

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