Tunisia’s Islamist Ennahda party on Sunday claimed victory in the country’s first free local elections, citing vote counts observed by the party, according to Reuters.
Top Ennahda official Lotfi Zitoun told Reuters the party was more than 5 percent ahead of its secularist rivals Nidaa Tounes. An official from the secularist party said his party probably trailed Ennahda by 3 to 5 percent.
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