突尼斯開始統計議會選舉結果

Election officials in Tunisia are counting ballots Monday after a key vote to select the country's first parliament since adopting a new constitution in January.

Preliminary results could be announced Monday with the final tally due by Thursday.

Ahead of the vote, the moderate Islamist Ennahda Party and leading secular party Nidaa Tounes were expected to win the most seats in the 217-member parliament.

Nidaa Tounes leader Beji Caid Essebsi said his party had "positive indications" it could be leading after polls closed Sunday.

Some 90 parties competed in the election, the latest democratic step since Tunisians overthrew autocrat Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011.

Ennahda dominated post-revolution elections that year, and party leader Rachid Ghannouchi described Sunday's vote as "historic."

In the United States, President Barack Obama hailed the election an important milestone in the country's historic political transition. He said Tunisians continue to "inspire people across their region and around the world."突尼斯選舉官員星期一開始正式清點議會選舉的投票結果。這次選舉是突尼斯在今年一月份實施新憲法以後的第一次議會選舉。

初步投票結果星期一晚些時候向外界公佈，最終投票結果星期四之前公佈。

在投票前，溫和的伊斯蘭黨派“復興運動黨”和非宗教政黨“召喚黨”被認爲將贏得議會217個席位當中的多數。

“召喚黨”的領導人埃塞卜西表示，星期天的投票結束以後，有跡象顯示，他的政黨有可能贏得多數選票。

在這次選舉中，有多達90個黨派和團體參與競選。這是突尼斯在2011年推翻了本.阿里之後，朝民主方向邁進的一個重要進展。

在隨後展開的選舉中，“復興運動黨”獲得多數選票。這個黨派的領導人拉希德.加努希表示，星期天的選舉是“歷史性的”。

在美國，奧巴馬總統高度讚揚了突尼斯的選舉，稱這次選舉是突尼斯朝着歷史性的政治轉型所邁進的一個重要的里程碑。奧巴馬總統表示，突尼斯發生的一切爲當地乃至全世界的民衆帶來鼓舞。