Tunisia's main secular opposition party is claiming victory in the country's historic election for a new 217-member parliament.
Tunisia Elections
![Rached Ghannouchi, leader of the Tunisian Islamist party Ennahda, gestures with his wife and two daughters Yousra (left) and Soumaya (2nd left) at a polling station in Tunisia, Oct. 26, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/41278e4f-89eb-4af8-b406-4ce9ccd834c1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Rached Ghannouchi, leader of the Tunisian Islamist party Ennahda, gestures with his wife and two daughters Yousra (left) and Soumaya (2nd left) at a polling station in Tunisia, Oct. 26, 2014.
![Tunisians show their ink-stained fingers after casting their votes, in Tunis, Tunisia, Oct. 26, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2bde10b6-a59f-4724-9b49-51bbc9ed734e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Tunisians show their ink-stained fingers after casting their votes, in Tunis, Tunisia, Oct. 26, 2014.
![People stand in line at a polling station as they wait to cast their votes, in Tunisia, Oct. 26, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d6b9753b-48ab-4866-91bb-681ef6bb9923_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People stand in line at a polling station as they wait to cast their votes, in Tunisia, Oct. 26, 2014.
![Rachid Ghannouchi, leader of the Tunisian moderate Islamist Ennahda Party, gestures before casting his vote at a polling station in Ben Arous, Tunisia, Oct. 26, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/54aacf96-e3b2-4e9d-b5a2-ca270767f694_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Rachid Ghannouchi, leader of the Tunisian moderate Islamist Ennahda Party, gestures before casting his vote at a polling station in Ben Arous, Tunisia, Oct. 26, 2014.