Libya election results put liberal alliance first

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Source: AP

Final results released Tuesday placed a liberal alliance ahead of other parties in Libya's first free nationwide vote in half a century, leaving Islamists far behind, but each side is already trying to build a coalition with independents.

It appeared to be a rare Arab Spring setback for Islamists, who won elections in Egypt and Tunisia .but the structure of the parliament, heavy with independent members, left the final outcome uncertain.

The election is a major step for a country emerging from 42 years of Moammar Gadhafi's one-man rule. It also marks the end for the interim National Transitional Council, which has been running Libya with varying degrees of success since Gadhafi was overthrown and killed last year.

The election commission said former interim Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril's National Forces Alliance won 39 seats, or nearly half of those allocated for parties.

Read more: http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/libya-election-results-put-liberal-alliance-first-1.451832

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Good news.

[Comrade Grumpy]

1. That will be good if they can hold the country together.

I wonder how Benghazi is feeling.

And the Misrata mob.

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2. Anybody that wants to actually rule will have to compromise.

I imagine most of the Libyan people are plenty sick of fighting.

[Odin2005]

3. Take that, Gaddafi appologists!

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4. Let's just say that things don't always have to come out worse. nt