Before the official results of the legislative elections, "Ennahda" sets its conditions and "the heart of Tunisia" chooses the opposition

Tunisia's electoral commission set Wednesday to announce the official results of Sunday's legislative elections, with turnout exceeding 41%.

The announcement came in light of the initial indications of the counting process, which put the Ennahda party at the forefront, followed by the Heart of Tunisia party, led by detained presidential candidate Nabil Karoui.

While Ennahda announced conditions for defining its future alliances, other political forces, including the Heart of Tunisia Party, affirmed that they would choose the opposition and would not ally with Ennahda.

Ennahdha spokesman Imad Khamiri said on Monday that the movement would negotiate with parties and independents close to them to reach a government that would respond to Tunisians' demands for social justice and anti-corruption.

If the official results are confirmed, the party - which has been in power since the first democratic elections after the revolution in 2011 - will face difficulties in reaching a government and obtaining a majority with its allies because of the convergence of results and the great disparity between the next parliamentary blocs.

Results have revealed the rise of new powers that will be influential in coalition or opposition negotiations, such as the Free Constitutional Party, which represents the front of the old regime before the revolution, the conservative right-wing Dignity Coalition, as well as centrist parties such as Long Live Tunisia. Prime Minister Youssef Chahed, the Democratic Current and the People's Movement.

Tribute and claim
For its part, the mission "Carter Center" to monitor the Tunisian elections, what it described as "good management of parliamentary elections," and expressed concern about the low turnout.

At a press conference in Tunis, the 90-member mission called on parties and independents elected to put aside their differences, take quick steps to strengthen Tunisia's new democratic institutions, improve the economic situation, and renew citizens' confidence in the country's ability to complete the democratic transition.

On Sunday, the US delegation visited more than 150 polling stations in 25 electoral districts across the country.

In a related context, the President of the Afaq Tunis Party Yassin Ibrahim resigned from the presidency of the party.

Yassin attributed this decision to his failure to achieve the objectives of his party, in the light of a political climate which he considered characterized by the rise of populist and radical currents, amid the failure of the regime and the flow of corrupt money and the purchase of receivables, as he described.

According to the preliminary unofficial results of the legislative elections, Tunisia's Afaq party did not win any parliamentary seat, marking a sharp decline from the results achieved in the last parliamentary elections when it won eight seats at the time.