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Tunisia's Islamist Ennahda Party vowed to form a new government within a month on Wednesday, as early results gave it a commanding lead in the country's election.

The party had started coalition talks, said its leader Rached Ghannouchi, adding Ennahda's commanding lead made it the "natural" choice to lead the new executive.

The party did not appear headed for an outright majority, hailing complicated coalition negotiations with all of Ennahda's possible partners on the leftist, liberal side of the political spectrum.

An early tally on Tuesday showed Ennahda with 28 of the 55 seats in nine domestic polling districts counted so far, including the key cities of Sousse and Sfax, for a new 217-member assembly that will rewrite the constitution and appoint a caretaker government.

Results released on Monday showed Ennahda taking half of the 18 seats reserved for expatriate assembly representatives in an early vote held abroad last week.

This meant Ennahda had 37 of the 73 seats accounted for so far.

Asked about the identity of the interim president, Ghannouchi said: "It will be a person who had militated against the dictatorship. Nothing has been decided yet. Discussions are continuing."

Massive numbers of voters turned out on Sunday for Tunisia's first elections since the ouster of Zine el Abidine Ben Ali in a uprising in January.

The interim results gave a joint second place to the leftist Congress for the Republic and the Petition for Justice and Development - a grouping backed by London-based millionaire businessman Hachmi Haamdi with close ties to Ben Ali.

The leftist Ettakatol came third, prompting its leader Mustapha Ben Jafaar on Tuesday to proclaim himself willing to "assume the highest responsibility" in an interim executive.

（中國日報網英語點津 Helen 編輯）

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