Tunisia's Islamist party Ennahda accepts defeat in parliamentary vote

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Rached Ghannouchi (C), leader of the Tunisian Islamist party Ennahda, gestures with his wife and two daughters Yousra (L) and Soumaya (2nd L) at a polling station during an election in Tunisia October 26, 2014. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's leading Islamist party, Ennahda, has accepted defeat in Sunday's election, and congratulated its secular rival Nidaa Tounes on winning most parliamentary seats, a senior Ennahda official said on Monday. "We have accepted this result, and congratulate the winner," Lotfi Zitoun, a senior Ennahda party official told Reuters. Zitoun said the party reiterated its call for the formation of a unity government, including Ennahda, in the interest of the country.