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No matter what the results, Tunisia's landmark election was a monumental achievement in democracy that will be a tough act to follow in elections next month in Egypt and Morocco — and later, in Libya.

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During a recent training trip for Kenyan political parties in Oslo, Norway sponsored by the National Democratic Institute, we got a first hand feel of open democracy as practised by the Norwegians. The purpose of this trip was to enhance party democracy and how it can positively impact on the national political psyche.

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While the National Democratic Institute (NDI) recorded some challenges with voter registration and the tabulation of results, observers are generally impressed with the legitimacy and fairness of the elections. Ninety percent of 4.1 million registered voters cast ballots on Sunday, a high turnout by global standards.

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Ten months after its revolution triggered a wider popular revolt, Tunisia is the first so-called "Arab Spring" country to hold democratic elections. Tunisia's 4.4-million registered voters are choosing 217 members of the new Constituent Assembly to craft a new Constitution and political system for the North African country emerging from decades of dictatorship...

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Tunis was filled with rival rallies throbbing with music as the political parties marked the end of three weeks of campaigning for the country's first truly free and multiparty elections since its independence from France in 1956...