Islamists hope to stay on top as Tunisians choose parliament.
Tunisians were electing a new parliament Sunday amid a tumultuous political season, with a moderate Islamist party and a jailed tycoon's populist movement vying to come out on top of a crowded field.
Economic concerns are paramount to voters in this North African nation on the Mediterranean Sea, which kicked off the Arab Spring uprisings in 2011 and built a democracy but is still struggling with high unemployment and attacks by extremists. It will be tough for a single party to win a majority for the five-year term, although the Islamist party Ennahdha and the Qalb Tounes party of jailed media magnate Nabil Karoui are expected to do well.
The Islamist party Ennahdha, the biggest party in the outgoing legislature, is hoping to hold on to its lead by campaigning against corruption and against Karoui. The businessman is accused of tax evasion and money laundering, but denies wrongdoing and says he's being politically targeted.
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