Seemingly amazingly, a very trust worthy source, Dominique Soguel of AFP, is able to report that Liberal coalition claim early lead in Libya vote count . On the one hand, it is unclear what having a lead in the elections entails as it would be possible for the National Forces Alliance to do well in the party election but not gain as many seats as the different shades of Islamist opinion in the individual candidate elections. Therefore, their claim of an 'early lead' might be spin in advance of the actual results being known later in the week/month. So that both the National Forces Alliance and various Islamist groups will both claim a modicum of victory. Stay tuned for more!"The National Forces Alliance achieved good results in some large cities except Misrata. They have a net lead in Tripoli and in Benghazi," said Mohammed Sawan, who heads the Justice and Construction party."But it is a tight race for us in the south," added Sawan, a former political prisoner and member of Libya's Muslim Brotherhood, which launched the party.Votes were still being tallied by Libya's electoral commission with preliminary results expected by Monday night.The world is waiting to see whether Libya, a conservative Muslim country with no significant minorities, will deliver a win for Islamists like in neighbouring Egypt and Tunisia.From the parties, the National Forces coalition and two Islamist contenders, Justice and Construction and Al-Wattan, stood out from the start.
Liberal Coalition Claim Early Lead in Libya Vote Count