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According to the final results released by the [[Independent High Authority for Elections]],<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ar:النتائج النهائية للانتخابات التشريعية|trans-title = Final results of parliamentary elections|url=http://www.isie.tn/documents/Décision-Instance-supérieure-indépendante-pour-les-élections-relatives-proclamation-des-résultats-définitifs.pdf|language=ar|date=20 November 2014|access-date=21 November 2014}}</ref> [[Nidaa Tounes]] took the lead in the election, winning 86 seats in the 217-seat parliament. [[Ennahda Movement]] came second with 69 seats losing 16 seats compared to 2011 elections. The biggest losers were [[Congress for the Republic|CPR]] of [[Moncef Marzouki]] and [[Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties]] who were members of a coalition government formed with Ennahda Movement following 2011 elections, and opposition party [[Current of Love]] (formerly Aridha Chaabia). On the other hand, there was a noticeable emergence of smaller parties like the [[Free Patriotic Union|UPL]] of businessman [[Slim Riahi]] with 16 seats, [[Popular Front (Tunisia)|Popular Front]] with 15 seats and [[Afek Tounes]] with 8 seats.
Initially, the Elections Authority decided to sanction Nidaa Tounes in [[Kasserine Governorate|Kasserine]] electoral district by withdrawing one seat following reported irregularities conducted by partisans.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ben Hamdi|first=Monia|date=28 October 2014|title=Tunisie: Répartition des 217 sièges du nouveau Parlement selon les résultats préliminaires des élections législatives|trans-title=Tunisia: Distribution of the 217 seats in the new parliament, according to preliminary election results|url=http://www.huffpostmaghreb.com/2014/10/28/tunisie-resultats-legislatives_n_6058582.html|language=fr|newspaper=Al Huffington Post Maghreb|location=Tunis|access-date=31 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031154635/http://www.huffpostmaghreb.com/2014/10/28/tunisie-resultats-legislatives_n_6058582.html|archive-date=31 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, the decision was overturned by the administrative court after an appeal by Nidaa Tounes. The ruling took away the only seat obtained by [[Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties]] leaving the party with no presence in parliament.<ref>{{cite news|last=El-Chabbi|first=Sabah|date=7 November 2014|script-title=ar:رسمي: نداء تونس يستعيد مقعده الثالث بالقصرين...والتكتل يخرج خالي الوفاض|trans-title =Official: Nidaa Tounes recovers its third Kasserine seat...and Takkatol empty exit|url=http://www.assabahnews.tn/article/94247/رسمي-نداء-تونس-يستعيد-مقعده-الثالث-بالقصرينوالتكتل-يخرج-خالي-الوفاض|language =ar|newspaper=Assabah News|location=Tunis|access-date=7 November 2014}}
[[File:2014-parliamentary-election-results.png|thumb|Results of the Tunisian parliamentary election 2014 by district.]]
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==Government formation==
With Nidaa Tounes having won a plurality it
On 5 January 2015, [[Nidaa Tounes]] nominated independent [[Habib Essid]] as Prime Minister and asked him to form a new government. He was chosen over former trade unionist [[Taieb Baccouche]] "because he is independent and has experience in the areas of security and the economy," said the speaker of Congress, [[Mohamed Ennaceur]]. The nomination of a politician who had served under former autocratic president [[Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali]] however was widely criticized. [[Popular Front (Tunisia)|Popular Front]] leader [[Hamma Hammami]] stated that with Essid as prime minister, "the real power" would rather be in the presidential palace.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/06/world/africa/ally-of-deposed-leader-is-nominated-to-be-premier-of-tunisia.html?_r=0|title=Ally of Deposed Leader Is Nominated to Be Premier of Tunisia|first=Carlotta|last=Gall|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=5 January 2015|access-date=26 January 2015}}</ref>
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