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Although this was the first poll since the late Muammar Qaddafi began his autocratic rule 43 years ago, and Libyan politicians and people stress that politics is a new phenomenon to them, observers say that political negotiations are going ahead.

"We have heard that several people are meeting with several people. I would characterise this as pretty normal, what happens after an election," said Carlo Binda of the US-based National Democratic Institute.

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