As the country went to the polls on June 25th to elect a parliament for only the second time since the fall of Muammar Qaddafi in 2011, you could be forgiven for thinking that Libyans had fallen out of love with democracy. Compared with the inky-fingered celebrations that marked the first elections two years ago, the mood was glum. Only 1.5m people in a population of 6m had registered to vote, compared with 2.8m in 2012. Turnout was only 630,000, according to officials.
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