YAOUNDE, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Chad's ruling party, Patriotic Salvation Movement, won a sweeping victory in the legislative elections held last month, securing 124 seats out of 188, according to final results released by the country's Constitutional Council on Tuesday.

"We are on the verge of definitively turning the page of transition to move resolutely towards the development of our dear homeland. The future is before us. It's up to us to build it with strength and faith," Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno said in a statement.

He praised the peaceful manner in which the elections unfolded.

Chad's Minister of Women and Child Protection Amina Priscille Longoh said the results showed remarkable progress toward parity of men and women in parliament in the country.

"Of the 188 parliamentarians, there are 64 women, or 34.04 percent," in comparison with the last legislature of 2011, where there were 28 women, or 15 percent, Longoh told reporters after the results were released. ■