Elections in Algeria

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Algeria elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people. People's National Assembly (al-Majlis al-Sha'abi al-Watani/Assemblé Populaire Nationale) has 380 members, elected for a five-year term in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation. Eight seats in the national assembly are reserved for Algerians abroad. The Council of the Nation (Majlis al-Umma/Conseil de la Nation) has 144 members, 96 members elected by communal councils and 48 members appointed by the president. Algeria has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. According to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Algerian elections are generally free and fair. According to a US Embassy cable, the 2009 presidential elections were "carefully choreographed and heavily controlled", with the official turnout figure "exaggerated" by at least 45%.^[1]

Until 12 November 2008, presidents were limited to two terms; on this date, amendments to the constitution were passed which removed the term limits but were later reinstalled in 2016 constitution reform by president abdelaziz bouteflika .^[2]

The next legislative election is scheduled for 2017.

Latest elections

2014 presidential election

Main article: Algerian presidential election, 2014

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Abdelaziz Bouteflika	National Liberation Front	8,332,598	81.53
	Ali Benflis	Independent	1,244,918	12.18
	Abdelaziz Belaid	Front for the Future	343,624	3.36
	Louisa Hanoune	Workers' Party	140,253	1.37
	Ali Fawzi Rebaine	Ahd 54	101,046	0.99
	Moussa Touati	Algerian National Front	57,590	0.56
Invalid/blank votes			1,087,449	–
Total			11,307,478	100
Registered voters/turnout			21,871,393	51.70
Source: Interior Ministry

2012 legislative elections

Main article: Algerian legislative election, 2012

**Summary of the 10 May 2012 People's National Assembly of Algeria election results**
Parties		Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Liberation Front	Abdelmalek Sellal	1,324,363	17.35	208	+72
	National Rally for Democracy	Ahmed Ouyahia	524,057	6.86	68	+7
	Green Algeria Alliance (MSP—Nahda—Islah)	Bouguerra Soltani	475,049	6.22	49	–11
	Front of Socialist Forces	Hocine Aït Ahmed	188,275	2.47	27	+27
	Workers' Party	Louisa Hanoune	283,585	3.71	24	–2
	Algerian National Front	Moussa Touati	198,544	2.60	9	–4
	Justice and Development Party	Abdallah Djaballah	232,676	3.05	8	+8
	Algerian Popular Movement	Amara Benyounes	165,600	2.17	7	+7
	New Dawn	Tahar Benbaibeche	132,492	1.74	5	+5
	Front of Change	Abdelmadjid Mensara	173,981	2.28	4	+4
	National Party for Solidarity and Development	Dalila Yalaqui	114,372	1.50	4	+2
	National Front for Social Justice		140,223	1.84	3	+3
	Ahd 54	Ali Fawzi Rebaine	120,201	1.57	3	+1
	Union of Democratic and Social Forces		114,481	1.50	3	+3
	National Republican Alliance	Redha Malek	109,331	1.43	3	–1
	Future Front	Abdelaziz Belaid	174,708	2.29	2	+2
	Dignity Party		129,427	1.70	2	+2
	National Movement of Hope		119,253	1.56	2	±0
	Algerian Rally	Ali Zaghdoud	117,549	1.54	2	+1
	Republican Patriotic Rally		114,651	1.50	2	±0
	Party of Youth	Hamana Boucharma	102,663	1.34	2	+2
	Algerian Light Party		48,943	0.64	2	+2
	Party of Algerian Renewal		111,218	1.46	1	–3
	El-Infitah Movement	Naima Farhi	116,384	1.52	1	–2
	Movement of Free Citizens		115,631	1.51	1	+1
	National Front of Independents for Understanding		107,833	1.41	1	–2
	National Democratic Front		101,643	1.33	1	±0
	Others		1,306,656	17.12	0	–22
	Independents		671,190	8.79	18	–15
	Valid votes		7,634,979	100.00	–	–
	Invalid votes		1,704,047	18.25	–	–
	Total		9,339,026	100	462	–
Registered voters/turnout			21,645,841	43.14	–	–
Sources: El Watan, Adam Carr's Election Archive, IPU

2009 presidential election

Main article: Algerian presidential election, 2009

**Summary of the 9 April 2009 Algerian presidential election results**
Candidates and parties		votes	%
	Abdelaziz Bouteflika – National Liberation Front	12,911,705	90.24
	Louisa Hanoune – Workers' Party	604,258	4.22
	Moussa Touati – Algerian National Front	330,570	2.31
	Djahid Younsi – Movement for National Reform	176,674	1.37
	Ali Fawzi Rebaine – Ahd 54	133,129	0.93
	Mohammed Said – Party of Justice and Liberty	132,242	0.92
	Invalid votes	1,042,727	7.25
Total (turnout 74.54%)		15,351,305
Source: presse-dz.com

2007 legislative elections

Main article: Algerian legislative election, 2007

**Summary of the 17 May 2007 People's National Assembly of Algeria election results**
Parties		President	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Liberation Front (Jabhat at-Taḥrīr al-Waṭaniyy / Front de Libération Nationale)	Abdelaziz Bouteflika Abdelaziz Belkhadem Khalida Toumi	1,315,686	22.98	136	–63
	National Rally for Democracy (at-Tajammu` al-Waṭaniyy ad-Dīmuqrāṭiyy / Rassemblement National Démocratique)	Ahmed Ouyahia	591,310	10.33	61	+14
	Independents		562,986	9.83	33	+3
	Movement of Society for Peace (Ḥarakat Mujtama` as-Silm / Mouvement de la Societé pour la Paix)	Bouguerra Soltani	552,104	9.64	52	+14
	Workers' Party (Ḥizb al-`Ummāl / Parti des Travailleurs)	Louisa Hanoune	291,312	5.08	26	+5
	Algerian National Front (al-Jabhah al-Waṭaniyyah al-Jazā'iriyyah / Front National Algérien)	Farida Haddouche	239,563	4.18	13	+5
	Islamic Renaissance Movement (Ḥarakat an-Nahḍah / Mouvement de la Renaissance Islamique)	?????	194,067	3.39	5	+4
	Rally for Culture and Democracy(at-Tajammu` min 'ajl aṯ-Ṯaqāfah wad-Dīmuqrāṭiyyah / Rassemblement pour la Culture et la Démocratie)	Saïd Sadi	192,490	3.36	19	+19
	Movement for National Reform (Mouvement Islah)	Abdallah Djaballah	144,880	2.53	3	–40
	El-Infitah Movement (Mouvement El Infitah)	Naima Farhi	143,936	2.51	3	+3
	Movement for Youth and Democracy (Mouvement pour la Jeunesse et la Démocratie)	?????	132,268	2.31	5	+5
	Ahd 54	Ali Fawzi Rebaine	129,300	2.26	2	+2
	National Republican Alliance (Alliance Nationale Républicaine)	Redha Malek	126,444	2.21	4	+4
	Movement of National Understanding (Ḥarakat al-Wifāq al-Waṭaniyy / Mouvement de l'Entente Nationale)	?????	122,501	2.14	4	+3
	National Party for Solidarity and Development (Parti National pour la Solidarité et le Développement)	Dalila Yalaqui	119,353	2.08	2	+2
	National Movement for Nature and Democracy (Mouvement National pour la Nature et la Démocratie)	?????	114,767	2.00	7	+7
	National Front of Independents for Understanding (Front National des Indépendants pour la Conc....C)	?????	112,321	1.96	3	+3
	Party of Algerian Renewal (Ḥizb at-Tajdīd al-Jazā'iriyy / Parti du Rénouveau Algérien)	?????	103,328	1.80	4	+3
	Algerian Rally (Rassemblement Algérien)	?????	100,079	1.75	1	+1
	National Movement of Hope (Mouvement National d'Esperance)	?????	99,179	1.73	2	+2
	Republican Patriotic Rally (Rassemblement Patriotique Républicain)	?????	84,348	1.47	2	+2
	Progressive Republican Party (Parti Républicain Progressiste)	?????	81,046	1.42	0	±0
	National Democratic Front (Front National Démocratique)	?????	78,865	1.38	1	+1
	Democratic and Social Movement (Mouvement Démocratique et Social)	El Hachemi Chérif	51,219	0.89	1	+1
	Socialist Workers' Party (Parti Socialiste des Travailleurs)	?????	42,735	0.75	0	±0
	Total (turnout 35.65%)		5,726,087	100.0	389	—
Algerian Interior Ministry

These elections were marked by a turnout of 35%, the lowest of any Algerian election to date (^[3]^[4]). The former ruling party, the National Liberation Front (FLN), obtained the largest number of seats, with 136. It was followed by its two governing partners, the National Rally for Democracy (RND), with 61, and the Islamist Movement of Society for Peace (MSP), with 52 seats. The latter parties gained seats at the expense of the FLN, which lost 38 seats in comparison with its result in 2002.

The radical leftist Workers' Party (PT) led by Louiza Hannoune obtained 26 seats, becoming the largest force in parliament after the governing coalition; the secularist Berber Rally for Culture and Democracy (RCD) obtained 19 seats, reentering parliament after a boycott in 2002 had left the party without representation there. The other Islamist party, Islah (split, with one wing calling for a boycott of the election), lost heavily, maintaining only 3 seats, versus 43 in the previous parliament. Independents, with 33 seats (3 more than in the previous parliament), and a number of smaller parties shared the rest of the seats.

Several groups, notably the leftist Front of Socialist Forces,^[5] leading members of the former Islamic Salvation Front (notably Abbassi Madani^[6] and Ali Belhadj), and the newly formed organisation Rachad^[7] called on their supporters to boycott these elections. The Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb also issued a video calling participation in the elections "a great sin".

2004 presidential election

Main article: Algerian presidential election, 2004

**Summary of the 8 April 2004 Algerian presidential election results**
Candidates - Nominating parties		votes	%
	Abdelaziz Bouteflika - National Rally for Democracy	8,651,723	85.0
	Ali Benflis - National Liberation Front	653,951	6.4
	Abdallah Djaballah - Movement for National Reform	511,526	5.0
	Said Sadi - Rally for Culture and Democracy	197,111	1.9
	Louisa Hanoune - Workers' Party	101,630	1.0
	Ali Fawzi Rebaine - Ahd 54	63,761	0.6
Total (turnout 58.1 %)		10,179,702	100
Registered voters		18,097,255
Source: IFES

2002 parliamentary election

Main article: Algerian legislative election, 2002

**Summary of the 30 May 2002 Algerian People's National Assembly election results**
Parties	Votes	% of Votes	Seats
National Liberation Front (Jabhat at-Taḥrīr al-Waṭaniyy / Front de Libération National)	2.618.003	34.3	199
Movement for National Reform (Ḥarakat al-Iṣlāḥ al-Waṭaniyy / Mouvement du Renouveau National)	705.319	9.5	43
National Rally for Democracy (at-Tajammu` al-Waṭaniyy ad-Dīmuqrāṭiyy / Rassemblement National Démocratique)	610.461	8.2	47
Movement for the Society of Peace (Ḥarakat Mujtama` as-Silm / Mouvement de la Société pour la Paix)	523.464	7.0	38
Workers' Party (Ḥizb al-`Ummāl / Parti des Travailleurs)	245.770	3.3	21
Algerian National Front (al-Jabhah al-Waṭaniyyah al-Jazā'iriyyah / Front National Algérien)	113.700	1.6	8
Islamic Renaissance Movement (Ḥarakat an-Nahḍah / Mouvement de la Renaissance Islamique)	48.132	0.6	1
Party of Algerian Renewal (Ḥizb at-Tajdīd al-Jazā'iriyy / Parti du Renouveau Algérien)	19.873	0.3	1
Movement of National Understanding (Ḥarakat al-Wifāq al-Waṭaniyy / Mouvement de l'Entente Nationale)	14.465	0.2	1
Non-partisans	365.594	4.9	30
Front of Socialist Forces (Jabhat al-Quwā al-Ištirākiyyah / Front des Forces Socialistes) Rally for Culture and Democracy (at-Tajammu` min 'ajl aṯ-Ṯaqāfah wad-Dīmuqrāṭiyyah / Rassemblement pour la Culture et la Démocratie) Movement for Democracy in Algeria (al-Ḥarakah min 'ajl ad-Dīmuqrāṭiyyah fī al-Jazā'ir / Mouvement pour la démocratie en Algérie)	boycott
Total (turnout 46.2%)			389

References

↑ Pearce, David D. (2009-04-13). "Bouteflika reelected in heavily managed contest". WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks cable: 09ALGIERS370. Archived from the original on 2012-01-10. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
↑ 2016 constitutional reform
↑ http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/EAD77C49-59FD-420E-B17E-39554B3DB923.htm
↑ http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=308765&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__africa/
↑ http://www.ffs-dz.com/article.php?id_article=419
↑ http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/features/awi/features/2007/05/16/feature-01
↑ http://en.rachad.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=69&Itemid=37

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