Elections in Algeria

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 (Assemblée Populaire Nationale) has 462 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 (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 a US Embassy cable, the 2009 presidential elections were "carefully choreographed and heavily controlled", with the official turnout figure "exaggerated" by at least 45%.

Until 12 November 2008, presidents were limited to two terms; on this date, amendments to the constitution were passed which removed the term limits. Term limits were later reinstated in the 2016 constitution reform by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.

The last legislative election was held in May 2017.

Latest elections

Presidential election

Main article: 2019 Algerian presidential election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Abdelmadjid Tebboune	Independent	4,947,523	58.13
	Abdelkader Bengrina	National Construction Movement	1,477,836	17.37
	Ali Benflis	Vanguard of Freedoms	897,831	10.55
	Azzedine Mihoubi	Democratic National Rally	619,225	7.28
	Abdelaziz Belaïd	Future Front	568,000	6.67
Total			8,510,415	100.00
Valid votes			8,510,415	87.24
Invalid/blank votes			1,244,925	12.76
Total votes			9,755,340	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			24,464,161	39.88
Source: Journal Officiel Algérie

Legislative elections

Main article: 2017 Algerian legislative election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Liberation Front	1,681,321	25.99	164	–44
	National Rally for Democracy	964,560	14.91	100	+32
	MSP–FC	393,632	6.09	33	–
	Rally for Hope for Algeria	270,112	4.18	19	New
	Future Front	265,564	4.11	14	+12
	Algerian Popular Movement	241,087	3.73	13	+6
	Ennahda–FJD	239,148	3.70	15	–
	Workers' Party	191,965	2.97	11	–13
	Socialist Forces Front	152,489	2.36	14	–13
	National Republican Alliance	121,156	1.87	6	+4
	Freedom and Justice Party	88,418	1.37	2	–
	New Dawn	82,993	1.28	1	–4
	Dignity Party	81,180	1.26	3	+1
	Movement for National Reform	77,290	1.19	1	–
	El Fath	69,063	1.07	1	–
	Rally for Culture and Democracy	65,841	1.02	9	–
	National Front for Social Justice	63,827	0.99	1	–2
	Party of Youth	63,682	0.98	2	0
	Movement of National Understanding	51,960	0.80	4	–
	New Algeria Front	49,413	0.76	1	–
	Independante El Wihda	42,757	0.66	3	–
	Ahd 54	42,160	0.65	2	–1
	Republican Patriotic Rally	40,645	0.63	2	0
	El-Infitah Movement	38,061	0.59	1	0
	National Struggle Front	34,695	0.54	2	–
	Union of Democratic and Social Forces	33,372	0.52	1	–2
	National Front for Freedom	31,976	0.49	1	–
	Free Democratic Front	28,790	0.45	2	–
	National Party for Solidarity and Development	28,617	0.44	2	–2
	Party of Algerian Renewal	24,584	0.38	1	0
	National Assembly Union	17,577	0.27	1	–
	El Taouasol	16,334	0.25	1	–
	National Union for Development	15,037	0.23	1	–
	El Hillal	14,582	0.23	1	–
	National Movement of Algerian Workers	14,369	0.22	1	–
	Movement of Free Citizens	14,085	0.22	1	0
	Equity and Proclamation Party	13,400	0.21	1	–
	Hope and Work	12,803	0.20	1	–
	Nidaa El Awfiaa	12,224	0.19	1	–
	El Wafa Wa Tawassol	12,170	0.19	1	–
	El Wihda Oua Ettadaoul	10,771	0.17	1	–
	El Wafa	10,561	0.16	1	–
	Voice of the People	9,831	0.15	1	–
	Abnaa Echaab	9,427	0.15	1	–
	El Ouancharisse	9,046	0.14	2	–
	En Nadjah	9,019	0.14	1	–
	El Ichrak	8,901	0.14	1	–
	El Moubadara	8,662	0.13	1	–
	Elamel	8,388	0.13	1	–
	Al Kafaa Wal Masdakia	7,856	0.12	1	–
	Old Ksar	7,149	0.11	1	–
	Sawt Echaab	6,652	0.10	1	–
	Izewran Independent List	6,402	0.10	1	–
	El Amel	6,361	0.10	1	–
	Independent Citizen Alternative List	5,977	0.09	1	–
	El Darrouri	5,675	0.09	1	–
	Forsane Ouargla	5,414	0.08	1	–
	El Badr	5,161	0.08	1	–
	El Noor	4,549	0.07	1	–
	Citizen Initiative	4,309	0.07	1	–
Other parties		615,130	9.51	0	–
Total		6,468,180	100.00	462	0
Valid votes		6,468,180	78.64
Invalid/blank votes		1,757,043	21.36
Total votes		8,225,223	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		23,251,503	35.38
Source: Constitutional Council

See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

External links

• Adam Carr's Election Archive
• True Election via Web