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Alergia holds parliamentary election with low interest

Posted: 05/10/2012
Algerian President Abdelaziz BOUTEFLIKA’s National Liberation Front and its allies captured a majority of votes in parliamentary elections last Thursday. The NLF won 221 seats while the allied National Democratic Rally, of Prime Minister Ahmed OUYAHIA, captured 70. A coalition of Islamist parties, known as the Green Alliance, won only 48 seats. President BOUTEFLIKA increased the size of parliament for this election, from 389 to 462 seats. The move was part of a set of reforms, which included registering 23 new political parties and requiring parties fill a certian percentage of thier lists with female candidates. As a result of the gender quota, 143 seats in the new chamber will be held by women, making them 32 percent of the body. Despite these moves, however, turnout was low and opposition parties accused the government of fraud.

Source: ElectionGuide

Algerian Bouteflika wins 3rd presidential term

Posted: 04/10/2009
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) -- Incumbent Abdelaziz Bouteflika won a third five-year term as president of Algeria in an election marred by six terror attacks that left one policeman dead, the interior minister said Friday....

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Landslide win for Algeria leader

Posted: 04/10/2009
Incumbent Abdelaziz Bouteflika is re-elected with 90% of the vote after presidential elections in Algeria, officials say.

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Algeria: President Expected to Return to Power in Polls

Posted: 04/09/2009
Algerians headed for the polls today to choose between six contenders vying for the highest office in the land.

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Bouteflika to run for third term

Posted: 02/12/2009
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announces he will seek a third term in office in elections in April.

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Algeria deputies scrap term limit

Posted: 11/12/2008
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Algeria ruling coalition wins legislative polls

Posted: 05/18/2007
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria's ruling coalition won a reduced majority in parliamentary polls marked by poor turnout, keeping control of a body many in this north African country see as weak in the face of a powerful president.

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President allies win Algeria poll

Posted: 05/18/2007
The ruling coalition wins Algeria's parliamentary elections on a low turnout, official results show.

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Ruling coalition wins most seats in new parliament

Posted: 05/18/2007
Results of the legislative election released by the Ministry of the Interior on May 18 gave the ruling three-party coalition the most seats in the country's 389-strong National People's Assembly. Of these, 136 seats went to the National Liberation Front (FLN), 61 seats to the Rally for National Democracy (RND), and 52 seats to the moderate Islamist Movement for Society (MSP) and Peace. The opposition radical Worker's Party won 26 seats. The low voter turnout at about 35% and the numerous spoiled votes at more than 14% of the cast votes were regarded as a clear signal that the electorate disapproves of the current political situation in the country.

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Algeria assembly vote draws low turnout

Posted: 05/17/2007
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Apathetic Algerians voted in low numbers on Thursday for a parliament widely seen as subservient to the powerful presidency, ignoring a government appeal to turn the vote into a display of opposition to Islamist rebels.

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Low turnout in Algeria elections

Posted: 05/17/2007
A low turnout is reported as Algerians vote in parliamentary elections marred by a bomb attack on the eve of voting.

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Algeria's war-torn west finds hope in polls

Posted: 05/15/2007
CHLEF, Algeria (Reuters) - Haunted by years of massacres, this Algerian town is placing some of its hopes in parliamentary elections due on Thursday, if only because bitter experience has taught it to prefer the ballot over the bullet.

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Violence ahead of Algeria polls

Posted: 05/14/2007
Dozens of people are killed in three days of fighting in Algeria between the military and armed groups.

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Legislative election slated for 17 May 2007

Posted: 02/20/2007
In a communiqué on February 15, the government set May 17, 2007 as the date of the next legislative elections in Algeria. A revision of electoral lists is currently underway in preparation for the poll. A total of 389 seats in the National People's Assembly will be at stake in this election.

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Algeria amnesty deadline expiring

Posted: 08/28/2006
A six-month amnesty offered by Algeria to Islamic militants on condition of surrender expires on Monday.

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Legislative elections slated for May 2007

Posted: 08/21/2006
Interior Minister Nouredine Yazid ZERHOUNI announced on August 21 that the country's next legislative elections will be held in May 2007 and will be followed by local elections in October. In the same statement, Minister ZERHOUNI indicated that a referendum on the revision of the country's 1996 constitution will take place before the end of 2006. The constitutional revision will be aimed at increasing the presidential powers and at eliminating the limit of maximum two presidential terms.

Source: ElectionGuide

Algeria's Incumbent President Seeks Re-election

Posted: 02/23/2004
On February 23 incumbent President Abdelaziz BOUTEFLIKA announced that he will seek a second term in office in presidential elections to be held on April 8.  BOUTEFLIKA will compete against former Prime Minister Ali BENFLIS, Said SADI of the Rally for Culture and Democracy (RCD) and Islamist Abdallah DJABALLAH.

Source: ElectionGuide

Algeria Announces Results of Parliamentary Elections

Posted: 06/04/2002
The National Liberation Front won 199 of the 389 seats in the National Assembly in the May 30, 2002 parliamentary election. The National Democratic Rally won 48, the Movement for National Reform received 43 seats, the Movement for Society and Peace won 38, while independent candidates won 29 seats and the Workers’ Party took 21 seats.

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