At Stake in this Election:

• The Presidency of Algeria

Government Structure:

• Chief of State: President Abdelmadjid TEBBOUNE (since 12 December 2019)
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Nadir LARBAOUI (since 11 November 2023)
• Assembly: bicameral Parliament (البرلمان الجزائري) with a 170-seat Council of the Nation (مجلس الأمة) and a 407-seat National People’s Assembly (المجلس الشعبي الوطني)

Electoral System:

• The President is directly elected by absolute majority vote in up to two rounds of voting. The President may serve up to two 5-year terms.
• The Prime Minister is nominated by the President.
• In the Council of the Nation, 114 members are indirectly elected by plurality vote via an electoral college, and 56 members are appointed by the President. The Council currently has 170 members but may have up to 174. All members serve 6-year terms, and half of the members are elected every 3 years.
• In the National People’s Assembly, all 407 members are directly elected via open-list proportional representation vote, including 8 members representing the Algerian diaspora. All members serve 5-year terms.

Last Election:

In the 2019 presidential election, Abdelmadjid TEBBOUNE (FLN) won with 58% of the vote. Voter turnout was 40%.

Information for Voters:

كيف أنتخب / How do I vote? (in Arabic)

Key Deadlines:

• Candidate filing deadline:  18 July 2024

Main Candidates in this Election:

• Youcef AOUCHICHE
  • Socialist Forces Front / جبهة القوى الاشتراكية
• Abdelmadjid TEBBOUNE
  • Independent candidate
  • Incumbent
• Abdelaali HASSANI CHERIF
  • Movement for Society for Peace / حركة مجتمع السلم

Population and Registered Voters:

• Population: 45,606,480 (2023 est.)
• Registered Voters: 24,351,551 (2024)

Gender Data:

• Female Population: 22,389,320 (2023 est.)
• CEDAW Status: Ratified (by accession) 22 May 1996
• Gender Quota:  Party lists must achieve parity between men and women.
• Female Candidates in this election: No
• Number of Female Legislators (pre-election): 32 out of 407 (8%) in the National People’s Assembly and 7 out of 170 (4%) in the Council of the Nation
• Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 0.745, High, Rank 93 (2023)
• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: 29.2 (2023)

Disability Data:

• CRPD Status: Signed 30 March 2007, Ratified 4 December 2009
• Projected population with a disability: 7,297,037 (2023 est.)

IFES Resources:

• Does IFES have a presence in Algeria: NO
• Election Access: Yes
• Election Judgments:  No