Political Parties and Elections
For other political parties see List of political parties in Algeria. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in Algeria.In keeping with its amended Constitution, the Algerian Government espouses participatory democracy and free-market competition. The government has stated that it will continue to open the political process and encourage the creation of political institutions. More than 40 political parties, representing a wide segment of the population, are currently active in Algerian national politics. The most recent legislative election was 2007. President Bouteflika has pledged to restructure the state as part of his overall reform efforts. However, no specifics are yet available as to how such reforms would affect political structures and the political process itself.
In the 2002 elections, there were 17,951,127 eligible voters, and 8,288,536 of them actually voted which made a turn out of 46.17%. Out of the ballots cast, there were 867,669 void ballots according to the Interior ministry and 7,420,867 which went to the various candidates.
The most recent legislative election now is the 2007 one. Turnout was quite low with only 35.61% of the nation's 18,760,400 eligible voters making it to the polls which. Out of those, 961,751 ballots were considered void, so only 5,726,087 ballots have been cast in favour of the various candidates (85.62% of the ballots cast were considered valid).
| Parties | President | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Liberation Front (Jabhat at-Taḥrīr al-Waṭaniyy / Front de Libération National) | 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 Developpement) | 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 | |||||
| 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 |
| 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) |
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| Total (turnout 46.2%) | 389 | ||
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