Presidential election in Algeria 2009

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The presidential election in Algeria took place on April 9, 2009.

Abolition of the limitation to two legislative periods

On November 3, 2008, the Council of Ministers announced the abolition of the constitutional limit of two legislative periods for the presidency. This enabled President Abdelaziz Bouteflika of the Front de Liberation Nationale to run for a third term. The House of Commons approved the motion to lift the limit on November 12, 2008.

Candidates

Thirteen people had applied to be admitted as candidates for election, ultimately six candidates were admitted:

Opposition boycott and doubts about the count

The important opposition parties Rassemblement pour la Culture et la Démocratie (RCD) and the Front des Forces Socialistes (FFS) did not run in protest against Bouteflika and called for a boycott of the vote. Observers speak of polling stations that are almost extinct. Despite this, voter turnout is officially stated to be 74.54%. The chairman of the RCD Said Sadi described the election as "a pathetic and dangerous circus".

Official results

Official election winner: Bouteflika
candidate be right %
Abdelaziz Bouteflika 12,911,705 90.24
Louisa Hanoune 604.258 4.22
Moussa Touati 330,570 2.31
Djahid Younsi 176,674 1.37
Ali Fawzi Rebaine 133.129 0.93
Mohammed Said 132,242 0.92
Invalid votes 1,042,727 7.25
Overall (participation: 74.54%) 15.351.305

credentials

  1. ^ "Algérie: vers la suppression de la limitation des mandats présidentiels" ( Memento of November 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), AFP, November 3, 2008. (French)
  2. ↑ a b "Algerian opposition pulls out of 'pathetic' presidential vote" , AFP, January 15, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Algerian poll contenders unveiled" , BBC , 3 March, 2009.
  4. ↑ presse-dz.com