Elections in Algeria

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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 (al-Majlis al-Sha'abi al-Watani/Assemblé Populaire Nationale) has 380 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 (Majlis al-Umma/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.

1 Latest elections
- 1.1 2004 Presidential election
- 1.2 2002 Parliamentary election
2 Past elections
3 See also
4 External links

Main article: Algerian presidential election, 2004

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**Summary of the 8 April 2004 Algerian presidential election results**
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
Louiza Hanoune - Workers' Party	101,630	1.0
Ali Fawzi Rebaine - Ahd 54	63,761	0.6
Total (turnout 58.1 %)	10,179,702

Main article: Algerian legislative election, 2002

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Summary of the 30 May 2002 Algerian People's National Assembly **election results**
Parties	Votes	%	Seats
National Liberation Front (Jabhat at-Taḥrīr al-Waṭaniyy / Front de Libération National)		34.3	199<
Movement for National Reform (Ḥarakat al-Iṣlāḥ al-Waṭaniyy / Mouvement du Rénouveau National)		9.5	43
National Rally for Democracy (at-Tajammu` al-Waṭaniyy ad-Dīmuqrāṭiyy / Rassemblement National Démocratique)		8.2	47
Movement for the Society of Peace (Ḥarakat Mujtama` as-Silm / Mouvement de la Societé pour la Paix)		7.0	38
Workers' Party (Ḥizb al-`Ummāl / Parti des Travailleurs)		3.3	21
Algerian National Front (al-Jabhah al-Waṭaniyyah al-Jazā'iriyyah / Front National Algérien)		1.6	8
Islamic Renaissance Movement (Ḥarakat an-Nahḍah / Mouvement de la Renaissance Islamique)		0.6	1
Party of Algerian Renewal (Ḥizb at-Tajdīd al-Jazā'iriyy / Parti du Rénouveau Algérien)		0.3	1
Movement of National Understanding (Ḥarakat al-Wifāq al-Waṭaniyy / Mouvement de l'Entente Nationale)		0.2	1
Non-partisans		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) Movement for Democracy in Algeria (al-Ḥarakah min 'ajl ad-Dīmuqrāṭiyyah fī al-Jazā'ir / Mouvement pour la démocratie en Algérie)	boycott
Total (turnout 46.2%)			380