Election in Algeria

Description of election in Algeria.......

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. According to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Algerian elections are generally free and fair.

    
Population (as of July 1, 2012)=35,406,303

Registered Voters (as of )   

Elections in our database=8

Average Turnout=63.29%

Election For    Date            Votes               Registered     Turn
                                                                   Voters             Out
President      2014-04-17     -                       -                    -
National
People's
Assembly     2012-05-10     9,339,026      21,645,841      43.14%
President      2009-04-09     15,356,024    20,595,683      74.56%
National
People's
Assembly      2007-05-17     -                      18,760,400     -
Referendum  2005-09-29     14,606,798     18,313,594     79.76%
President       2004-04-08     10,508,777     18,097,225     58.07%
National
People's
Assembly     2002-05-30     -                       17,951,127     -
President      1999-04-15     10,652,623       17,488,757     60.91%