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 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 Turnot=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%