Algeria: Tebboune wins second presidential term

Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune won his second five-year term on Saturday, Anadolu has reported. The electoral authority announced the result yesterday.

The head of the Independent National Authority of Elections (ANIE), Mohamed Charfi, told a press conference that Tebboune won 5,320,000 of the 5,630,000 votes cast, a total of 94.65 per cent. He added that Abdelali Hassani Cherif, leader of the Movement for Society and Peace, the largest Islamic party, came second with 3.17 per cent of votes, and Youcef Aouchiche, the first national secretary of the Socialist Forces Front, the oldest opposition leftist party, came third with 2.16 per cent.

The ANIE will forward the counting records to the Constitutional Court, which will have up to 48 hours to review any potential appeals. The final result will be announced within 10 days.

Earlier on Sunday, Charfi stated that the voter turnout at the closing of the polling stations at 8 pm on Saturday was 48.03 per cent. This surpassed the last voter turnout for the 2019 presidential election, which was 39.88 per cent.

This is the second presidential election conducted under the complete supervision of an independent electoral authority. Elections prior to 2019 were supervised by the Interior Ministry.

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