Abdelmadjid Tebboune Relected as Algeria’s President with Almost 95% of Vote

Algeria’s incumbent president, Adbelmadjid Tebboune has been reelected with nearly 95 percent of the vote, according to the country’s electoral authority, ANIE on Sunday.

“Out of 5,630, 000 registered voters, 5, 320,000 cast their ballots for independent candidate Abdelmdjid Tebboune, representing 94.65 percent of the vote,” said ANIE head Mohamed Charfi during a press briefing in the capital, Algiers.

Tebboune, 78, won the election by a wide margin against his opponents, moderate Islamist Abdelali Hassani Cherif, who won 3.2% and socialist candidate Youcef Aouchiche, who won 2.2%.

Charfi described the election as “marked by broad transparency” and claimed it “reflected the electoral maturity of the people.” However, he did not reveal the official voter turnout, which was seen as a major challenge in an election where his victory was all but certain.

The president had hoped there would be a higher turnout than in 2019, the year he was elected. “The president has been keen to have a significant turnout”, Hasni Abidi, an Algeria analyst at the Geneva-based CERMAM Study Center told AFP.

“It is his main issue”, added Abidi.

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