Elections in Algeria

Algeria elects on the 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 (Assemblée Populaire Nationale) has 407 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 (Conseil de la nation) has 174 members, 116 members elected by communal councils and 58 members appointed by the president. The V-Dem Institute Democracy Report classified Algeria as an electoral autocracy. Restrictive nomination rules prevent competitive elections.

Algeria has a multi-party system, with numerous political 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 U.S Department of State, the elections are well organized and conducted without significant problems or irregularities, but they noted restrictions on civil liberties during the election period and lack of transparency in vote-counting procedures.

Until 12 November 2008, presidents were limited to two terms; on this date, amendments to the constitution were passed which removed the term limits. Term limits were later reinstated in the 2016 constitution reform by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.

The last legislative election was held on 2 July 2026.

Latest election

Presidential

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Abdelmadjid Tebboune	Independent	7,976,291	84.30
	Abdelaali Hassani Cherif	Movement of Society for Peace	904,642	9.56
	Youcef Aouchiche	Socialist Forces Front	580,495	6.14
Total			9,461,428	100.00

Legislative

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	National Liberation Front (Algeria)	736,395	17.57	91
	Democratic National Rally	641,623	15.31	74
	Future Front	523,915	12.50	56
	Movement of Society for Peace	431,743	10.30	43
	National Construction Movement	376,283	8.98	40
	Voice of the People (Algeria)	221,726	5.29	16
	Socialist Forces Front	96,111	2.29	12
	Dignity Party (Algeria)	91,890	2.19	5
	New Dawn (Algeria)	80,871	1.93	6
	Rally for Hope for Algeria	78,026	1.86	3
	Freedom and Justice Party (Algeria)	69,699	1.66	6
	Workers' Party (Algeria)	59,991	1.43	3
	Justice and Development Front	37,583	0.90	4
	Islamic Renaissance Movement	34,136	0.81	2
	Jil Jadid	33,150	0.79	3
	New Algeria Front	32,092	0.77	1
	Rally for Culture and Democracy	30,510	0.73	4
	National Republican Alliance	19,723	0.47	1
	Good Governance Front	17,876	0.43	1
	Free Citizens' Front	13,229	0.32	1
	Party of Algerian Renewal	10,353	0.25	1
	National Unity and Development Party	6,826	0.16	1
	Other	308,467	7.36	0
	Independents	238,293	5.69	33
Total		4,190,511	100.00	407

Result in history

1963 Algerian presidential election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ahmed Ben Bella	National Liberation Front (Algeria)	5,805,103	99.61
Against			22,515	0.39
Total			5,827,618	100.00

1962 Algerian Constituent Assembly election

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	National Liberation Front (Algeria)	5,267,324	99.65	196
Against		18,680	0.35	0
Total		5,286,004	100.00	196

See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

External links

• Adam Carr's Election Archive
• True Election via Web