1997 Algerian parliamentary election
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All 380 seats in the People's National Assembly 191 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Parliamentary elections were held in
FFS and RCD, got 20 and 19 seats respectively. Views on this election were mixed; most major opposition parties filed complaints, and the success of the extremely new RND raised eyebrows. The RND, FLN, and MSP formed a coalition government, with the RND's Ahmed Ouyahia
as prime minister.
Voter turnout was 65.6%.[1]
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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National Rally for Democracy | 3,533,434 | 33.66 | 156 | |
Movement of Society for Peace | 1,553,154 | 14.80 | 69 | |
National Liberation Front | 1,497,285 | 14.26 | 62 | |
Islamic Renaissance Movement | 915,446 | 8.70 | 34 | |
Socialist Forces Front | 527,848 | 5.03 | 20 | |
Rally for Culture and Democracy | 442,271 | 4.21 | 19 | |
National Republican Alliance | 208,379 | 1.99 | 0 | |
Workers' Party | 194,493 | 1.85 | 4 | |
Party of Algerian Renewal | 197,262 | 1.88 | 0 | |
National Movement of Algerian Youth | 97,875 | 0.93 | 0 | |
Movement of National Understanding | 83,939 | 0.80 | 0 | |
Algerian Rally | 79,554 | 0.76 | 0 | |
Progressive Republican Party | 65,371 | 0.62 | 3 | |
Algerian Movement for Justice and Development | 61,829 | 0.59 | 0 | |
National Constitutional Rally | 55,553 | 0.53 | 0 | |
Democratic Youth Movement | 54,929 | 0.52 | 0 | |
Amal Party | 53,621 | 0.51 | 0 | |
Union for Democracy and Freedom | 51,090 | 0.49 | 1 | |
Liberal Social Party | 36,374 | 0.35 | 1 | |
Algerian Liberal Party | 0 | |||
Algerian National Rally | 0 | |||
Algerian Party for Justice and Progress | 0 | |||
Algerian People's Movement | 0 | |||
Front of Democratic Algerians | 0 | |||
Jihad Front for National Unity | 0 | |||
Liberal Just Party | 0 | |||
National Alliance of Independent Democrats | 0 | |||
National Bloc | 0 | |||
National Boumedienist Front | 0 | |||
National Movement for Nature and Development | 0 | |||
National Solidarity and Development Party | 0 | |||
People's Unity Party | 0 | |||
Popular Forces' Front | 0 | |||
Republican Party | 0 | |||
Social Democratic Party | 0 | |||
Social Justice Party | 0 | |||
Social Movement for Authenticity | 0 | |||
Socialist National Democratic Party | 0 | |||
Workers' Socialist Party | 0 | |||
Independents | 459,233 | 4.38 | 11 | |
Total | 380 | |||
Valid votes | 10,496,352 | 95.43 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 502,787 | 4.57 | ||
Total votes | 10,999,139 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 16,767,309 | 65.60 | ||
Source: Nohlen et al. |
References
- ISBN 0-19-829645-2