1997 Algerian parliamentary election

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1997 Algerian parliamentary election
Algeria
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All 380 seats in the People's National Assembly
191 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats
RND
Ahmed Ouyahia 33.66 156
MSP Mahfoud Nahnah 14.80 69
FLN Boualem Benhamouda 14.26 62
MRI Abdallah Djaballah 8.70 34
FFS Hocine Aït Ahmed 5.03 20
RCD Saïd Sadi 4.21 19
PT Louisa Hanoune 1.85 4
PRP 0.62 3
UDD 0.49 1
PSL 0.35 1
Independents 4.38 11
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after election
RND
RND

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

PartyVotes%Seats
National Rally for Democracy
3,533,43433.66156
Movement of Society for Peace1,553,15414.8069
National Liberation Front1,497,28514.2662
Islamic Renaissance Movement915,4468.7034
Socialist Forces Front527,8485.0320
Rally for Culture and Democracy442,2714.2119
National Republican Alliance208,3791.990
Workers' Party194,4931.854
Party of Algerian Renewal197,2621.880
National Movement of Algerian Youth97,8750.930
Movement of National Understanding83,9390.800
Algerian Rally79,5540.760
Progressive Republican Party65,3710.623
Algerian Movement for Justice and Development61,8290.590
National Constitutional Rally55,5530.530
Democratic Youth Movement54,9290.520
Amal Party53,6210.510
Union for Democracy and Freedom51,0900.491
Liberal Social Party36,3740.351
Algerian Liberal Party0
Algerian National Rally0
Algerian Party for Justice and Progress0
Algerian People's Movement0
Front of Democratic Algerians0
Jihad Front for National Unity0
Liberal Just Party0
National Alliance of Independent Democrats0
National Bloc0
National Boumedienist Front0
National Movement for Nature and Development0
National Solidarity and Development Party0
People's Unity Party0
Popular Forces' Front0
Republican Party0
Social Democratic Party0
Social Justice Party0
Social Movement for Authenticity0
Socialist National Democratic Party0
Workers' Socialist Party0
Independents459,2334.3811
Total380
Valid votes10,496,35295.43
Invalid/blank votes502,7874.57
Total votes10,999,139100.00
Registered voters/turnout16,767,30965.60
Source: Nohlen et al.

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