2002 Algerian parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Algeria on 30 May 2002 to elect members of the People's National Assembly. The governing National Liberation Front (FLN) won a majority of seats in the election. The election suffered from a low turnout, violence and boycotts by some opposition parties.
Candidates
The election saw 10,052 candidates standing in the election from 23 political parties. Of the candidates, 694 were female and 1,266 were independents.[1]
Campaign
A survey carried out by Al-Watan newspaper showed that 70% would vote for one of the 3 parties in the ruling coalition, the FLN,
The campaign saw widespread apathy with many people seeing the parliament as toothless and the military as remaining the main power.
Election day
On the day before the election 23 people were killed in
In the north eastern
Results
The results saw the National Liberation Front win a clear majority of seats. The party won over triple the seats it won at the last election, going from 64 to 199 seats.[6] The RND dropped from 156 seats to 47 in a disastrous result for the party.[10] The moderate Islamist parties suffered a small overall decline in support, with the MSP losing half its seats but the Movement for National Reform made gains and won 43 seats.[2]
Turnout in the election was the lowest yet since independence in 1962.[4] Only 47% of the registered voters turned out to vote, compared to 63% in the 1997 election.[4] 25 women were elected, 18 from the FLN, and after the election the number of women ministers was increased from one to five.[2]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Rally for Democracy | 610,461 | 8.23 | 47 | –109 | |
| Movement of Society for Peace | 523,464 | 7.05 | 38 | –31 | |
| Workers' Party | 246,770 | 3.33 | 21 | +17 | |
| Algerian National Front | 113,700 | 1.53 | 8 | New | |
| Islamic Renaissance Movement | 48,132 | 0.65 | 1 | New | |
| Party of Algerian Renewal | 19,813 | 0.27 | 1 | New | |
| Movement of National Understanding | 14,465 | 0.19 | 1 | New | |
| 14 other parties | 2,155,146 | 29.04 | 0 | – | |
| Independents | 365,594 | 4.93 | 30 | +19 | |
| Total | 7,420,867 | 100.00 | 389 | +9 | |
| Valid votes | 7,420,867 | 89.53 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 867,669 | 10.47 | |||
| Total votes | 8,288,536 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 17,951,127 | 46.17 | |||
| Source: IPU | |||||
References
- ^ a b c "Guide to Algeria elections". BBC Online. 2002-05-28. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
- ^ a b c d e f "Algeria - Diminishing Returns: Algeria's 2002 Legislative Elections(ICG Report)". ACE Electoral Knowledge Network. 2002-05-28. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
- ^ Fox News Channel. 2002-05-30. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
- ^ a b c d e "Ruling party wins Algeria election". CNN. 2002-05-31. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
- ^ "Berbers boycott polls". Al-Ahram. 2002-05-30. Archived from the original on 2008-10-11. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
- ^ a b "Ruling NLF Makes Gains in Algerian Poll". The St. Petersburg Times. 2002-06-04. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
- AllAfrica.com. 2002-05-30. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
- guardian.co.uk. London. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
- ^ "Protesters boycott Algerian polls". BBC Online. 2002-05-30. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
- ^ "Algerian Insurgency". GlobalSecurity.org. Archived from the original on 14 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
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