2004 Algerian presidential election
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Algerian presidential election, 2004
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Registered | 18,097,255 | ||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 58.07% | ||||||||||||||||
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Presidential elections were held in Algeria on 8 April 2004.[1] Incumbent President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was re-elected with 85% of the vote.
Candidates
- Ali Benflis, candidate of the National Liberation Front (FLN)
- National Rally for Democracy Assembly (RND), as well as a dissident faction of the National Liberation Front(FLN)
- Abdallah Djaballah, candidate of the Movement for National Reform
- Ali Fawzi Rebaine, candidate of the Ahd 54 Party
- Louisa Hanoune, candidate of the Workers' Party
- Said Sadi, candidate of the Rally for Culture and Democracy
Conduct
There were about 130 official foreign observers in Algeria for these elections, which followed more than a decade of
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
(OSCE).
An OSCE spokesman said its small election monitoring team observed no obvious electoral fraud, and that the election, while not perfect, was excellent by regional standards and that it is "pretty clear" the results reflected the views of the Algerian people.
However, the
Arouch
directives, only 10% (officially) of them went to vote.
Results
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Said Sadi | Rally for Culture and Democracy | 197,111 | 1.94 | |
Louisa Hanoune | Workers' Party | 101,630 | 1.00 | |
Ali Fawzi Rebaine | Ahd 54 | 63,761 | 0.63 | |
Total | 10,179,702 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 10,179,702 | 96.87 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 329,075 | 3.13 | ||
Total votes | 10,508,777 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 18,097,255 | 58.07 | ||
Source: IFES |
References
- ^ Election for President IFES