Electoral chronology
Date |
Type | Observations | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 09 2009 | Presidential | Bouteflika re-elected for third term with 90.24% of votes, after changing Constitution to allow him to do so. 5 other candidates shared remaining 9% of votes. Official turnout: 74.5%. Elections neither free nor fair. | See |
| May 10 2012 | Legislative | Elections for enlarged 462 seat APN. For first time a female quota introduced, 17 new parties ran. Official turnout 42.9%. Despite apparent unpopularity, FLN wins 208 seats (more than next 11 parties combined). Elections with irregularities. | See |
| Nov 29 2012 | Local | Elections for 1,541 district councils and 48 provincial councils for a new 5-year term. Official turnout: 44%. Although the FLN won the elections by a large margin, it did not gain a majority in many councils forcing it to forge alliances. | See |
| Apr 17 2014 | Presidential | Fourth re-election of incumbent president Bouteflika, this time extremely ill. Five other candidates. Barakat organises boycott | See |
| May 04 2017 | Legislative | See | |
| Nov 23 2017 | Local | See | |
| Jul 04 2019 | Presidential | Cancelled as two only candidates were disqualified | See |
| Dec 12 2019 | Presidential | Regular elections scheduled on April 2019 were cancelled due to mass popular protests | See |
| Nov 01 2020 | Referendum | The text was approved by the parliament, despite the oppositio's boycott and unpopularity | See |
| Jun 12 2021 | Legislative | Snap elections after the Pressident dissolved the Parliament on February 18th 20210 | See |
