2007 Algerian parliamentary election

none Algeria 2002 2012 All 389 seats in the People's National Assembly 195 17 May 2007 35.67% ( 10.50pp) National Liberation Front (Algeria) Abdelaziz Belkhadem 22.95 136 199 National Rally for Democracy (Algeria) Ahmed Ouyahia 10.44 62 47 Movement of Society for Peace Boudjerra Soltani 9.71 51 38 Workers' Party (Algeria) Louisa Hanoune 5.09 26 21 Algerian National Front Moussa Touati fr 4.22 13 8 Islamic Renaissance Movement 3.39 5 1 Rally for Culture and Democracy Saïd Sadi 3.24 19 0 El-Infitah Movement 2.63 3 0 Movement for National Reform 2.56 3 43 MJD 2.29 5 0 Ahd 54 Ali Fawzi Rebaine 2.27 2 0 National Republican Alliance 2.20 4 0 Movement of National Understanding 2.13 4 1 MNND 2.00 7 0 National Party for Solidarity and Development 1.99 2 0 National Front of Independents for Understanding 1.96 3 0 Party of Algerian Renewal 1.80 4 1 Algerian Rally 1.75 1 0 National Movement of Hope 1.72 2 0 Republican Patriotic Rally 1.48 2 0 Progressive Republican Party (Algeria) 1.39 0 0 National Democratic Front (Algeria) 1.37 1 0 Democratic and Social Movement (Algeria) 0.89 1 0 Independents – 9.85 33 30 Algerian 2007 Legislative Elections.svg Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem Abdelaziz Belkhadem National Liberation Front (Algeria) National Liberation Front (Algeria) Parliamentary elections were held in Algeria on 17 May 2007.Q&A: Algerian election BBC News, 15 May 2007 24 political parties and around 100 independent lists with a total of more than 12,000 candidates competed for the 389 seats in the National People's Assembly. While most Algerians voted on May 17, immigrants from Algeria to other countries (especially France) and Algerians living in the Sahara (i.e. Southern Algeria) and other nomads and semi-nomads voted on May 16 due to the distance from Algiers, the country's capital. At 36% of the 18.8 million voters, turnout was the lowest in Algerian history.Ruling bloc wins Algeria vote Al-Jazeera, 18 May 2007Algeria experiences lowest-ever voter turnout Mail & Guardian Online, 18 May 2007 Several political organisations, notably the Socialist Forces Front,Le FFS a l’honneur, la liberté et le privilège d’annoncer sa décision de non participation au prochain scrutin législatif https://web.archive.org/web/20070516023705/http://www.ffs-dz.com/article.php?id_article=419 2007-05-16 , FFS, 10 March 2007 the ex-communist Democratic and Social Movement,La Tribune, 15 May 2007 leading members of the former Islamic Salvation Front (Abbassi MadaniAlgerians play down calls to boycott legislative elections, 16 May 2007 and Ali Belhadj), the main faction of the split Islamist Islah Party,El Islah release, 14 May 2007 and the newly formed organisation Rachad,Regarding the "Elections" of 17 May 2007, Rachad, 15 May 2007 had called on their supporters to boycott these elections. These political groups claimed that the elections were consistently rigged by the government, and that participation merely lent a fundamentally corrupt process undeserved legitimacy. The only notable remaining armed group in Algeria, the Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, issued a video calling participation in the elections "a great sin", adding its voice to the boycott calls. Tight security measures were implemented to protect the elections; however, two bombs exploded in Constantine the day before the election, killing a police officer and wounding five others.Bombings on eve of Algeria election, Al Jazeera English, 16 May 2007. Said Bouchair, the head of the national commission of legislative election control, initially reported that ballot boxes in some areas were being stuffed with FLN ballots, that observers were being prevented from attending, and that some areas refused to open ballot boxes before voting began to allow observers to see whether they were empty or not. He then retracted his statement and apologised. Bouchair complains to president then retracted and apologized https://web.archive.org/web/20070928131851/http://elkhabar.com/FrEn/lire.php?ida=69307&idc=52 2007-09-28 , El Khabar 19 May 2007, Algérie : Bouchaïr crie à la fraude puis... se rétracte https://web.archive.org/web/20070927225049/http://actualite.el-annabi.com/article.php3?id_article=5524 2007-09-27 , El Annabi 19 May 2007 About 15% of ballots were spoiled. The Constitutional Council confirmed the results of the election, with slight changes to the voter turn-out rate and number of seats won by some parties, on May 21."Mini-modification des résultats des législatives par le Conseil constitutionnel", Xinhua (Jeuneafrique.com), May 22, 2007 fr. It rejected appeals regarding the election on May 30."Le Conseil constitutionnel valide les législatives du 17 mai", AFP (Jeuneafrique.com), May 30, 2007 fr. Results Women won 31 seats, which was an increase of eight.APN - Listes des depute de la sixieme legislature 2007-2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20071026093946/http://www.apn-dz.org/legislature_6/french/liste_femmes_fr.php 2007-10-26 Assemblée populaire nationale, 30 May 2007 National Liberation Front 1314494 136 –63 National Rally for Democracy 597712 62 +15 Movement of Society for Peace 556401 51 +13 Workers' Party 291395 26 +5 Algerian National Front 241594 13 +5 Islamic Renaissance Movement 193908 5 +4 Rally for Culture and Democracy 185616 19 +19 El-Infitah Movement 150423 3 +3 Movement for National Reform 146528 3 –40 Movement for Youth and Democracy 130992 5 +5 Ahd 54 129865 2 +2 National Republican Alliance 125862 4 +4 Movement of National Understanding 121961 4 +3 National Movement for Nature and Democracy 115075 7 +7 National Party for Solidarity and Development 114247 2 +2 National Front of Independents for Understanding 112263 3 +3 Party of Algerian Renewal 103356 4 +3 Algerian Rally 100391 1 +1 National Movement of Hope 98604 2 +2 Republican Patriotic Rally 84497 2 +2 Progressive Republican Party 79452 0 0 National Democratic Front 78596 1 +1 Democratic and Social Movement 50879 1 +1 Socialist Workers Party 39547 0 0 Independents 564169 33 +3 Independent +73 965064 18761084 Official Journal References Category:Parliamentary elections in Algeria Algeria Parliamentary Category:May 2007 elections Category:May 2007 in Africa