2002 Algerian parliamentary election

none Algeria 1997 2007 All 389 seats in the People's National Assembly 195 30 May 2002 46.17% ( 19.43pp) National Liberation Front (Algeria) Abdelaziz Bouteflika 35.28 199 62 Movement for National Reform Abdallah Djaballah 9.50 43 New National Rally for Democracy (Algeria) Ahmed Ouyahia 8.23 47 156 Movement of Society for Peace Mahfoud Nahnah 7.05 38 69 Workers' Party (Algeria) Louisa Hanoune 3.33 21 4 Algerian National Front Moussa Touati fr 1.53 8 New Islamic Renaissance Movement 0.65 1 New Party of Algerian Renewal 0.27 1 New Movement of National Understanding 0.19 1 New Independents – 4.93 30 11 Algerian 2002 Legislative Elections Map.svg Prime Minister Ali Benflis Ali Benflis National Liberation Front (Algeria) National Liberation Front (Algeria) 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. https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/monitoring/media_reports/2013000.stm Guide to Algeria elections 2008-08-01 2002-05-28 BBC Online Campaign President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced the date of the election on 20 February and the official campaign began on 9 May. http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/DZ/Algeria%20-%20A400686_24062002.pdf/view Algeria - Diminishing Returns: Algeria’s 2002 Legislative Elections(ICG Report) 2008-08-01 2002-05-28 ACE Electoral Knowledge Network The President vowed that they would be free elections and warned people against undermining them. https://www.foxnews.com/story/algeria-holds-elections-and-few-care Algeria Holds Elections, and Few Care 2008-08-02 2002-05-30 Fox News Channel However five opposition parties boycotted the election, the Socialist Forces Front (FFS), Rally for Culture and Democracy (RCD), Republican National Alliance (ANR), Movement of Democrats and Socialists (MDS) and the Socialist Workers Party (PST). They claimed that previous elections in 1997 and 1999 were fraudulent and that this election would be no different. http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/africa/05/31/algeria.elections/index.html Ruling party wins Algeria election 2008-08-01 2002-05-31 CNN 2008-04-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20080412104851/http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/africa/05/31/algeria.elections/index.html dead 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, National Rally for Democracy and the Movement of Society for Peace. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2002/588/re8.htm Berbers boycott polls 2008-08-02 2002-05-30 Al-Ahram https://web.archive.org/web/20081011073718/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2002/588/re8.htm 2008-10-11 dead The FLN of Prime Minister Ali Benflis campaigned on a platform of unifying the different social groups of Algeria such as by regional development in the south. The RND, which had won the most seats at the last election in 1997, campaigned for economic liberalisation but was undermined by the lack of a base of support or a social ideology. The leader of the RND, Ahmed Ouyahia, warned of the dangers of an Islamist victory but his concerns were dismissed by the interior minister. The opposition Workers' Party led by Louisa Hanoune campaigned against outside interference in Algeria and against privatisation. The campaign saw widespread apathy with many people seeing the parliament as toothless and the military as remaining the main power. http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=7302 Ruling NLF Makes Gains in Algerian Poll 2008-08-01 2002-06-04 The St. Petersburg Times August 2026 InternetArchiveBot The FLN attempted to raise interest in the election by doing things such as creating a rap song for younger people. However the poll by El Watan showed that over a third planned not to vote and in areas such as Bab el-Oued election billboards were mostly empty. http://allafrica.com/stories/200205300727.html Algeria: Boycott, Violence Roil Algerian Elections 2008-08-02 2002-05-30 AllAfrica.com High unemployment, water and housing shortages were also seen as contributing to the apathy in the election. Election day On the day before the election 23 people were killed in Sendjas by the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) in continued violence from the Algerian Civil War. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/may/31/gilestremlett Death and dissent as Algeria goes to polls 2008-08-02 2002-05-31 guardian.co.uk London Giles Tremlett On polling day itself security forces were out in force in Algiers with many roadblocks to prevent terrorist attacks. In the north eastern Kabylie region a general strike was organised and running battles took place in the regional capital Tizi Ouzou to try to prevent the election from taking place in the region. Throughout much of the area polling stations were deserted and many did not open at all. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2015751.stm Protesters boycott Algerian polls 2008-08-02 2002-05-30 BBC Online 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. The RND dropped from 156 seats to 47 in a disastrous result for the party. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/algeria-90s.htm Algerian Insurgency 2008-08-02 GlobalSecurity.org https://web.archive.org/web/20080814064347/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/algeria-90s.htm 14 August 2008 live 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. Turnout in the election was the lowest yet since independence in 1962. Only 47% of the registered voters turned out to vote, compared to 63% in the 1997 election. 25 women were elected, 18 from the FLN, and after the election the number of women ministers was increased from one to five. File:Algerian 2002 Legislative Elections Diagram.svg National Liberation Front 2618003 199 +137 Movement for National Reform 705319 43 New National Rally for Democracy 610461 47 –109 Movement of Society for Peace 523464 38 –31 Workers' Party 246770 21 +17 Algerian National Front 113700 8 New Islamic Renaissance Movement 48132 1 New Party of Algerian Renewal 19813 1 New Movement of National Understanding 14465 1 New 14 other parties 2155146 0 – Independents 365594 30 +19 867669 +9 17951127 IPU References Category:Algerian Civil War Category:Parliamentary elections in Algeria Algeria Parliamentary Algeria Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results