Algeria presidential candidates doubt election result accuracy

By Al Mayadeen English
9 Sep 2024 04:08

Following President Tebboune's re-election, the presidential candidates have issued a statement claiming the election results were "vague" and "inconsistent".

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Algerian president Abdelmajid Tebboune speaks after casting his ballot inside a polling station during the presidential elections, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in Algiers, Algeria. (AP)

Algeria's presidential candidates issued a joint statement questioning the accuracy of the preliminary results of the presidential elections, claiming the results were "vague, ambiguous, and inconsistent with the participation rates."

The statement issued by the campaign directorates of the three candidates for the Algerian presidential elections, including President Tebboune himself, alongside the President of the Movement for a Peaceful Society Abdelali Hassani, and First Secretary of the Socialist Forces Front Youcef Aouchiche criticized "the ambiguity of the statement announcing the provisional results of the presidential elections, which lacked most of the basic data, as is customary in all important national elections, in addition to the defect recorded in announcing the percentages of each candidate."

This comes after President Abdelmadjid Tebboune was re-elected, securing nearly 95% of the vote, according to the country's electoral authority, ANIE, on Sunday.

"Out of 5,630,000 voters recorded, 5,320,000 voted for the independent candidate Abdelmadjid Tebboune, accounting for 94.65 percent of the vote," ANIE head Mohamed Charfi said.

Tebboune, 78, was expected to defeat moderate Islamist Hassani and socialist candidate Aouchiche in the contest to lead the North African nation.

"The election was marked by broad transparency" and "reflected the electoral maturity of the people", said Charfi.

According to figures from ANIE, the electorate consists of 24,351,551 voters, with 23,486,601 within Algeria, of which 47% are women and 53% are men. Additionally, 36% of the voters are under 40 years old.